{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub1uyhgpz5nsfnvdlcqm3erjsdjasd9pdeaejeetwtkvumm6mp3ujlqxt9vwk","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub1uyhgpz5nsfnvdlcqm3erjsdjasd9pdeaejeetwtkvumm6mp3ujlqxt9vwk","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2023-03-03\n📝 Original message:\nCould you explain the benefits of continuous solutions over binary? This is\nsomething we should definitely understand before going in a more\ncomplicated direction.\n\nAlso, I'm still not sure that the rational behaviour is to report *c*\ntruthfully.\n\n\n\nOn Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 11:51 AM Thomas HUET \u003cthomas.huet at acinq.fr\u003e wrote:\n\n\u003e By giving a high confidence to HTLCs you increase the chance that they are\n\u003e relayed which should be your goal. Having a high reputation is not a goal\n\u003e in itself, it's just a way to make your HTLCs more likely to be relayed. If\n\u003e you always report confidence 0, then yes you will have a reputation of 1\n\u003e but your HTLCs will still be rejected at the first sign of congestion.\n\u003e\n\u003e Le ven. 3 mars 2023 à 17:14, Clara Shikhelman \u003cclara.shikhelman at gmail.com\u003e\n\u003e a écrit :\n\u003e\n\u003e\u003e Hi Thomas,\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e Thanks for the example.\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e - If c \u003c p then yes it gives it a higher reputation but the reputation is\n\u003e\u003e\u003e capped at 1 anyway, so by underestimating the confidence the node doesn't\n\u003e\u003e\u003e gain anything.\n\u003e\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\u003e Is there anything to gain from giving high confidence? By doing this, you\n\u003e\u003e risk lowering your reputation, and it's not clear what you gain.\n\u003e\u003e Could it be that the best selfish strategy is to report confidence 0\n\u003e\u003e (that maps to reputation 1) all the time?\n\u003e\u003e\n\u003e\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/attachments/20230303/e91b930a/attachment.html\u003e"}