Module lightning_types::payment
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Types which describe payments in lightning.
Structs§
- The payment hash is the hash of the
PaymentPreimage
which is the value used to lock funds in HTLCs while they transit the lightning network. - The payment preimage is the “secret key” which is used to claim the funds of an HTLC on-chain or in a lightning channel.
- The payment secret is used to authenticate the sender of an HTLC to the recipient and tie multi-part HTLCs together into a single payment.