📅 Original date posted:2017-12-16
📝 Original message:
Jonathan Underwood <junderwood at bitcoinbank.co.jp> writes:
> iirc they are using the description as a way to join the user data and the
> payment hash on their end.
But the description isn't used when I send a payment. All they get is
the payment_hash.
> htlc me is one node but separates its balance into user accounts that exist
> outside lightning. I think the identifier is used so when their backend
> checks the payment request status, the user info is right there in their
> local lnd RPC response rather than having to store their own database
> separately.
Ah, that's understandable, but it seems like a wrong API.
c-lightning doesn't store the description in the database at all: each
invoice uses a label which the invoice creator specifies. Unlike a
description, this must be unique. It's not exposed to customers at all.
Cheers,
Rusty.
Rusty Russell [ARCHIVE] /
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2023-06-09 12:47:59
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