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Minor clarification of htlcs to_self_delay (#983)

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This is a minor clarification that the `to_self_delay` is enforced
in a 2nd-stage transaction for HTLCs, while it's directly enforced
in the commit tx for the main output.
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@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ commitment transaction.
### Commitment Transaction Outputs
To allow an opportunity for penalty transactions, in case of a revoked commitment transaction, all outputs that return funds to the owner of the commitment transaction (a.k.a. the "local node") must be delayed for `to_self_delay` blocks. This delay is done in a second-stage HTLC transaction (HTLC-success for HTLCs accepted by the local node, HTLC-timeout for HTLCs offered by the local node).
To allow an opportunity for penalty transactions, in case of a revoked commitment transaction, all outputs that return funds to the owner of the commitment transaction (a.k.a. the "local node") must be delayed for `to_self_delay` blocks. For HTLCs this delay is done in a second-stage HTLC transaction (HTLC-success for HTLCs accepted by the local node, HTLC-timeout for HTLCs offered by the local node).
The reason for the separate transaction stage for HTLC outputs is so that HTLCs can timeout or be fulfilled even though they are within the `to_self_delay` delay.
Otherwise, the required minimum timeout on HTLCs is lengthened by this delay, causing longer timeouts for HTLCs traversing the network.