~Lightning Gossip newsletter - 026W44

October 23, 2026 – October 30, 2026 Welcome to latest weekly edition of The ~lightning Network Gossip newsletter.

Top Posts by Sats#

1. waxwing , Vincenzo Palazzo, jaonoctus - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #428 Podcast 2,600 sats \ 2 comments \ 28 Oct
2. Bitcoin Core 32.1, multi-party SP, CLN Dos - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #429 2,057 sats \ 0 comments \ 30 Oct
3. Oct 25th, 2026 - LOOP Traffic Spike 2,028 sats \ 4 comments \ 27 Oct

• See all post →stacker.news

Top posts by Comments#

1. I made a game where you play central banker. Today's winner gets 10k sats ⚡ 777 sats \ 14 comments \ 24 Oct
2. Lolli alternative - Looking for beta testers 📱 838 sats \ 7 comments \ 28 Oct
3. Nearly 1 BTC of retro and antiques. Sell for sats, where and how? 1,008 sats \ 5 comments \ 29 Oct

• See full list →stacker.news

Don't Miss#

1. There's a lack of good Lightning wallets 1,028 sats \ 3 comments \ 30 Oct
2. CoinOS v3 - FIFO for coins to help with expiring. 1,009 sats \ 0 comments \ 29 Oct
3. The inactivity fee on dormant custodial accounts | Blink Wallet 845 sats \ 2 comments \ 25 Oct
4. Is Bitcoin dying in El Salvador? 582 sats \ 2 comments \ 29 Oct
5. 402, Charted: Agent payments in Q3 2026 381 sats \ 2 comments \ 28 Oct
6. How do you back your Lightning node? 769 sats \ 2 comments \ 27 Oct

• See 'em all →stacker.news

Top Comments#

1. @optimism: It's in one of these posts that had a log: 2026 10 29T10:57:59+07:00 At least one protocol listed as required in the consensus is not supported… 274 sats \ 4 replies \ 29 Oct on Anyone else having issue with Tor and Start9 today
2. @AuthenticityBTC: Looking at LNBig over the past few days they've opened a number of large channels to other peers. I think this has to do with their LSP being of… 114 sats \ 1 reply \ 27 Oct on Biggest Channel Opened Today (2.7 BTC) + New Node Spotlight (0267e12aa485456bd…)
3. @Scoresby: Can you explain how you see your app's privacy trade offs? For instance, what does Bumbei learn about me if I use it to do online shopping? 102 sats \ 1 reply \ 24 Oct on I built a bitcoin cashback app for the US. Looking for 20 Lightning users

• See all comments →stacker.news

Hidden Posts by Downzaps#

1. Daric: how bitcoiners buy and send sats — 600 downzaps
2. Week 6 of a bot shop on Lightning: 1 post got 363 sats, the rest almost 0. Why? — 100 downzaps

• See all downzaps →stacker.news

Top Contributors#

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

1. @hasherstacker — featured in 2 sections \ 17 posts \ 8 comments
2. @schmidty — featured in 2 sections \ 8 posts \ 0 comments
3. @AuthenticityBTC — featured in 2 sections \ 1 posts \ 28 comments

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

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