.. _sphx_glr_api_gallery_channels_routing:

Channel networks
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Routing payments across many channels, and what the errors reveal.


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Lightning routes a payment over several channels with hash time-locked contracts: each hop forwards the amount minus its fee, with an expiry a margin earlier than the one it was offered. The sender sees every channel&#x27;s capacity but not how it is split, which is meant to keep balances, and so payments, private.">

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  :doc:`/api/gallery/channels/routing/plot_01_balance_probing`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Balance probing and payment privacy in Lightning (Herrera-Joancomartí et al., 2019)</div>
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