From 7503e2a43bf86904ffceb5b88890ce579aa6e91d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Corallo Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:44:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak our_to_self_delay documentation wording to make it flow better --- lightning/src/util/config.rs | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/lightning/src/util/config.rs b/lightning/src/util/config.rs index a288caf46..4a9f30063 100644 --- a/lightning/src/util/config.rs +++ b/lightning/src/util/config.rs @@ -23,18 +23,21 @@ pub struct ChannelHandshakeConfig { /// /// Default value: 6. pub minimum_depth: u32, - /// Set to the amount of time we require our counterparty to wait to claim their money. + /// Set to the number of blocks we require our counterparty to wait to claim their money (ie + /// the number of blocks we have to punish our counterparty if they broadcast a revoked + /// transaction). /// - /// It's one of the main parameter of our security model. We (or one of our watchtowers) MUST - /// be online to check for peer having broadcast a revoked transaction to steal our funds - /// at least once every our_to_self_delay blocks. + /// This is one of the main parameters of our security model. We (or one of our watchtowers) MUST + /// be online to check for revoked transactions on-chain at least once every our_to_self_delay + /// blocks (minus some margin to allow us enough time to broadcast and confirm a transaction, + /// possibly with time in between to RBF the spending transaction). /// /// Meanwhile, asking for a too high delay, we bother peer to freeze funds for nothing in /// case of an honest unilateral channel close, which implicitly decrease the economic value of /// our channel. /// - /// Default value: [`BREAKDOWN_TIMEOUT`] (currently 144), we enforce it as a minimum at channel - /// opening so you can tweak config to ask for more security, not less. + /// Default value: [`BREAKDOWN_TIMEOUT`], we enforce it as a minimum at channel opening so you + /// can tweak config to ask for more security, not less. pub our_to_self_delay: u16, /// Set to the smallest value HTLC we will accept to process. /// -- 2.39.5