Jekyll2025-10-08T07:15:37+00:00/feed.xmlLitDevs is a community for those interested in discussing and participating in the research and development of Bitcoin, Lightning, and related protocols.2025-09-15T00:00:00+00:002025-09-15T00:00:00+00:00/litdevs-22<h2 id="network-stats">Network Stats</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://mempool.space/lightning">mempool.space</a></li> <li><a href="https://dashboard.clarkmoody.com/">Clark Moody</a></li> <li><a href="https://1ml.com/statistics">1ML</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="topics">Topics</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1194307">State of Lightning Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/payjoindevkit/status/1953813941546631388">Payjoin Dev Kit</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1093487">The Gentleman’s Guide To Routing Nodes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.lopp.net/lightning-information.html">Lightning Information</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1205543">Shutting down my routing node</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1198801">LQWD Claims 24% Annualized Lightning Network Yield</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/patrickc/status/1963638753752420407">Stripe launches L1 to deliver scalable crypto payments???</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/julian_liniger/status/1960225937213063584">Relai sunsets Lightning and claims “No one uses it”</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/voltage_cloud/status/1966129576330821655">ChipperCash reaches 50% Lightning Adoption</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/getAlby/status/1965785549664366862">Alby Hub Lightning Stats</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/lightning-is-misunderstood">“Lightning Is Misunderstood” BTCMAG Article</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="releases">Releases</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.11.4">Zeus v0.11.4</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.09">Core Lightning v25.09</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.19.3-beta">lnd v0.19.3-beta</a></li> </ul>

Network Stats

2025-09-15T00:00:00+00:002025-09-15T00:00:00+00:00/litdevs-23<h2 id="network-stats">Network Stats</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://mempool.space/lightning">mempool.space</a></li> <li><a href="https://dashboard.clarkmoody.com/">Clark Moody</a></li> <li><a href="https://1ml.com/statistics">1ML</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="topics">Topics</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/2025-09-15-litdevs-22">LitDevs #22 Topics</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1224074">How to open simple Taproot channels on LND</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1249134">Everything Rene Pickhardt knows about Routing and Liquidity on the LN</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/channel-depletion-ln-topology-cycles-and-rational-behavior-of-nodes/1259">Channel depletion, LN Topology, Cycles and rational behavior of nodes</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/multichannel-and-multiptlc-towards-a-global-high-availability-consistent-partition-tolerant-database-for-bitcoin-payments/1983">MultiChannel and MultiPTLC</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/a-decker-wattenhofer-multichannel-for-reduced-inter-lsp-trust/1994">A Decker-Wattenhofer MultiChannel For Reduced Inter-LSP Trust</a></li> </ul>

Network Stats

2025-08-18T00:00:00+00:002025-08-18T00:00:00+00:00/litdevs-21<h2 id="topics">Topics</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1047425">The Autonomy of the Lightning Network: A Proof of Structural Decoupling from BTC</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1046487">Super Testnet reviews paper analyzing lightning privacy attacks</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1041743">SuperTestnet Monero vs Lightning debate @ Friday the 18th at 1800 UTC</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1043254">liquiditystr LSP hacked</a></li> <li><a href="https://lightningprivacy.com/en/introduction">Lightning Privacy Introduction</a></li> <li>Lightning Workshop</li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/M_tVo_9OUIs?si=FfzybZqkcqjyDLjA">Build a Lightning Wallet in 20 mintutes</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1080555">Lightning swaps are the connective tissue</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/austinbitdevs/austinlitdevs/issues/5">Additional topics - GitHub issues</a></li> </ul>

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2025-07-14T00:00:00+00:002025-07-14T00:00:00+00:00/litdevs-20<h2 id="topics">Topics</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/-UCeC6Ulvls/m/PuS7Dh6qAgAJ">CVE-2025-27586 “No Santa Claus under the Lightning Sun”</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/05/29/square-flies-the-flag-for-the-lightning-network-with-97-yield-on-bitcoin-holdings">Square Flies the Flag for the Lightning Network With 9.7% Yield on Bitcoin Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfjq45qu5d8tzjhz2kqtzsw49dn8tucyva2jat8trpxnlh4muqzjspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcq3qngumlqmus6xkrmvvee4yc7swh9h4uk7vpq4ddt7a2jtvkc22y0asytq3hw">LNBIG routing income data</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/ark-labs-launches-arkade-a-new-native-operating-system-using-bitcoin">Ark Labs Launches Arkade, a New Native Operating System Using Bitcoin</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/DiamondHandsLN/status/1922642890271916443">Lightning Wallet Network Share in Japan</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/reimagining-onion-messages-as-an-overlay-layer/1799">Reimagining Onion Messages as an Overlay Layer</a></li> <li><a href="https://acinq.co/blog/securing-a-100M-lightning-node">Securing a $100M Lightning Node</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/wallet-of-satoshi-partners-with-spark-to-offer-self-custodial-bitcoin-lightning-experience">Wallet of Satoshi Partners with Spark to Offer Self-Custodial Bitcoin Lightning Experience</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/trustodial-an-ontological-dilemma">Trustodial: An Ontological Dilemma</a></li> <li><a href="https://mashable.com/article/jack-dorsey-messaging-app-bitchat">Jack Dorsey’s Messaging App Bitchat</a></li> <li><a href="https://decrypt.co/329542/bitcoin-treasury-company-rumble-crypto-wallet-moonpay">Bitcoin Treasury Company Rumble Crypto Wallet Moonpay</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinnews.com/press-release/castle-automate-bitcoin-treasury/">Castle Automate Bitcoin Treasury</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/Jestopher_BTC/status/1944554624989700405">Jestopher_BTC - Rails update</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="releases">Releases</h2> <h3 id="core-lightning"><a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning">Core Lightning</a></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.05">v25.05 - Satoshi’s OP_RETURN Opinion</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="lnd"><a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd">LND</a></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.19.1-beta">lnd v0.19.1-beta</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="ldk"><a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning">LDK</a></h3>

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2025-06-16T00:00:00+00:002025-06-16T00:00:00+00:00/litdevs-19<h1 id="agenda">Agenda</h1> <h2 id="weather-report">Weather Report</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://mempool.space/lightning">mempool.space Lightning Dashboard</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/">Clark Moody Dashboard</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="topics">Topics</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://x.com/SuperTestnet/status/1922816061797179804">Lightning Blinder by Super Testnet</a></li> <li><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/latency-and-privacy-in-lightning/1723">Latency and Privacy in Lightning</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/brian_trollz/status/1931003029953630650">Bitcoin Layer 2: Ark - similarities and differences to Lightning</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/1000337">SuperTestnet privacy challenge thread</a></li> <li><a href="https://stacker.news/items/980377">What is the Right LSP for You? [Video]</a></li> <li><a href="https://x.com/ElectrumWallet/status/1933909910011453631">Electrum 4.6 features submarine swaps over Nostr</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYcxoPJ8o0k">Lightning Network Implementations by David Croisant Denver BitDevs [Video]</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="releases">Releases</h2> <h3 id="core-lightning"><a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning">Core Lightning</a></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.05rc1">v25.05rc1</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="cln-application"><a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/cln-application">cln-application</a></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/cln-application/releases/tag/v0.0.7">v0.0.7</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="lnd"><a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd">LND</a></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.19.1-beta">lnd v0.19.1-beta</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="ldk"><a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning">LDK</a></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/releases/tag/v0.1.4">v0.1.4 - May 23, 2025 - “Careful Validation of Bogus States”</a></li> </ul>

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2025-05-12T00:00:00+00:002025-05-12T00:00:00+00:00/litdevs-18<h1 id="agenda">Agenda</h1> <h2 id="weather-report">Weather Report</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://mempool.space/lightning">mempool.space Lightning Dashboard</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/">Clark Moody Dashboard</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="news">News</h2> <ul> <li>Steak n’ Shake to accept bitcoin accross 500 US locations <a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/steak-n-shake-will-accept-bitcoin-payments-in-all-u-s-locations-starting-next-week">link</a></li> <li>Orange Pill App Lighting Wallet Crosses 1M Transactions <a href="https://stacker.news/items/978281">SN</a></li> <li>How Oliver Porter is Helping Gen Z Earn and Learn Bitcoin With Jippi <a href="https://bitcoinnews.com/interviews/oliver-porter-bitcoin-education-jippi/">link</a></li> <li>Stripe shows iOS developers how to avoid Apple’s App Store commission <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/stripe-shows-ios-developers-how-to-avoid-apples-app-store-commission/">link</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="topics">Topics</h2> <ul> <li>Advancements in Lightning Infrastructure <a href="https://opensats.org/blog/advancements-in-lightning-infrastructure">link</a> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/946122">SN</a></li> <li>Greenlight empowers non-custodial lightning integration using VLS <a href="https://vls.tech/posts/greenlight-case-study/">link</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/blockstream/greenlight">Blockstream/greenlight</a></li> <li><a href="https://vls.tech/docs/v0.13/Overview/intro/">vls.tech</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>BitGo’s Institutional-Grade Access to Efficient Bitcoin Transactions <a href="https://www.bitgo.com/resources/blog/lightning-network/">link</a></li> <li>Hydrus - Lightning Liquidity Management Agent <a href="https://github.com/aftermath2/hydrus">link</a></li> <li>ngx_l402 - nginx module for L402 auth <a href="https://github.com/DhananjayPurohit/ngx_l402">link</a></li> <li>LNVPS - a VPS provider leveraging Bitcoin Lightning and Nostr <a href="https://lnvps.net/">link</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="delving-bitcoin"><a href="https://delvingbitcoin.com/">Delving Bitcoin</a></h3> <ul> <li>Path Queries Addressing Payment Reliability and Routing Limitations <a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/path-queries-addressing-payment-reliability-and-routing-limitations/1672">link</a></li> <li>Mitigating Channel Depletion in the Lightning Network: A Survey of Potential Solutions <a href="https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/mitigating-channel-depletion-in-the-lightning-network-a-survey-of-potential-solutions/1640">link</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="pr-highlights">PR Highlights</h3> <h4 id="bolts"><a href="https://github.com/lightning/bolts">BOLTs</a></h4> <p><strong>Merged</strong></p> <ul> <li>Require minimally-encoded features in BOLT 11 invoices <a href="https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1245">link</a></li> <li>Check for preimage before failing back missing HTLCs <a href="https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1233">link</a> <ul> <li>addresses root cause of <a href="https://morehouse.github.io/lightning/lnd-excessive-failback-exploit/">lnd-excessive-failback-exploit</a> (discussed last week re “Disclosure of fixed LND vulnerability allowing theft”) 0 Make payment secret mandatory and ASSUMED <a href="https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1242">link</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h4 id="blips"><a href="https://github.com/lightning/blips">BLIPs</a></h4> <p><strong>Open</strong></p> <ul> <li>blip-0060: trampoline payments to legacy Bolt11 invoices <a href="https://github.com/lightning/blips/pull/60">link</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="new-releases">New Releases</h3> <h4 id="core-lightning"><a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning">Core Lightning</a></h4> <ul> <li>v25.02.2 - Onion Packet Filler Accreditation III <a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.02.2">link</a></li> <li>v25.02.1 - Onion Packet Filler Accreditation II <a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v25.02.1">link</a></li> <li>v24.11.2 The lightning-dev Mailing List III <a href="https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/tag/v24.11.2">link</a></li> </ul> <h4 id="lnd"><a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd">LND</a></h4> <ul> <li>lnd v0.19.0-beta.rc4 <a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.19.0-beta.rc4">link</a></li> <li>lnd 0.19.0-beta.rc3 <a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.19.0-beta.rc3">link</a></li> <li>lnd v0.19.0-beta.rc2 <a href="https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.19.0-beta.rc2">link</a></li> </ul> <h4 id="ldk"><a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning">LDK</a></h4> <ul> <li>v0.1.2 - Apr 02, 2025 - “Foolishly Edgy Cases” <a href="https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/releases/tag/v0.1.2">link</a></li> </ul> <h4 id="acinq"><a href="https://github.com/ACINQ">ACINQ</a></h4> <h5 id="eclair"><a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair">Eclair</a></h5> <ul> <li>Eclair v0.12.0 <a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/eclair/releases/tag/v0.12.0">link</a></li> </ul> <h5 id="phoenix"><a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix">phoenix</a></h5> <ul> <li>Phoenix v2.5.3 <a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix/releases/tag/android-v2.5.3">link</a></li> </ul> <h5 id="phoenixd"><a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenixd">phoenixd</a></h5> <ul> <li>v0.5.1 <a href="https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenixd/releases/tag/v0.5.1">link</a></li> </ul> <h4 id="lnbits"><a href="https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits">lnbits</a></h4> <ul> <li>v1.0.0 - Alan Bits <a href="https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits/releases/tag/v1.0.0">link</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="more-links">More Links</h3> <ul> <li>LNboard.com <a href="https://lnboard.com/">link</a> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/931926">SN</a></li> <li>Liquidity squeezing from your node <a href="https://fuckedbitcoin.com/2025/04/01/liquidity-squeezing-from-your-node/">link</a> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/935500">SN</a></li> </ul>

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2025-04-14T00:00:00+00:002025-04-14T00:00:00+00:00/litdevs-17<h1 id="topics">Topics</h1> <ul> <li>Samourai Indictment Count Two Could Have Serious Implications For All Wallets <a href="https://stacker.news/items/517522">SN</a></li> <li>Samourai Wallet Hearing Sets Key Dates For Criminal Trial <a href="https://www.therage.co/samourai-wallet-hearing-sets-key-dates-for-criminal-trial/">link</a> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/917150">SN</a></li> <li>No moon until medium of exchange <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-159304685">link</a> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/916596">SN</a></li> <li>‘The Satoshi Papers’ Bitcoin Symposium Comes to Austin <a href="https://bitcoinnews.com/adoption/satoshi-papers-bitcoin-symposium-austin/">link</a> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/916556">SN</a></li> <li>Core Lightning v25.02: ‘Onion Packet Filler Accreditation’ <a href="https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/core-lightning-v25-02/">link</a> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/915624">SN</a></li> <li>Building Self Custody Lightning in 2025 <a href="https://sats.build/self-custody-lightning-2025/">link</a></li> <li>Magma AI: Intelligent Channel Mangement for Lightning Network <a href="https://amboss.tech/blog/magma-ai">link</a></li> <li>Lightning Bounties <a href="https://www.lightningbounties.com/">link</a></li> <li>Custodial Solutions are not solutions <a href="https://spiralbtc.substack.com/p/custodial-solutions-are-not-solutions">link</a></li> <li>Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #344 Recap Podcast <a href="https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2025/03/11/">link</a> <ul> <li>Disclosure of fixed LND vulnerability allowing theft <a href="https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/03/07/#disclosure-of-fixed-lnd-vulnerability-allowing-theft">link</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Extensible Liquidity Ads <a href="https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/1153">link</a></li> <li>MIT Bitcoin Expo 2025 video playlist <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe0djdakvnFbw4URB3g544Hmt1yPiHL00">link</a> <a href="https://stacker.news/items/938496">SN</a></li> </ul>

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2024-01-11T00:00:00+00:002024-01-11T00:00:00+00:00/litdevs-16<p><a href="https://base58btc.notion.site/Meetup-16-Jan-11-2024d-f73371ae1e334d8f9ae63df02dc59cf5">Meetup 16</a></p>

Meetup 16

2023-12-14T00:00:00+00:002023-12-14T00:00:00+00:00/litdevs-15<p><a href="https://base58btc.notion.site/Meetup-15-Dec-14-2023-0cdc18e5fd6a47d4865ed83f57bbd0f4">Meetup 15</a></p>

Meetup 15

2023-11-09T00:00:00+00:002023-11-09T00:00:00+00:00/litdevs-14<p><a href="https://base58btc.notion.site/Meetup-14-Nov-9-2023-1-419154de219b49afba12d1183ed20b67">Meetup 14</a></p>

Meetup 14