[Lightning-dev] Base AMP

[Rusty Russell]

ZmnSCPxj <ZmnSCPxj at protonmail.com> writes:
> But what if 2 of those paths fail?
> It would be better to merge them into a single payment along the expensive 4th path.
> However, the remaining succeeding path has already given `numpaths`=3.
>
> Using `numpaths` overcommits to what you will do in the future, and is unnecessary anyway.
> The payee is interested in the total value, not the details of the split.

Excellent point.

Thanks,
Rusty.