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By "second layer" do you mean lightning? Is that project off the ground yet? It's been a while since I paid attention.
by pkulak 8y ago
By "second layer" do you mean lightning? Is that project off the ground yet? It's been a while since I paid attention.
- decentralised 8y agoI meant a number of second layer solutions, but lightning is one of the best examples right now. Check this visualisation for a current view of the size of the network: https://www.easyzoom.com/image/126770 https://www.easyzoom.com/image/126770
- arcticfox 8y agonot a great sign when "NO NOOBS" is one of your more central nodes
- decentralised 8y agoWell, the network is made of volunteering techies and imho it's still a work in progress.
- arcticfox 8y agolightning is a nightmare, there are a lot of sad-humorous fails associated with trying to use it: https://twitter.com/Don_wonton/status/1050260801175597058 https://twitter.com/Don_wonton/status/1050260801175597058
- kurtisc 8y agoIt's very close, the only thing left to do is solve the Travelling Salesman problem in polynomial time.
- sp332 8y agoThis is funny, but solving TSP for most real-life networks is not super difficult. Anyway it's not exactly TSP because you don't have to find an optimal route, just any route will do.
- wcoenen 8y agoTravelling salesman is about finding the shortest/cheapest path that visits all nodes. I don't see why you'd want to involve all nodes for a payment route. If you meant "shortest path problem" instead, then it seems that route planners for road networks have already solved it reasonably well. I suspect the challenges for lightning have more to do with keeping the map up to date.