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+# Protocol Documentation
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+## Table of Contents
+
+- [lspd.proto](#lspd.proto)
+    - [ChannelInformationReply](#lspd.ChannelInformationReply)
+    - [ChannelInformationRequest](#lspd.ChannelInformationRequest)
+    - [OpenChannelReply](#lspd.OpenChannelReply)
+    - [OpenChannelRequest](#lspd.OpenChannelRequest)
+    - [PaymentInformation](#lspd.PaymentInformation)
+    - [RegisterPaymentReply](#lspd.RegisterPaymentReply)
+    - [RegisterPaymentRequest](#lspd.RegisterPaymentRequest)
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+    - [ChannelOpener](#lspd.ChannelOpener)
+  
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+- [Scalar Value Types](#scalar-value-types)
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+<a name="lspd.proto"></a>
+<p align="right"><a href="#top">Top</a></p>
+
+## lspd.proto
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+
+
+<a name="lspd.ChannelInformationReply"></a>
+
+### ChannelInformationReply
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+
+
+| Field | Type | Label | Description |
+| ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
+| name | [string](#string) |  | The name of of lsp |
+| pubkey | [string](#string) |  | The identity pubkey of the Lightning node |
+| host | [string](#string) |  | The network location of the lightning node, e.g. `12.34.56.78:9012` or / `localhost:10011` |
+| channel_capacity | [int64](#int64) |  | The channel capacity in satoshis |
+| target_conf | [int32](#int32) |  | The target number of blocks that the funding transaction should be / confirmed by. |
+| base_fee_msat | [int64](#int64) |  | The base fee charged regardless of the number of milli-satoshis sent. |
+| fee_rate | [double](#double) |  | The effective fee rate in milli-satoshis. The precision of this value goes / up to 6 decimal places, so 1e-6. |
+| time_lock_delta | [uint32](#uint32) |  | The required timelock delta for HTLCs forwarded over the channel. |
+| min_htlc_msat | [int64](#int64) |  | The minimum value in millisatoshi we will require for incoming HTLCs on / the channel. |
+| channel_fee_permyriad | [int64](#int64) |  |  |
+| lsp_pubkey | [bytes](#bytes) |  |  |
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+<a name="lspd.ChannelInformationRequest"></a>
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+### ChannelInformationRequest
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+
+| Field | Type | Label | Description |
+| ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
+| pubkey | [string](#string) |  | The identity pubkey of the Lightning node |
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+<a name="lspd.OpenChannelReply"></a>
+
+### OpenChannelReply
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+| Field | Type | Label | Description |
+| ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
+| tx_hash | [string](#string) |  | The transaction hash |
+| output_index | [uint32](#uint32) |  | The output index |
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+<a name="lspd.OpenChannelRequest"></a>
+
+### OpenChannelRequest
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+
+
+| Field | Type | Label | Description |
+| ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
+| pubkey | [string](#string) |  | The identity pubkey of the Lightning node |
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+<a name="lspd.PaymentInformation"></a>
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+### PaymentInformation
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+
+| Field | Type | Label | Description |
+| ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
+| payment_hash | [bytes](#bytes) |  |  |
+| payment_secret | [bytes](#bytes) |  |  |
+| destination | [bytes](#bytes) |  |  |
+| incoming_amount_msat | [int64](#int64) |  |  |
+| outgoing_amount_msat | [int64](#int64) |  |  |
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+<a name="lspd.RegisterPaymentReply"></a>
+
+### RegisterPaymentReply
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+<a name="lspd.RegisterPaymentRequest"></a>
+
+### RegisterPaymentRequest
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+| Field | Type | Label | Description |
+| ----- | ---- | ----- | ----------- |
+| blob | [bytes](#bytes) |  |  |
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+<a name="lspd.ChannelOpener"></a>
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+### ChannelOpener
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+
+| Method Name | Request Type | Response Type | Description |
+| ----------- | ------------ | ------------- | ------------|
+| ChannelInformation | [ChannelInformationRequest](#lspd.ChannelInformationRequest) | [ChannelInformationReply](#lspd.ChannelInformationReply) |  |
+| OpenChannel | [OpenChannelRequest](#lspd.OpenChannelRequest) | [OpenChannelReply](#lspd.OpenChannelReply) |  |
+| RegisterPayment | [RegisterPaymentRequest](#lspd.RegisterPaymentRequest) | [RegisterPaymentReply](#lspd.RegisterPaymentReply) |  |
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+
+## Scalar Value Types
+
+| .proto Type | Notes | C++ Type | Java Type | Python Type |
+| ----------- | ----- | -------- | --------- | ----------- |
+| <a name="double" /> double |  | double | double | float |
+| <a name="float" /> float |  | float | float | float |
+| <a name="int32" /> int32 | Uses variable-length encoding. Inefficient for encoding negative numbers – if your field is likely to have negative values, use sint32 instead. | int32 | int | int |
+| <a name="int64" /> int64 | Uses variable-length encoding. Inefficient for encoding negative numbers – if your field is likely to have negative values, use sint64 instead. | int64 | long | int/long |
+| <a name="uint32" /> uint32 | Uses variable-length encoding. | uint32 | int | int/long |
+| <a name="uint64" /> uint64 | Uses variable-length encoding. | uint64 | long | int/long |
+| <a name="sint32" /> sint32 | Uses variable-length encoding. Signed int value. These more efficiently encode negative numbers than regular int32s. | int32 | int | int |
+| <a name="sint64" /> sint64 | Uses variable-length encoding. Signed int value. These more efficiently encode negative numbers than regular int64s. | int64 | long | int/long |
+| <a name="fixed32" /> fixed32 | Always four bytes. More efficient than uint32 if values are often greater than 2^28. | uint32 | int | int |
+| <a name="fixed64" /> fixed64 | Always eight bytes. More efficient than uint64 if values are often greater than 2^56. | uint64 | long | int/long |
+| <a name="sfixed32" /> sfixed32 | Always four bytes. | int32 | int | int |
+| <a name="sfixed64" /> sfixed64 | Always eight bytes. | int64 | long | int/long |
+| <a name="bool" /> bool |  | bool | boolean | boolean |
+| <a name="string" /> string | A string must always contain UTF-8 encoded or 7-bit ASCII text. | string | String | str/unicode |
+| <a name="bytes" /> bytes | May contain any arbitrary sequence of bytes. | string | ByteString | str |
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