Once a channel funding process has advanced to the point of broadcasting
the funding transaction, the state of the channel should be persisted
so that the nodes can disconnect or go down without having to wait for the
funding transaction to be confirmed on the blockchain.
Previously, the finalization of the funding process was handled by a
combination of the funding manager, the peer and the wallet, but if
the remote peer is no longer online or no longer connected, this flow
will no longer work. This commit moves all funding steps following
the transaction broadcast into the funding manager, which is available
as long as the daemon is running.
This commit adds a new paramter to the initial channel creation:
‘PushSatoshis’. This new field allows the funder of a channel to push
over a certain amount to the responder as part of the initial channel
state. This ability creates a new streamlined UX of finalizing a
payment as a part of the channel creation.
This commit updates the messages sent during a single funder workflow
to utilize revocation keys rather than revocation hashes. This now
matches the latest updates to the commitment transaction.
The changes to the workflow are as follows:
* the response message now carries the responder’s revocation key
* the complete message now carries the initiator’s revocation key
Once the initiator receives the response message, it can construct both
versions of the commitment transaction as it now knows the responder’s
commitment key. The initiator then sends their initial revocation key
over to the responder allowing it to construct the commitment
transactions and give the initiator a sig for their version.
This commit modifies most of the wire messages to uniquely identify any
*active* channels by their funding output. This allows the wire
protocol to support funding transactions which open several channels in
parallel.
Any pending channels created by partial completion of the funding
workflow are to be identified by a uint64 initialized by both sides as
follows: the initiator of the connection starts from 0, while the
listening node starts from (1 << 63). These pending channel identifiers
are expected to be monotonically increasing with each new funding
workflow between two nodes. This identifier is volatile w.r.t to each
connection initiation.
