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Add a tlv field in `init` to list supported compression algorithms.

This compression will be used in several places, currently in extended
gossip queries.

Fixes #811
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22 changes: 21 additions & 1 deletion 01-messaging.md
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1. type: 1 (`networks`)
2. data:
* [`...*chain_hash`:`chains`]

1. type: 3 (`compression_algorithms`)
2. data:
* [`...*byte`:`supported_algorithms`]

The optional `networks` indicates the chains the node is interested in.

The optional `compression_algorithms` is a bitfield indicating what compression
algorithms the node supports for [gossip queries](07-routing-gossip.md#query-messages).

| Bit Position | Algorithm |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| 0 | Uncompressed |
| 1 | [zlib_deflate](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1950.txt) |

#### Requirements

The sending node:
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- SHOULD NOT set features greater than 13 in `globalfeatures`.
- SHOULD use the minimum length required to represent the `features` field.
- SHOULD set `networks` to all chains it will gossip or open channels for.
- if it sets the `option_compression` feature bit:
- MUST set the `compression_algorithms` field

The receiving node:
- MUST wait to receive `init` before sending any other messages.
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- MAY fail the connection.
- if the feature vector does not set all known, transitive dependencies:
- MUST fail the connection.
- if it has no `compression_algorithms` in common with the sending node:
- MUST NOT exchange messages that require compression (e.g. gossip queries).
- MAY fail the connection.

#### Rationale

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Values encoded with BigSize will produce an encoding of either 1, 3, 5, or 9
bytes depending on the size of the integer. The encoding is a piece-wise
function that takes a `uint64` value `x` and produces:

```
uint8(x) if x < 0xfd
0xfd + be16(uint16(x)) if x < 0x10000
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### BigSize Decoding Tests

The following is an example of how to execute the BigSize decoding tests.

```golang
func testReadBigSize(t *testing.T, test bigSizeTest) {
var buf [8]byte
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```

A correct implementation should pass against these test vectors:

```json
[
{
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### BigSize Encoding Tests

The following is an example of how to execute the BigSize encoding tests.

```golang
func testWriteBigSize(t *testing.T, test bigSizeTest) {
var (
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```

A correct implementation should pass against the following test vectors:

```json
[
{
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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion 07-routing-gossip.md
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Expand Up @@ -565,9 +565,12 @@ request what gossip should be received.
There are several messages which contain a long array of
`short_channel_id`s (called `encoded_short_ids`) so we utilize a
simple compression scheme: the first byte indicates the encoding, the
rest contains the data.
rest contains the data. The compression algorithms supported by each
node are advertised in the `init` message's `compression_algorithms`
tlv field.

Encoding types:

* `0`: uncompressed array of `short_channel_id` types, in ascending order.
* `1`: array of `short_channel_id` types, in ascending order, compressed with zlib deflate<sup>[1](#reference-1)</sup>

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- MUST set `chain_hash` to the 32-byte hash that uniquely identifies the chain
that the `short_channel_id`s refer to.
- MUST set the first byte of `encoded_short_ids` to the encoding type.
- MUST NOT use an encoding not supported by the remote peer.
- MUST encode a whole number of `short_channel_id`s to `encoded_short_ids`
- MAY send this if it receives a `channel_update` for a
`short_channel_id` for which it has no `channel_announcement`.
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Expand Up @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ for use of the channel, so the presentation of those features depends
on the feature itself.

The Context column decodes as follows:

* `I`: presented in the `init` message.
* `N`: presented in the `node_announcement` messages
* `C`: presented in the `channel_announcement` message.
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| 20/21 | `option_anchor_outputs` | Anchor outputs | IN | `option_static_remotekey` | [BOLT #3](03-transactions.md) |
| 22/23 | `option_anchors_zero_fee_htlc_tx` | Anchor commitment type with zero fee HTLC transactions | IN | | [BOLT #3][bolt03-htlc-tx], [lightning-dev][ml-sighash-single-harmful]|
| 26/27 | `option_shutdown_anysegwit` | Future segwit versions allowed in `shutdown` | IN | | [BOLT #2][bolt02-shutdown] |
| 32/33 | `option_compression` | Compression algorithms advertised in `init` | IN | | [BOLT #1](01-messaging.md#the-init-message) |
| 44/45 | `option_channel_type` | Node supports the `channel_type` field in open/accept | IN | | [BOLT #2](02-peer-protocol.md#the-open_channel-message) |

## Definitions
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## Requirements

The origin node:
* If it supports a feature above, SHOULD set the corresponding odd
bit in all feature fields indicated by the Context column unless
indicated that it must set the even feature bit instead.
* If it requires a feature above, MUST set the corresponding even
feature bit in all feature fields indicated by the Context column,
unless indicated that it must set the odd feature bit instead.
* MUST NOT set feature bits it does not support.
* MUST NOT set feature bits in fields not specified by the table above.
* MUST set all transitive feature dependencies.

* If it supports a feature above, SHOULD set the corresponding odd
bit in all feature fields indicated by the Context column unless
indicated that it must set the even feature bit instead.
* If it requires a feature above, MUST set the corresponding even
feature bit in all feature fields indicated by the Context column,
unless indicated that it must set the odd feature bit instead.
* MUST NOT set feature bits it does not support.
* MUST NOT set feature bits in fields not specified by the table above.
* MUST set all transitive feature dependencies.

The requirements for receiving specific bits are defined in the linked sections in the table above.
The requirements for feature bits that are not defined
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