macaroons: add technical documentation, fix comments
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A macaroon is delegated by adding restrictions (called caveats) and an
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authentication code similar to a signature (technically an HMAC) to it. The
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technical method of doing this is outside the scope of this overview
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documentation, but the macaroon paper linked above describes it quite well. The
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documentation, but the [README in the macaroons package](../macaroons/README.md)
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or the macaroon paper linked above describe it in more detail. The
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user must remember several things:
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* Sharing a macaroon allows anyone in possession of that macaroon to use it to
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