From 3823d73fa371941455878854f6de26a07276e7a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Nordh <3393669+danielnordh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 09:58:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Simplify opening paragraph. Add Lightning mention. --- guide/payments/coin-selection.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/guide/payments/coin-selection.md b/guide/payments/coin-selection.md index 84bf262a9..6c8d3857e 100644 --- a/guide/payments/coin-selection.md +++ b/guide/payments/coin-selection.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ main_classes: -no-top-padding # Coin selection -Coin selection is the process of choosing which [UTXOs](https://bitcoin.design/guide/glossary/#unspent-transaction-output-utxo) (or “coins”) to fund a Bitcoin transaction with inputs when making an on-chain payment. Since a wallet contains multiple coins to arrive at a balance, these are retrieved by an algorithm to fulfill the payment amount for outgoing transactions. +Coin selection is the process of choosing which [UTXOs](https://bitcoin.design/guide/glossary/#unspent-transaction-output-utxo) (or “coins”) to use as inputs when making an on-chain bitcoin payment. For payments on the Lightning network, coin selection is only relevant for the transaction that opens the lightning channel. There are two types of coin selection strategies that are used in Bitcoin applications: 1. [**Automatic Coin Selection**](#automatic-coin-selection) (wallet is delegated to control coin selection on behalf of user) From dc7286bdde51e14bc1c9b635c890fbeb1ca344ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Nordh <3393669+danielnordh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 10:05:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Simplify paragraph about automatic, manual. --- guide/payments/coin-selection.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/guide/payments/coin-selection.md b/guide/payments/coin-selection.md index 6c8d3857e..8403ff3d7 100644 --- a/guide/payments/coin-selection.md +++ b/guide/payments/coin-selection.md @@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ main_classes: -no-top-padding Coin selection is the process of choosing which [UTXOs](https://bitcoin.design/guide/glossary/#unspent-transaction-output-utxo) (or “coins”) to use as inputs when making an on-chain bitcoin payment. For payments on the Lightning network, coin selection is only relevant for the transaction that opens the lightning channel. -There are two types of coin selection strategies that are used in Bitcoin applications: -1. [**Automatic Coin Selection**](#automatic-coin-selection) (wallet is delegated to control coin selection on behalf of user) -2. [**Manual Coin Selection**](#manual-coin-selection-aka-coin-control) (user controls coin selection) +Coin selection can be [**automatic**](#automatic-coin-selection), and handled by the wallet application. Or it can be [**manual**](#manual-coin-selection-aka-coin-control), letting the user control which coins are used. strategies that are used in Bitcoin applications: + {% include picture.html image = "/assets/images/guide/payments/coin-selection/funding-tx.jpg" retina = "/assets/images/guide/payments/coin-selection/funding-tx@2x.jpg" From 8eaddc4020b88126c5e7a28ba218906d63e47120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Nordh <3393669+danielnordh@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 10:17:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Remove left over characters. --- guide/payments/coin-selection.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/guide/payments/coin-selection.md b/guide/payments/coin-selection.md index 8403ff3d7..cbf77f4b6 100644 --- a/guide/payments/coin-selection.md +++ b/guide/payments/coin-selection.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ main_classes: -no-top-padding Coin selection is the process of choosing which [UTXOs](https://bitcoin.design/guide/glossary/#unspent-transaction-output-utxo) (or “coins”) to use as inputs when making an on-chain bitcoin payment. For payments on the Lightning network, coin selection is only relevant for the transaction that opens the lightning channel. -Coin selection can be [**automatic**](#automatic-coin-selection), and handled by the wallet application. Or it can be [**manual**](#manual-coin-selection-aka-coin-control), letting the user control which coins are used. strategies that are used in Bitcoin applications: +Coin selection can be [**automatic**](#automatic-coin-selection), and handled by the wallet application. Or it can be [**manual**](#manual-coin-selection-aka-coin-control), letting the user control which coins are used. {% include picture.html image = "/assets/images/guide/payments/coin-selection/funding-tx.jpg"