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Re: [Lightning decentralisation] Routing around hubs
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darosior
on 10/09/2019, 00:56:02 UTC
  • could Lightning decentralisation be improved by giving node operators a "do not route thru X" config option?
For what it worths, it's already implemented in C-lightning (the 'exclude' parameter in getroute).

So the question is do users actually use it ? It's been here for a long time and I've only seen plugin which use it (like "pay" to try multiple routes). In addition to users, who the implication in route gathering should (/will) be limited in the future (the aim is autopiloting everything), will the autopilot algorithms have a decentralisation concern ? If yes would they be less efficients than ones without concern ?

I think the only treshold is user incentive : if a "hub" tries to increase fees then an autopilot would try other routes, but if the "hub" is part of the most efficient route (which represents a real operational cost, and a real exposure), then I don't think (to answer the quoted question) that it would improve decentralisation at all.