# Che Kohler - What Are Lightning Offers (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://thebitcoinmanual.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/bolt-12-lightning.png) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/42607255) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Che Kohler]] **Full Title**:: What Are Lightning Offers **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [thebitcoinmanual.com](https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/lightning-offers-bolt12/) **Host**:: [[thebitcoinmanual.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2024-07-25]] **Created**:: [[2024-07-27]] ## Highlights - To not reveal the payee node ID to the payer, the payee can send an invoice to the payer, which has a partial onion route as a destination instead of a node ID. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3kpbvy6bgg3cywtqecph61q)) ^750018105 - BOLT 12 also allows for convenient and potentially anonymous refunds since the communication channel can be kept open, and the payer can send a refund invoice through the same communication channel, making it far cheaper and easier for merchants to operate on Lightning. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j3kpcpdk41rkh7yhya05trvs)) ^750018117