News

Coinbase discovers Lightning
- https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1686596515765362688?s=20
- https://viktorbunin.medium.com/lightning-for-those-who-havent-checked-in-on-it-in-a-while-776a1d8daebe
PayPal launches a stablecoin
- https://twitter.com/PayPal/status/1688552795278872576?s=20
Mutiny Wallet blog post on how Voltage improves privacy for LSPs
- https://blog.mutinywallet.com/enhanced-lightning-privacy-for-mutiny-users/
HRF partners with VoltageCloud to bring BTCPayServer to NGOs adopting bitcoin
- https://twitter.com/gladstein/status/1687535429124558848?s=20

Notable Releases and Updates

Phoenix launches splicing!
- https://twitter.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1678781368309018624?s=20
LDK / LND achieve blinded route interop https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/7267#issuecomment-1671970478
Min-Cost Flow payment routing coming to a CLN node near you! (now in Release Candidate)
- https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/pull/6376
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.05322

Node Runner News

ACINQ launched a blogpost about how they keep their node safe
- https://twitter.com/acinq_co/status/1668734321996226563?s=20

For Builders + Creators

Kuutamo, newest node offering? Built with LDK + nixOS
- https://github.com/kuutamolabs/lightning-knd
L402 heats up
BoltFun’s AI4All hackathon just wrapped up! Merging AI with lightning payments, using L402
- https://twitter.com/boltfun_btc/status/1688806001292582913?s=20
- https://twitter.com/adamcjonas/status/1687184918030209024?s=20
Nostr Wallet Connect, new decentralized standard for async wallet connections?
- https://twitter.com/kerooke/status/1686414468471836689?s=20
- https://twitter.com/getAlby/status/1673311198450974721?s=20

Spec News + Write-Ups

Onion Messages Merged!
- https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/765
Elle Mouton of Lightning Labs puts out a new explainer on channel ops
- https://ellemouton.com/posts/normal-operation-pre-taproot/#-step-5-bob---alice-revoke_and_ack