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It took a decade to fix this Bitcoin Lightning bug

The most popular node software on the Bitcoin Lightning network has finally been patched nearly 10 years since a developer discovered it.

Why two-party Bitcoin Lightning channels keep failing

René Pickhardt has published new research into why most of the two-party Bitcoin Lightning payment channels fail to sustain liquidity.

During the 2015 block size debate, a key area of contention concerned how BTC-denominated payments will scale to a global userbase.

A bug in relatively recent versions of Bitcoin Lightning node software LND could allow hackers to remotely drain bitcoin from victims.