The document describes the normal operation sequence of the Lightning Network protocol. It shows a series of messages exchanged between two nodes (A and B) to update payment channels. The sequence involves 6 messages - two nodes send update messages, commit to the updates, then revoke previous commitments and send new commitment transactions.
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Lightning Network (BOLT) Normal Operation Sequence
47. BOLT #2: Peer Protocol for Channel Management
Normal Operation
> Counter-intuitively, these updates apply to the other
> node's commitment transaction; the node only adds those
> updates to its own commitment transaction when the remote
> node acknowledges it has applied them via
> `revoke_and_ack`.