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Remove redundant is_initiator from FundingTemplate/FundingContribution

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Jeffrey Czyz

73/100 · Adequate
Remove redundant is_initiator from FundingTemplate/FundingContribution

FundingTemplate is only ever created by the splice initiator, so
is_initiator is always true. The channel already knows who initiated
the splice from who won quiescence (is_holder_quiescence_initiator),
making the field on FundingTemplate and FundingContribution redundant.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit removes an unused flag called is_initiator from internal funding/splicing data structures. The code now assumes the creator of a FundingContribution is always the splice initiator when estimating transaction fees, which the commit message says is intentionally conservative (it may overestimate fees rather than underestimate them). There is no direct evidence this fixes an exploitable vulnerability; it appears to be a code-cleanup/refactoring change with a minor behavioral shift in fee estimation.

Recommended action

Treat as a low-risk refactoring commit. Reviewers should confirm that FundingTemplate/FundingContribution can never be created by the splice acceptor and that the serialization change is backward-compatible for the intended deployment context. No urgent security action is indicated by the diff alone.

Security signals we found

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Hard-codes initiator assumption in fee estimation

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Changes TLV serialization layout for FundingContribution

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Removes redundant state that could theoretically have become inconsistent

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Comment explicitly notes conservative overestimation behavior

Risk score

Why this scored 18/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 2/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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