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How atomic multipath could take the risk out of large bitcoin payments

Atomic multipath payments (AMPs) increase the security of Bitcoin Lightning Network transactions, ensuring that the full transaction settles.

New Bitcoin Lightning Network bug: Unattributed payment routing

LND, a popular implementation of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, has suffered another major vulnerability: unattributed payment routing.

Bitcoin Lightning Network researchers discovered a critical BTCD and LND bug, freezing funds inside the Lightning Network for a few hours.

Making offline Lightning payments to a Bitcoin user is difficult. Éclair has proposed trampoline relays to avoid custody.

Bitcoin Lightning Network node operators could advertise four standardized fees — a major upgrade to just using the gossip channel.