• Top ~Lightning posts
• Top posts by comments
• Top comments by sats
• Don’t miss…
• Thank you to all ⚡️contributors
  • Top stackers by posts
  • Top 10 conversation kickers
• Top LN posts outside ~Lightning

Block: #937654 - Feb 2026

The Monthly Thunderbolt Dispatch on Bitcoin layers two innovations, aggregating the Best posts about the ~Lightning Network and others Bitcoin L2 solution- Exclusively on Stacker.News

It’s that time of the month, time to catch up with the latest features and trends that are shaping the future of Bitcoin—the very first and most commented insights from around SN cypherspace. Every issue arrives with expert analysis, in-depth interview, and breaking news of the most significant advancements in the Bitcoin layer two solutions.

§Top ~Lightning posts

Most zapranked posts this month:

1. Bitcoin Payments on Replit: Zero to Lightning in 7 Minutes by @MaxFangX 21.2k sats \ 5 comments \ 11 Feb

2. ZeusLN/zeus · Release v0.12.2 by @0xbitcoiner 6022 sats \ 19 comments \ 28 Jan

3. We need QR payments in Colombia by @purpurato 4499 sats \ 38 comments \ 3 Feb

4. Ark as a Channel Factory - Rene Pickhardt by @Scoresby 2987 sats \ 9 comments \ 26 Jan

5. BOLT 12 Offers Now Available for all Lexe Users by @MaxFangX 2357 sats \ 4 comments \ 4 Feb

§Top posts by comments

Excluding the ones already mentioned above, you can see them all here (excluding those already listed above):

1. COINOS goes non custodial by @supratic 1044 sats \ 44 comments \ 8 Feb

2. $1M Lightning Payment Tests Bitcoin’s Institutional Rails by @DarthCoin 1955 sats \ 38 comments \ 5 Feb

3. RIZFUL integrates USDT payments by @supratic 992 sats \ 27 comments \ 8 Feb

4. Bitcoin’s Lightning Network exceeds $1 billion in monthly volume - Sam Wouters by @Scoresby 4720 sats \ 25 comments \ 19 Feb

5. Watchout for midas@coinos unauthorized withdrawals by @AGORA 163 sats \ 22 comments \ 11 Feb

§Top comments by sats

Here the most zapped comments, read the full list for this month here (excluding those already listed above):

1. 1095 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 6 Feb \ parent \ on: $1M Lightning Payment Tests Bitcoin’s Institutional Rails lightning This will improve a lot soon too. We’ll have stacker settings for sat filters for each comments and posts. It makes downzaps way more effective at helping others avoid baddies - anyone can push a comment/post below other stackers thresholds and it’s collapsed/hidden. It’ll ship in the next few days. Just doing final testing now.

2. 1123 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 8 Feb \ parent \ on: COINOS goes non custodial lightning Hey SolomonSatoshi…. If you want to see my gun, pay me 1000 sats for this image and 3 months 100 sats for each of my SN posts. And read the damn FAQ https://stacker.news/faq#what-are-cowboy-credits

3. 689 sats \ 8 replies \ @Scoresby 6 Feb \ parent \ on: $1M Lightning Payment Tests Bitcoin’s Institutional Rails lightning One of the reasons I really like Stacker News is that sats are the moderator. If you don’t like what another stacker is saying you can mute them so you don’t get notifications from their replies or downzap them so that their comments are ranked lower.

4. 680 sats \ 1 reply \ @asoltys2026 9 Feb \ parent \ on: COINOS goes non custodial lightning Please hold off for a week or two. The non-custodial wallets aren’t working very well at the moment but I’ve got some fixes lined up.

5. 93 sats \ 35 replies \ @k00b 8 Feb \ on: COINOS goes non custodial lightning They’re using Spark now I suppose?

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§Thank you to all ⚡️contributors

§Top stackers by posts

Zap split distributed accordingly to first 3

• @06bc1a977d: 19
• @Scoresby: 10
• @0xbitcoiner: 9
• @supratic: 7
• @hasherstacker: 6

§Top 10 conversation kickers

By number of comments _{Zap split distributed accordingly to first 2}

• @DarthCoin: 165
• @Solomonsatoshi: 35
• @optimism: 22
• @justin_shocknet: 19
• @nitter: 19
• @BlokchainB: 18
• @undisciplined: 14
• @k00b: 13
• @028559d218: 11
• @jasonb: 10

§Top LN posts outside ~Lightning

This month best posts about the Lightning Network outside ~Lightning territory:

1. The Bigest Threat to Bitcoin is… Empty Blocks by @2028559d218 12.5k sats \ 83 comments \ 17 Feb in ~bitcoin

2. New Bitcoin-Only Storefront! (2-Day Experiment) by @lowtimer 11.7k sats \ 17 comments \ 16h in ~AGORA

3. The Creator Platform That Lightning Has Been Missing by @anon 8197 sats \ 28 comments \ 17 Feb in ~art, ~gaming, ~tech, ~podcasts and ~privacy

4. All you have to do is ask by @SatAttack 6267 sats \ 13 comments \ 18 Feb in ~the_stacker_muse and ~bitcoin

5. Trip Report: Isla Mujeres by @leo 15k sats \ 21 comments \ 26 Jan in ~Travel

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