flywithu/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line
1
1
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/ChristopherA/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line.git synced 2025-06-08 16:36:32 +00:00
Code Issues Releases Wiki Activity

Update 13_4_Paying_a_Invoice.md

Browse Source
This commit is contained in:
Javier Vargas 2020-07-20 14:48:50 +02:00 committed by GitHub
parent 77e27e59c3
commit d7ff317592
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG Key ID: 4AEE18F83AFDEB23
1 changed files with 13 additions and 3 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

16
13_4_Paying_a_Invoice.md
View File

@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ Invoices have two parts:
- Data part : UNIX Timestamp + tagged parts include a payment hash, the pubkey of the payee node, an optional description of the payment, an expiration time, and some extra routing information. - Data part : UNIX Timestamp + tagged parts include a payment hash, the pubkey of the payee node, an optional description of the payment, an expiration time, and some extra routing information.
Conside this ln invoice `lntb1m1p03ft7lpp5zve4dsgwgdxekqqq39vhgcnv6gfa2g2ktqy9lf0aph60d0388xmqdqqcqzpgsp545a9fphd8m5ayplcu8m5845cr4m0zcnyxddwv4g3zm32yprkfd4q9qy9qsq3s4y6cmyvh0qw9qm0sf80llxyyjy9xwrjds7lpkqhzv247jsm6q5me8t9e6ftquma664gz5u4a2rvs0yf4f0mlwtwfs6as5uj5djzhcqpnqlcj Conside this ln invoice
`lntb1m1p03ft7lpp5zve4dsgwgdxekqqq39vhgcnv6gfa2g2ktqy9lf0aph60d0388xmqdqqcqzpgsp545a9fphd8m5ayplcu8m5845cr4m0zcnyxddwv4g3zm32yprkfd4q9qy9qsq3s4y6cmyvh0qw9qm0sf80llxyyjy9xwrjds7lpkqhzv247jsm6q5me8t9e6ftquma664gz5u4a2rvs0yf4f0mlwtwfs6as5uj5djzhcqpnqlcj
` `
This invoice starts with prefix ln+tb+1m that indicates milli, so you should multi by 0.001. That means we'll pay an invoice by 100000 satoshis. This invoice starts with prefix ln+tb+1m that indicates milli, so you should multi by 0.001. That means we'll pay an invoice by 100000 satoshis.
### Understanding your invoice ### Understanding your invoice
If you want to decode your lightning invoice you should use `lightning-cli decodepay ` command that receives a string and checks and parses as specified by the [BOLT 11 specification](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/11-payment-encoding.md).
``` ```
c$lightning-cli --network=testnet decodepay lntb1m1p03ft7lpp5zve4dsgwgdxekqqq39vhgcnv6gfa2g2ktqy9lf0aph60d0388xmqdqqcqzpgsp545a9fphd8m5ayplcu8m5845cr4m0zcnyxddwv4g3zm32yprkfd4q9qy9qsq3s4y6cmyvh0qw9qm0sf80llxyyjy9xwrjds7lpkqhzv247jsm6q5me8t9e6ftquma664gz5u4a2rvs0yf4f0mlwtwfs6as5uj5djzhcqpnqlcj c$lightning-cli --network=testnet decodepay lntb1m1p03ft7lpp5zve4dsgwgdxekqqq39vhgcnv6gfa2g2ktqy9lf0aph60d0388xmqdqqcqzpgsp545a9fphd8m5ayplcu8m5845cr4m0zcnyxddwv4g3zm32yprkfd4q9qy9qsq3s4y6cmyvh0qw9qm0sf80llxyyjy9xwrjds7lpkqhzv247jsm6q5me8t9e6ftquma664gz5u4a2rvs0yf4f0mlwtwfs6as5uj5djzhcqpnqlcj
{ {
@ -37,6 +42,8 @@ c$lightning-cli --network=testnet decodepay lntb1m1p03ft7lpp5zve4dsgwgdxekqqq39v
``` ```
### Check your balance ### Check your balance
As we did in previous chapter we have established an channel with a total capacity of 280.000 sats.
``` ```
c$ lightning-cli --network=testnet listfunds c$ lightning-cli --network=testnet listfunds
{ {
@ -60,7 +67,7 @@ c$ lightning-cli --network=testnet listfunds
"state": "CHANNELD_AWAITING_LOCKIN", "state": "CHANNELD_AWAITING_LOCKIN",
"channel_sat": 280000, "channel_sat": 280000,
"our_amount_msat": "280000000msat", "our_amount_msat": "280000000msat",
"channel_total_sat": 280000, "channel_total_sat": **280000**,
"amount_msat": "280000000msat", "amount_msat": "280000000msat",
"funding_txid": "9843c037f54a4660b297a9f2454e11d26d8659f084a284a5740bb15cb1d97aa6", "funding_txid": "9843c037f54a4660b297a9f2454e11d26d8659f084a284a5740bb15cb1d97aa6",
"funding_output": 1 "funding_output": 1
@ -69,9 +76,10 @@ c$ lightning-cli --network=testnet listfunds
} }
``` ```
### Paying your invoice ### Paying your invoice
You should use `lightning-cli pay ` command to pay the invoice. The pay RPC command attempts to find a route to the given destination, and send the funds asked in amount value.
``` ```
c$lightning-cli --network=testnet pay c$lightning-cli --network=testnet pay
lntb1m1p03ft7lpp5zve4dsgwgdxekqqq39vhgcnv6gfa2g2ktqy9lf0aph60d0388xmqdqqcqzpgsp545a9fphd8m5ayplcu8m5845cr4m0zcnyxddwv4g3zm32yprkfd4q9qy9qsq3s4y6cmyvh0qw9qm0sf80llxyyjy9xwrjds7lpkqhzv247jsm6q5me8t9e6ftquma664gz5u4a2rvs0yf4f0mlwtwfs6as5uj5djzhcqpnqlcj lntb1m1p03ft7lpp5zve4dsgwgdxekqqq39vhgcnv6gfa2g2ktqy9lf0aph60d0388xmqdqqcqzpgsp545a9fphd8m5ayplcu8m5845cr4m0zcnyxddwv4g3zm32yprkfd4q9qy9qsq3s4y6cmyvh0qw9qm0sf80llxyyjy9xwrjds7lpkqhzv247jsm6q5me8t9e6ftquma664gz5u4a2rvs0yf4f0mlwtwfs6as5uj5djzhcqpnqlcj
@ -92,6 +100,8 @@ lntb1m1p03ft7lpp5zve4dsgwgdxekqqq39vhgcnv6gfa2g2ktqy9lf0aph60d0388xmqdqqcqzpgsp5
### Check your balance ### Check your balance
We've performed payment successfully
``` ```
c$ lightning-cli --network=testnet listfunds c$ lightning-cli --network=testnet listfunds
{ {