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Kraken drops Lightning Network in Germany for ‘regulatory issues’

Kraken disabled Bitcoin Lightning Network withdrawals for customers in Germany this week due to regulatory concerns.

Is it illegal to operate a Bitcoin Lightning node?

Lawyers and even lawmakers disagree on whether Bitcoin Lightning Network routing nodes are illegal money transmitters.

Burak, the developer who used Taproot to freeze bitcoin inside the Lightning Network for hours, has released a new layer 2 called Brollups.

Lightning Labs has recently disclosed the LND Onion Bomb, a denial of service bug that could have stolen bitcoin.

Bitcoin capacity on the Lightning Network has declined for months. After a series of bugs and developer departures, some believe it is dying.