The Simple Lightning Newsletter - Spec Meeting 1.17.22

👉 The Simple Lightning Newsletter - Spec Meeting 1.17.22

Spec Meeting 1.17.22

There were two pull requests merged: Informing peers about an IP address change and facilitating peer communications before unilateral closes. The IRC meeting was cut a bit shorter than usual due to the US Holiday.

Merged Pull Requests

• #917 - BOLT 1: adds remote address to optional init_tlvs (IP discovery)
• #942 - Removed requirement to broadcast an outdated commitment transaction

Open Pull Requests

• #910 - Explicitly allow funding_locked early, and support alias scids
• #911 - BOLT 7: add gossip address descriptor type DNS hostname
• #919 - Add a max_dust_htlc_exposure_msat
• #941 - Clarification how messages are referred to