Comment by nineder on 24/12/2017 at 15:38 UTC

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Payments can be split up and sent over multiple routes.

Also payments can be sent from multiple of your channels at once.

The net effect is the correct amount ending up at your recipient and the payment request being completed.

Sending 2btc maybe will take 15 different routes to find enough channel capacity. But your wallet will handle all those details for you seamlessly.

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Comment by YoungScholar89 at 24/12/2017 at 16:37 UTC

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Couldn't it just find one route and the send the amount equal to the LN node with the smallest balance in the route and then repeat sending txs until the full amount was sent?

Comment by catapultation at 24/12/2017 at 19:34 UTC

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Payments can be split up and sent over multiple routes.

Do you have a source for this? I haven't seen that capability listed anywhere.