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Lightning Network Routing

Coming soon. This feature is built and on the AERE roadmap, its on-chain contracts are not yet deployed. Actions are disabled until launch.

Send AERE through a router using a shared hashlock. The router opens a paired HTLC to the recipient with a shorter timeout. Recipient reveals the preimage to claim; the router uses the same preimage to pull from your HTLC. Atomic, if the recipient never claims, both HTLCs refund.

Active router

Address,
APIhttps://lightning-api.aere.network
Fee,
Max forward (per route),
Liquidity,
Active routes,
I want to SEND
I want to RECEIVE

Send routed payment

Step 1 · Get the recipient's hashlock

Ask the recipient to switch to "I want to RECEIVE" above and send you their hashlock. They keep the preimage private.

Step 2 · Open in-HTLC to router

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Step 3 · Ask router to forward

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Step 4 · Tell the recipient the out-HTLC id

Send them the out-HTLC id from step 3. They'll claim it with their preimage. The router automatically pulls your in-HTLC after they claim.

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Receive routed payment

Step 1 · Generate a fresh preimage

Keep the preimage private. Send only the hashlock to the sender.

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Step 2 · Send the hashlock to the sender

Copy the hashlock above and send it to whoever's paying you (any messenger). They give it to the router along with your address.

Step 3 · Wait for the sender to share the out-HTLC id, then claim

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How the routing works

  Sender                     Router                     Recipient
    │   open in-HTLC, lock X     │                            │
    │   hashlock=H, timeout=T+δ  │                            │
    ├──────────────────────────▶ │                            │
    │                            │   open out-HTLC, lock X-fee│
    │                            │   hashlock=H, timeout=T    │
    │                            ├──────────────────────────▶ │
    │                            │       reveal preimage,     │
    │                            │       claim X-fee          │
    │                            │ ◀──────────────────────────┤
    │   router uses preimage     │                            │
    │   to claim X from in-HTLC  │                            │
    │ ◀──────────────────────────┤                            │

If the recipient never claims, both HTLCs eventually refund. The router's outgoing timeout is shorter than the incoming, guaranteeing the router can always pull the in-HTLC after the recipient claims out, even if the recipient stalls until the very last second.