~Lightning Gossip newsletter - 026W45

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~Lightning Gossip newsletter - 026W45

~Lightning Gossip newsletter - 026W45

October 30, 2026 – November 6, 2026
Welcome to latest weekly edition of The ~lightning Network Gossip newsletter.

Top Posts by Sats

  1. Why isn’t bitcoin used for more gray market things?
    7,268 sats \ 37 comments \ 4 Nov
  2. Elias Rohrer, instagibbs, darosior & more - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #429 Recap
    2,744 sats \ 1 comments \ 4 Nov
  3. Sharing and Transferring Bitcoin UTXOs Offchain - Vinteum Deep Dive
    1,717 sats \ 1 comments \ 2 Nov

See all post →

Top posts by Comments

  1. “Ooo, maybe this will make me rich!” thinking prevents bitcoin adoption
    1,685 sats \ 7 comments \ 4 Nov
  2. BOLT12 Pay v0.3.20 — Now Available in Five Languages
    170 sats \ 6 comments \ 5 Nov
  3. Bitcoin Lightning’s security fixes still missing from 71% of flagged nodes
    1,512 sats \ 6 comments \ 3 Nov

See full list →

Don’t Miss

  1. Holepunching, Changing Consensus - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #430
    1,612 sats \ 1 comments \ 6 Nov
  2. Urgent Patch - CVE-2026-98432 - LND 0.21.6-beta
    1,179 sats \ 3 comments \ 31 Oct
  3. There’s a lack of good Lightning wallets
    1,118 sats \ 6 comments \ 30 Oct
  4. What’s your main Lightning focus this week?
    354 sats \ 3 comments \ 3 Nov
  5. North Korea Responsible for the $6 Billion+ Binance Attack | FBI
    870 sats \ 3 comments \ 1 Nov
  6. LaWallet NWC — Lightning Addresses for Everyone
    234 sats \ 2 comments \ 4 Nov

See ’em all →

Top Comments

  1. @BlokchainB: Better but still shrinking overall
    123 sats \ 0 replies \ 3 Nov on Biggest Channel Opened Today (2.0 BTC) + New Node Spotlight (03799e3431a81dff9…)
  2. @optimism: every LND release is marked beta
    104 sats \ 0 replies \ 1 Nov on Umbrel Users Can Update To lnd v0.21.6-beta
  3. @andunieee: This is cool, I thought about doing this years ago. The problem is that I wanted a simulation of the world that could help me prove my thesis th…
    100 sats \ 0 replies \ 1 Nov on [Cantill One] Nixon Shock 1971 challenge is live - 48h - 50k prize pool ⚡

See all comments →

Hidden Posts by Downzaps

  1. [GIVEAWAY] The modern faucet gets its biggest refill yet in less than 2 hours — 1,500 downzaps
  2. Difficulty Adjustment Prediction Markets Live on Glimpse — 1,000 downzaps
  3. Bitcoin Quest! - Earn sats while you Learn, Explore, & Rank Up — 1,000 downzaps

See all downzaps →

Top Contributors

A share of the sats earned by this post goes to the week’s top contributors:

  1. @06bc1a977d — featured in 2 sections \ 11 posts \ 72 comments
  2. @schmidty — featured in 2 sections \ 6 posts \ 0 comments
  3. @hasherstacker — featured in 1 sections \ 18 posts \ 8 comments

Thank you stackers! That’s all, until next week.


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