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Very cool! How is the ledger maintained?
by mountbranch 7y ago
Very cool! How is the ledger maintained?
- realcr 7y agoHi, thanks for the interest! Actually, there is no ledger (: Every two nodes that setup mutual credit maintain the balance between them. This turns out to be enough to be able to send funds across a chain of nodes in a secure manner. Some of the general idea can be found here: https://offst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/theory/ https://offst.readthedocs.io/en/latest/theory/ It is a bit outdated given the modifications of the last few months, but I think it is still relevant enough to give you a better view of how things work.