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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.

Bug freezes bitcoin inside Lightning Network for hours

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.

A new academic paper describes critical vulnerabilities with Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, including a possible double-spending problem.