✅ Master State Channel Mechanics
Understand channel lifecycle, disputes, and real-world networks
Enable instant off-chain transactions
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0 / 5 completedKey Takeaways & Knowledge Check
Review the essential concepts and test your understanding of state channels.
⚡ Core Concepts
- •State channels enable instant, zero-fee transactions off-chain
- •Only opening and closing touch the blockchain
- •Unlimited transactions between channel openings
- •Security equivalent to on-chain transactions
- •Signed state updates provide cryptographic proof
🔐 Security Model
- •Sequence numbers prevent old state submission
- •Challenge periods allow fraud detection
- •Dual signatures required for valid states
- •Economic penalties deter dishonest behavior
- •Watchtower services monitor for fraud
🏗️ Lifecycle
- •Opening: Deploy contract and deposit funds
- •Transacting: Exchange signed state updates
- •Updating: Increment sequence numbers
- •Closing: Submit final state and withdraw
- •Challenge: 24-hour dispute window
🎯 Trade-offs
- ✓Instant finality and zero fees
- ✓Unlimited scalability for paired users
- ✗Requires both parties online
- ✗Capital locked until channel closes
- ✗Setup costs for opening/closing
📝 Knowledge Check Quiz
Test your understanding with these questions. You need 3 out of 5 correct to complete the module.