From 2ff596c38fb49b462063e9f09d7a6dbc2d92410e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bitcoin Txoko <142011724+bitcointxoko@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 15:40:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update ln-06.md --- en/ln-06.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/en/ln-06.md b/en/ln-06.md index 43e2a8e..844d074 100644 --- a/en/ln-06.md +++ b/en/ln-06.md @@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ Now both nodes can put together the complete `channel_announcement` message: ![channel_announcement_2](https://cdn.satellite.earth/b68e0f7cd8ee084d01592f88735d0385aaec5e114e4da3ebee2992952ab456cf.png) +### Verifying the channel + Let's say Charlie is a node that received this message. Let's go over the steps that he will go through in order to verify the new channel that Alice and Bob have announced: 1. First, Charlie will use the `short_channel_id` included in the message to make sure that the funding transaction actually exists on-chain, that it has a sufficient number of confirmations and that it is in fact unspent.