This commit was previously split into the following parts to ease
review:
- 2d746f68: replace imports
- 4008f0fd: use ecdsa.Signature
- 849e33d1: remove btcec.S256()
- b8f6ebbd: use v2 library correctly
- fa80bca9: bump go modules
In this commit we change path finding to no longer consider all channels
between a pair of nodes individually. We assume that nodes forward
non-strict and when we attempt a connection between two nodes, we don't
want to try multiple channels because their policies may not be identical.
Having distinct policies for channel to the same peer is against the
recommendation in the spec, but it happens in the wild. Especially since
we recently changed the default cltv delta value.
What this commit introduces is a unified policy. This can be looked upon
as the greatest common denominator of all policies and should maximize
the probability of getting the payment forwarded.
In this commit, we modify lnwire.MilliSatoshi to be an unsigned
integer. We do this as all values within the specification are meant to
be unsigned unless otherwise specified. Our usage of signed integers to
this date has caused some compatibility issues with the other
implementations, so this is the first step to reconciling these
compatibility issues.
This commit adds a new type to the lnwire package: MilliSatoshi. A
milli-satoshi is simply 1/1000th of a satoshi, and will be used for all
internal accounting when sending payments, calculating fees, updating
commitment state, etc. Two helper methods are added: ToBTC(), and
ToSatoshis() to make manipulation of the values easy.
