lncfg+sample-lnd.conf: deprecate routing.assumechanvalid

lncfg/routing.go

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ package lncfg
 
 // Routing holds the configuration options for routing.
 type Routing struct {
-	AssumeChannelValid bool `long:"assumechanvalid" description:"Skip checking channel spentness during graph validation. This speedup comes at the risk of using an unvalidated view of the network for routing. (default: false)"`
+	AssumeChannelValid bool `long:"assumechanvalid" description:"DEPRECATED: This is now turned on by default for Neutrino (use neutrino.validatechannels=true to turn off) and shouldn't be used for any other backend! (default: false)"`
 }

sample-lnd.conf

@@ -468,13 +468,9 @@ bitcoin.node=btcd
 ; Neutrino is used. (default: false)
 ; neutrino.validatechannels=false
 
-; Skip checking channel spentness and existence during graph validation for
-; neutrino. Enabling this option means that neutrino nodes will not need to
-; perform long rescans which block initial usage of the daemon, but comes at
-; the cost of not validating channels in your routing graph. Skipping this
-; validation means that your node may have an incorrect view of the network
-; if it receives updates for closed or non-existent channels. This could affect
-; routing, but funds are safu.
+; DEPRECATED: This is now turned on by default for Neutrino (use 
+; neutrino.validatechannels=true to turn off) and shouldn't be used for any
+; other backend!
 ; --routing.assumechanvalid=true
 
 [Btcd]