News

• Replacement Cycling Attack disclosure
  • Disclosure: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2023-October/021999.html
  • Paper: https://github.com/ariard/mempool-research/blob/2023-10-replacement-paper/replacement-cycling.pdf
  • Explanatory:
    • https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2023/10/25/
    • https://nitter.net/mononautical/status/1715736832950825224
  • https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2023-October/004158.html
• River releases state of the lightning network report: “The Lightning Network Grew by 1212% in 2 Years - why it’s time to pay attention”

Notable Releases and Updates

• BlockStream’s GreenLight is now available for commercial use
• Voltage releases “Doppler: A Lightning Domain-Specific Language”
  • https://github.com/tee8z/doppler/blob/master/docs/USAGE.md
• Taproot Assets alpha on mainnet : “Onwards to a Multi-Asset Lightning Network”
  • v0.3.0-alpha

Node Runner News

For Builders + Creators

• Payment splitting and switching (alternative routes for multipath payments): Core Lightning plugin to allow nodes in multipath payments to split the ****https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2023-September/004114.html

Spec News + Write-Ups

• October Lightning Spec meeting, with work on Offers, TapRoot channels
• Paratonnerre bLIP: safely control a remote lightning node from an untrusted application using a secure hardware device https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2023-September/004084.html https://github.com/lightning/blips/blob/1b9b5758694d4c9c68daad693a1c153feeb82b50/blip-0028.md
• MuSig2 PSBTs BIP
• Sidepools proposal for off-chain liquidity pooling between service providers
• Proposal to drop channel reserve requirement for mobile wallet users
• Last call for edits/comments on the dual-funding spec (CLN + Eclair have achieved interop!)
  • https://github.com/lightning/bolts/pull/851

Node Releases