Updated Payments > Requesting page

_compress_images_cache.yml

@@ -1529,8 +1529,6 @@ assets/images/guide/payments/request/contact-list.png: contact-list.png
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/generate-lightning-address.png: generate-lightning-address.png
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
-assets/images/guide/payments/request/home.png: home.png
-assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/my-contact-card.png: my-contact-card.png
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/my-profile-empty.png: my-profile-empty.png
@@ -1546,22 +1544,14 @@ assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/reusable-share.png: reusable-share.png
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/single-use-invoice-settings.png: single-use-invoice-settings.png
-assets/images/guide/payments/request/withdraw-request.png: withdraw-request.png
-assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/withdrawal-qr.png: withdrawal-qr.png
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/contact-card.png: contact-card.png
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
-assets/images/guide/payments/request/contactless.png: contactless.png
-assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/plaintext-single-use.png: plaintext-single-use.png
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/single-use-address-type.png: single-use-address-type.png
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
-assets/images/guide/payments/request/single-use-payment-request-settings.png: single-use-payment-request-settings.png
-assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
-assets/images/guide/payments/request/single-use-payment-request.png: single-use-payment-request.png
-assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/single-use-transaction-request-settings.png: single-use-transaction-request-settings.png
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/request/single-use-transaction-request.png: single-use-transaction-request.png
@@ -1671,3 +1661,19 @@ assets/images/guide/payments/send/enter-pin-before-payment.png: enter-pin-before
 assets/images/guide/payments/send/[email protected]: [email protected]
 assets/images/guide/payments/send/offline-error.png: offline-error.png
 assets/images/guide/payments/send/[email protected]: [email protected]
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/long-expiry.png: long-expiry.png
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/single-use-payment-request.png: single-use-payment-request.png
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/withdraw-request.png: withdraw-request.png
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/single-use-payment-request-settings.png: single-use-payment-request-settings.png
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/single-use-payment-request-settings-address.png: single-use-payment-request-settings-address.png
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/home.png: home.png
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/node-id.png: node-id.png
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/contactless.png: contactless.png
+assets/images/guide/payments/request/[email protected]: [email protected]

guide/glossary/index.md

@@ -222,7 +222,9 @@ Bitcoin wallets and addresses are have both [public](#public-key) and [private k
 
 ### Lightning invoice
 
-Users of the Lightning network use a Lightning invoice to request a payment. It is defined by [BOLT 11](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/11-payment-encoding.md) and includes an amount to be paid, destination of the payment, and an optional message. Unlike bitcoin addresses, Lightning invoice's expire after a set amount of time.
+Users of the Lightning network use a Lightning invoice to request a payment. It is defined by [BOLT 11](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-rfc/blob/master/11-payment-encoding.md) and includes an amount to be paid, destination of the payment, and an optional message. Unlike bitcoin addresses, Lightning invoice's expire after a set amount of time. By default this is set to 60 minutes.
+
+Why do invoices expire? If invoices had no expiry, recipients would likely to run into memory / storage issues as the number of locally stored preimages grows with each payment attempt. Rene Pickhardt explains this further [here](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/85981/why-do-lightning-invoices-expire/85999#85999).
 
 ### Lightning network