This commit adds a new SetBit helper function in the features package
along with a test for it. SetBit sets the given feature bit on the
given feature bit vector along with any of its dependencies. If the bit
is required, then all the dependencies are also set to required,
otherwise, the optional dependency bits are set. Existing bits are only
upgraded from optional to required but never downgraded from required to
optional.
We need a new feature bit for BOLT11 invoices in order to indicate that
they contain the new blinded path tagged field. Tagged fields pre-date
TLV and so nodes who dont understand them will simply skip them.
Therefore the feature bit helps them to fail fast.
In this commit, we carry out a new notion introduced during a recent
spec meeting to use a feature bit plus 100 before the feature has been
finalized in the spec.
We split into the Final and Staging bits.
This defines the zero-conf feature bit, the scid-alias feature bit,
the zero-conf channel type, and the scid-alias channel type. It also
defines the dependency "tree" that exists for the feature bits.
The scid-alias feature bit signals that the node requires an alias
short channel id to be sent in funding_locked. The scid-alias channel
type requires that the channel is private, in addition to some other
forwarding-related privacy measures.
If these bits are present, then both sides can examine the new
CommitmentType TLV field that's present and use this in place of the
existing implicit commiment type negotiation. With this change, it's now
possible to actually deprecate old unsupported commitment types
properly.
Olaoluwa Osuntokun