diff --git a/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/crypto/Sphinx.scala b/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/crypto/Sphinx.scala
index 73e8c88a81..12bd21ce7f 100644
--- a/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/crypto/Sphinx.scala
+++ b/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/crypto/Sphinx.scala
@@ -380,21 +380,20 @@ object Sphinx extends Logging {
 
     /**
      * @param publicKey            introduction node's public key (which cannot be blinded since the sender need to find a route to it).
-     * @param blindingEphemeralKey blinding tweak that can be used by the introduction node to derive the private key that
-     *                             lets it decrypt the encrypted payload.
+     * @param blindedPublicKey     blinded public key, which hides the real public key.
+     * @param blindingEphemeralKey blinding tweak that can be used by the receiving node to derive the private key that
+     *                             matches the blinded public key.
      * @param encryptedPayload     encrypted payload that can be decrypted with the introduction node's private key and the
      *                             blinding ephemeral key.
      */
-    case class IntroductionNode(publicKey: PublicKey, blindingEphemeralKey: PublicKey, encryptedPayload: ByteVector)
+    case class IntroductionNode(publicKey: PublicKey, blindedPublicKey: PublicKey, blindingEphemeralKey: PublicKey, encryptedPayload: ByteVector)
 
     /**
-     * @param blindedPublicKey     blinded public key, which hides the real public key.
-     * @param blindingEphemeralKey blinding tweak that can be used by the receiving node to derive the private key that
-     *                             matches the blinded public key.
-     * @param encryptedPayload     encrypted payload that can be decrypted with the receiving node's private key and the
-     *                             blinding ephemeral key.
+     * @param blindedPublicKey blinded public key, which hides the real public key.
+     * @param encryptedPayload encrypted payload that can be decrypted with the receiving node's private key and the
+     *                         blinding ephemeral key.
      */
-    case class BlindedNode(blindedPublicKey: PublicKey, blindingEphemeralKey: PublicKey, encryptedPayload: ByteVector)
+    case class BlindedNode(blindedPublicKey: PublicKey, encryptedPayload: ByteVector)
 
     /**
      * @param introductionNode the first node should not be blinded, otherwise the sender cannot locate it.
@@ -402,7 +401,6 @@ object Sphinx extends Logging {
      */
     case class BlindedRoute(introductionNode: IntroductionNode, blindedNodes: Seq[BlindedNode]) {
       val nodeIds: Seq[PublicKey] = introductionNode.publicKey +: blindedNodes.map(_.blindedPublicKey)
-      val blindingEphemeralKeys: Seq[PublicKey] = introductionNode.blindingEphemeralKey +: blindedNodes.map(_.blindingEphemeralKey)
       val encryptedPayloads: Seq[ByteVector] = introductionNode.encryptedPayload +: blindedNodes.map(_.encryptedPayload)
     }
 
@@ -417,16 +415,16 @@ object Sphinx extends Logging {
     def create(sessionKey: PrivateKey, publicKeys: Seq[PublicKey], payloads: Seq[ByteVector]): BlindedRoute = {
       require(publicKeys.length == payloads.length, "a payload must be provided for each node in the blinded path")
       var e = sessionKey
-      val blindedHops = publicKeys.zip(payloads).map { case (publicKey, payload) =>
+      val (blindedHops, blindingKeys) = publicKeys.zip(payloads).map { case (publicKey, payload) =>
         val blindingKey = e.publicKey
         val sharedSecret = computeSharedSecret(publicKey, e)
         val blindedPublicKey = blind(publicKey, generateKey("blinded_node_id", sharedSecret))
         val rho = generateKey("rho", sharedSecret)
         val (encryptedPayload, mac) = ChaCha20Poly1305.encrypt(rho, zeroes(12), payload, ByteVector.empty)
         e = e.multiply(PrivateKey(Crypto.sha256(blindingKey.value ++ sharedSecret.bytes)))
-        BlindedNode(blindedPublicKey, blindingKey, encryptedPayload ++ mac)
-      }
-      val introductionNode = IntroductionNode(publicKeys.head, blindedHops.head.blindingEphemeralKey, blindedHops.head.encryptedPayload)
+        (BlindedNode(blindedPublicKey, encryptedPayload ++ mac), blindingKey)
+      }.unzip
+      val introductionNode = IntroductionNode(publicKeys.head, blindedHops.head.blindedPublicKey, blindingKeys.head, blindedHops.head.encryptedPayload)
       BlindedRoute(introductionNode, blindedHops.tail)
     }
 
diff --git a/eclair-core/src/test/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/crypto/SphinxSpec.scala b/eclair-core/src/test/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/crypto/SphinxSpec.scala
index 7818d0eb5b..c3a2c4b124 100644
--- a/eclair-core/src/test/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/crypto/SphinxSpec.scala
+++ b/eclair-core/src/test/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/crypto/SphinxSpec.scala
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ class SphinxSpec extends AnyFunSuite {
     val sessionKey = PrivateKey(hex"0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101")
     val blindedRoute = RouteBlinding.create(sessionKey, publicKeys, routeBlindingPayloads)
     assert(blindedRoute.introductionNode.publicKey === publicKeys(0))
+    assert(blindedRoute.introductionNode.blindedPublicKey === PublicKey(hex"02ec68ed555f5d18b12fe0e2208563c3566032967cf11dc29b20c345449f9a50a2"))
     assert(blindedRoute.introductionNode.blindingEphemeralKey === PublicKey(hex"031b84c5567b126440995d3ed5aaba0565d71e1834604819ff9c17f5e9d5dd078f"))
     assert(blindedRoute.introductionNode.encryptedPayload === hex"a245b767bd52520bdf8179b2dc681d1a36c2ededaf59429dfc4bea342fa460c9")
     assert(blindedRoute.nodeIds === Seq(
@@ -383,13 +384,6 @@ class SphinxSpec extends AnyFunSuite {
       PublicKey(hex"03bfddd2253b42fe12edd37f9071a3883830ed61a4bc347eeac63421629cf032b5"),
       PublicKey(hex"03a8588bc4a0a2f0d2fb8d5c0f8d062fb4d78bfba24a85d0ddeb4fd35dd3b34110"),
     ))
-    assert(blindedRoute.blindingEphemeralKeys === blindedRoute.introductionNode.blindingEphemeralKey +: blindedRoute.blindedNodes.map(_.blindingEphemeralKey))
-    assert(blindedRoute.blindedNodes.map(_.blindingEphemeralKey) === Seq(
-      PublicKey(hex"035cb4c003d58e16cc9207270b3596c2be3309eca64c36b208c946bbb599bfcad0"),
-      PublicKey(hex"02e105bc01a7af07074a1b0b1d9a112a1d89c6cd87cc4e2b6ba3a824731d9508bd"),
-      PublicKey(hex"0349164db5398925ef234002e62d2834da115b8eafc73436fab98ed12266e797cc"),
-      PublicKey(hex"020a6d1951916adcac22125063f62c35b3686f36e5db2f77073f3d35b19c7a118a"),
-    ))
     assert(blindedRoute.encryptedPayloads === blindedRoute.introductionNode.encryptedPayload +: blindedRoute.blindedNodes.map(_.encryptedPayload))
     assert(blindedRoute.blindedNodes.map(_.encryptedPayload) === Seq(
       hex"38748f94ead7de2a54fc43e8bb927bfc377dda7ed5a2e36b327b739c3c82a602e43e07e378f17cd46ee32d987eb8b6d03b3403acb095bd2868f640b92ea1",
@@ -399,27 +393,27 @@ class SphinxSpec extends AnyFunSuite {
     ))
 
     // The introduction point can decrypt its encrypted payload and obtain the next ephemeral public key.
-    val Success((payload0, ephKey1)) = RouteBlinding.decryptPayload(privKeys(0), blindedRoute.blindingEphemeralKeys(0), blindedRoute.encryptedPayloads(0))
+    val Success((payload0, ephKey1)) = RouteBlinding.decryptPayload(privKeys(0), blindedRoute.introductionNode.blindingEphemeralKey, blindedRoute.encryptedPayloads(0))
     assert(payload0 === routeBlindingPayloads(0))
-    assert(ephKey1 === blindedRoute.blindingEphemeralKeys(1))
+    assert(ephKey1 === PublicKey(hex"035cb4c003d58e16cc9207270b3596c2be3309eca64c36b208c946bbb599bfcad0"))
 
     // The next node can derive the private key used to unwrap the onion and decrypt its encrypted payload.
     assert(RouteBlinding.derivePrivateKey(privKeys(1), ephKey1).publicKey === blindedRoute.nodeIds(1))
     val Success((payload1, ephKey2)) = RouteBlinding.decryptPayload(privKeys(1), ephKey1, blindedRoute.encryptedPayloads(1))
     assert(payload1 === routeBlindingPayloads(1))
-    assert(ephKey2 === blindedRoute.blindingEphemeralKeys(2))
+    assert(ephKey2 === PublicKey(hex"02e105bc01a7af07074a1b0b1d9a112a1d89c6cd87cc4e2b6ba3a824731d9508bd"))
 
     // The next node can derive the private key used to unwrap the onion and decrypt its encrypted payload.
     assert(RouteBlinding.derivePrivateKey(privKeys(2), ephKey2).publicKey === blindedRoute.nodeIds(2))
     val Success((payload2, ephKey3)) = RouteBlinding.decryptPayload(privKeys(2), ephKey2, blindedRoute.encryptedPayloads(2))
     assert(payload2 === routeBlindingPayloads(2))
-    assert(ephKey3 === blindedRoute.blindingEphemeralKeys(3))
+    assert(ephKey3 === PublicKey(hex"0349164db5398925ef234002e62d2834da115b8eafc73436fab98ed12266e797cc"))
 
     // The next node can derive the private key used to unwrap the onion and decrypt its encrypted payload.
     assert(RouteBlinding.derivePrivateKey(privKeys(3), ephKey3).publicKey === blindedRoute.nodeIds(3))
     val Success((payload3, ephKey4)) = RouteBlinding.decryptPayload(privKeys(3), ephKey3, blindedRoute.encryptedPayloads(3))
     assert(payload3 === routeBlindingPayloads(3))
-    assert(ephKey4 === blindedRoute.blindingEphemeralKeys(4))
+    assert(ephKey4 === PublicKey(hex"020a6d1951916adcac22125063f62c35b3686f36e5db2f77073f3d35b19c7a118a"))
 
     // The last node can derive the private key used to unwrap the onion and decrypt its encrypted payload.
     assert(RouteBlinding.derivePrivateKey(privKeys(4), ephKey4).publicKey === blindedRoute.nodeIds(4))