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LIGHTNING-GETROUTE(7)
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:doctype: manpage
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NAME
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----
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lightning-getroute - Command for routing a payment (low-level).
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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*getroute* 'id' 'msatoshi' 'riskfactor' ['cltv'] ['fromid'] ['fuzzpercent']
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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The *getroute* RPC command attempts to find the best route for the payment
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of 'msatoshi' to lightning node 'id', such that the payment will arrive
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at 'id' with 'cltv'-blocks to spare (default 9).
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There are two considerations for how good a route is: how low the
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fees are, and how long your payment will get stuck in a delayed output if a node goes down
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during the process. The 'riskfactor' floating-point field controls
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this tradeoff; it is the annual cost of your funds being stuck (as a
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percentage).
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For example, if you thought the convenience of keeping your funds liquid
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(not stuck) was worth 20% per annum interest, 'riskfactor' would be 20.
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If you didn't care about risk, 'riskfactor' would be zero.
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'fromid' is the node to start the route from: default is this node.
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The 'fuzzpercent' is a positive floating-point number, representing a percentage of the actual fee.
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The 'fuzzpercent' is used to distort computed fees along each channel,
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to provide some randomization to the route generated.
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0.0 means the exact fee of that channel is used,
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while 100.0 means the fee used might be from 0 to twice the actual fee.
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The default is 5.0, or up to 5% fee distortion.
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RISKFACTOR EFFECT ON ROUTING
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The risk factor is treated as if it were an additional fee on the route,
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for the purposes of comparing routes.
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The formula used is the following approximation:
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risk-fee = amount x blocks-timeout x per-block-cost
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We are given a 'riskfactor' expressed as a percentage. There are 52596 blocks
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per year, thus 'per-block-cost' is 'riskfactor' divided by 5,259,600.
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The final result is:
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risk-fee = amount x blocks-timeout x riskfactor / 5259600
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Here are the risk fees in millisatoshis, using various parameters. I
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assume a channel charges the default of 1000 millisatoshis plus 1
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part-per-million. Common to_self_delay values on the network at 14 and 144 blocks.
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[options="header"]
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|Amount (msat) |Riskfactor | Delay |Risk Fee |Route fee
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|10,000 |1 | 14 |0 |1001
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|10,000 |10 | 14 |0 |1001
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|10,000 |100 | 14 |2 |1001
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|10,000 |1000 | 14 |26 |1001
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|1,000,000 |1 | 14 |2 |1001
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|1,000,000 |10 | 14 |26 |1001
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|1,000,000 |100 | 14 |266 |1001
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|1,000,000 |1000 | 14 |2661 |1001
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|100,000,000 |1 | 14 |266 |1100
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|100,000,000 |10 | 14 |2661 |1100
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|100,000,000 |100 | 14 |26617 |1100
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|100,000,000 |1000 | 14 |266179 |1100
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|10,000 |1 | 144 |0 |1001
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|10,000 |10 | 144 |2 |1001
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|10,000 |100 | 144 |27 |1001
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|10,000 |1000 | 144 |273 |1001
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|1,000,000 |1 | 144 |27 |1001
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|1,000,000 |10 | 144 |273 |1001
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|1,000,000 |100 | 144 |2737 |1001
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|1,000,000 |1000 | 144 |27378 |1001
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|100,000,000 |1 | 144 |2737 |1100
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|100,000,000 |10 | 144 |27378 |1100
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|100,000,000 |100 | 144 |273785 |1100
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|100,000,000 |1000 | 144 |2737850 |1100
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RECOMMENDED RISKFACTOR VALUES
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The default 'fuzz' factor is 5%, so as you can see from the table above,
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that tends to overwhelm the effect of 'riskfactor' less than about 5.
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1 is a conservative value for a stable lightning network with very few
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failures.
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1000 is an aggressive value for trying to minimize timeouts at all
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costs.
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The default for lightning-pay(7) is 10, which starts to become a major
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factor for larger amounts, and is basically ignored for tiny ones.
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RETURN VALUE
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On success, a "route" array is returned.
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Each array element contains 'id' (the node being routed through), 'msatoshi'
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(the millisatoshis sent), and 'delay' (the number of blocks to timeout at this
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node).
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The final 'id' will be the destination 'id' given in the input. The
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difference between the first 'msatoshi' minus the 'msatoshi' given in
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the input is the fee. The first 'delay' is the very worst case
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timeout for the payment failure, in blocks.
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//FIXME:Enumerate errors
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AUTHOR
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Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> is mainly responsible.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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lightning-pay(7), lightning-sendpay(7).
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RESOURCES
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Main web site: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning
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