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LND Onion Bomb: Another Lightning Network bug put users’ bitcoin at risk

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

Critics claim ‘buggy’ Bitcoin Lightning Network is slowly dying

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

The capacity to route payments through the Bitcoin Lightning Network has declined 10% over the past nine months while channels are down 19%.

Despite a critical vulnerability in the Bitcoin Lightning Network, no major theft has occurred via this replacement cycling attack vector.

Bitcoin developer Antoine Riard has responsibly disclosed a transaction-relay jamming attack that could have seized up the Lightning Network.