Ant routing algorithm for the Lightning Network

2018/06/30 by Cyril Grunspan, Ricardo Pérez-Marco, Grunspan, C. +1 · 1 citation
Computer Science · #Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques #Blockchain Technology Applications and Security #Cloud Computing and Resource Management #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #Distributed #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Parallel #and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1807.00151

openalex publication_date 2018/06/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We propose a decentralized routing algorithm that can be implemented in Bitcoin Lightning Network. All nodes in the network contribute equally to path searching. The algorithm is inspired from ant path searching algorithms.

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