[Lightning-dev] Fwd: Post-Schnorr lightning txes

Andrew Poelstra apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
Tue Mar 6 21:06:25 UTC 2018


On Tue, Mar 06, 2018 at 08:58:51PM +0000, Andrew Poelstra wrote:
> After creating a new state i, A and B revoke state i-1 as follows:
> 
>     3. A sends an adaptor signature for s^2_{A,i-1} which reveals her half
>        of AB_i if she publishes that signature. Similarly B sends an
>        adaptor sig for s^1_{B,i-1} which reveals his half of AB_{i-1}.
> 
>        Now if either party completes tx_i and to post the (i-1)th state
>        to the chain, the _other_ party will learn the secret key to AB_i
>        and can take the coins.
>

Oof I messed up this paragraph. _i should be _{i-1} everywhere. Here is a
correct version: 

>     3. A sends an adaptor signature for s^2_{A,i-1} which reveals her half
>        of AB_{i-1} if she publishes that signature. Similarly B sends an
>        adaptor sig for s^1_{B,i-1} which reveals his half of AB_{i-1}.
> 
>        Now if either party completes tx_{i-1} to post the (i-1)th state
>        to the chain, the _other_ party will learn the secret key to AB_{i-1}
>        and can take the coins.
>


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Andrew Poelstra
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