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Does Lightning require millisatoshi unit?

1 message, 28 Jan 2018. Started by LORD HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES HRMH.

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It seems in a document that I was referenced with this very question that the unit for creating invoices on Lightning is millisatoshi. Do we really need to invoice for 1000 millisatoshi for a 1 sat transaction?

https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/blob/master/README.md#sending-and-receiving-payments

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lightning/README.md at master · ElementsProject/lightning ...<https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/blob/master/README.md#sending-and-receiving-payments> github.com c-lightning is a standard compliant implementation of the Lightning Network protocol. The Lightning Network is a scalability solution for Bitcoin, enabling secure and ...