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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -549,10 +549,11 @@ to broadcast the commitment transaction to get his funds back and open a new
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channel. To avoid this, the funder should ensure the funding transaction
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confirms in the next 2016 blocks.
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- The ` alias ` here is both required for routing (since there real
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- short_channel_id is unknown until confirmation), and useful to provide
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- one or more aliases, even once there is a real ` short_channel_id ` for
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- a public channel.
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+ The ` alias ` here is required for two distinct use cases. The first one is
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+ for routing payments through channels that are not confirmed yet (since
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+ the real ` short_channel_id ` is unknown until confirmation). The second one
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+ is to provide one or more aliases to use for private channels (even once
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+ a real ` short_channel_id ` is available).
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While a node can send multiple ` alias ` , it must remember all of the
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ones it has sent so it can use them should they be requested by
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