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<p>Hi ZmnSCPxj,
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<blockquote type="cite" style="font-size: large; color: #000000;">No,
channel balance of each peer on the channel is not revealed on
node gossip.
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Logically, invert the question: do you want to report how much you
spend/receive on each of your channels to the network? Do you want
to report how much you own on Lightning to be reported to everyone
on Lightning?
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Since the balance on each peer is effectively the amount of money
each peer owns on that channel, and each change to that balance
represents a send/receive on that channel, you will not want to
report your balance, and any changes in that balance, to the
entire network.
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Logically you can then expect not to receive such updates from
anybody else, either.
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How do real-life implementations like c-lightning get your payment
routes then? By brute-force trial-and-error
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If payment routes are discovered by brute-force trial-and-error, and
actually the sender can interrupt any payment by simply not
revealing the secret, isn't it possible for any sender to simply
start probing to discover the capacities in each path?
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Best,
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Alejandro.
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