State Channels for Babies, Part 3

Putting All The Pieces Together

Hunter Hillman
Connext
4 min readAug 26, 2018

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This is the last one on state channels, we promise!

In previous installments, we introduced you to state channels and dug a little deeper into what makes them tick.

This week, we’re going to take a dive into the architecture of “multihop” payments and a few different strategies for implementing them.

We rely on terms and definitions from previous chapters, so if you haven’t already read them, take a look at our first two posts:

There are many ways to illustrate and educate the community on state channels. Existing state channels information remains somewhat esoteric, but it is important we disseminate this knowledge in a multitude of ways so that more people can grasp where we are in terms of scalability.

For a more in-depth look, check out the Counterfactual for Dummies and State Channels for Dummies series by Eric Olszewski.

Without further ado, we present:

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And lastly, please share this with your friends in the community. We’re really excited to help projects in the space scale to the mainstream market!

Thanks for your support,
Team Connext

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