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News165: Add BOLTs #880 description
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was sent, and the other party had to either accept or reject that
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precise fee.
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- [BOLTs #880][] BOLT 2: define channel_type, make negotiation explicit.
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FIXME:dongcarl Strongly recommend mentioning [Eclair #1867][], [LND
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#5669][], and maybe [C-Lightning #4616][].
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- [BOLTs #880][] adds a `channel_type` field to the `openchannel` and
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`acceptchannel` messages, allowing the sending node to explicitly request
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channel features different from ones implied by the nodes' advertised feature
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bits. This backwards compatible change has been implemented in [Eclair
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#1867][], [LND #5669][], and is pending merge as part of [C-Lightning
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#4616][].
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- [BOLTs #824][] adds a slight variation on the [anchor outputs][topic
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anchor outputs] channel state commitment protocol. In the earlier

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