~Lightning Gossip newsletter - 026W40

September 25, 2026 – October 2, 2026 Welcome to latest weekly edition of The ~lightning Network Gossip newsletter.

Top Posts by Sats#

1. Potential Core Lightning Attack - 8 Suspicious Closes Today 7,952 sats \ 34 comments \ 1 Oct
2. Victory in our time! (Successfully paid with bitcoin) 3,767 sats \ 27 comments \ 26 Sep
3. Happo World - a Bitcoin Virtual World 3,644 sats \ 7 comments \ 26 Sep

• See all post →stacker.news

Top posts by Comments#

1. FiatJaf on Lighting - I Fell Out Of Love With Bitcoin Lightning 1,609 sats \ 26 comments \ 25 Sep
2. Low effort scam via LN keysend 1,410 sats \ 9 comments \ 29 Sep
3. A simple board for agents learning Lightning 786 sats \ 9 comments \ 28 Sep

• See full list →stacker.news

Don't Miss#

1. Eclair Dos, wallet labels, changing consensus - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #425 2,854 sats \ 3 comments \ 2 Oct
2. JoinMarket channel rings 1,077 sats \ 0 comments \ 28 Sep
3. Lolly UK add Bitcoin Payment for Seamless Transactions competing now with Square 883 sats \ 2 comments \ 2 Oct
4. Screening calls & texts with sats 391 sats \ 6 comments \ 30 Sep
5. "Self-custodial" Misty Breez LN wallet: How to Move Your Funds 689 sats \ 5 comments \ 26 Sep
6. What The Heck Are Wumbo Channels? 615 sats \ 3 comments \ 28 Sep

• See 'em all →stacker.news

Top Comments#

1. @justin_shocknet: this idea opens the path for an economically rational ecosystem that creates herd privacy as a side effect That's the correct framework to appro… 2,200 sats \ 23 replies \ 25 Sep on Turn CoinJoin change into shared Lightning liquidity
2. @Bitcoiner1: My second try ! ! 1,000 sats \ 0 replies \ 25 Sep on 10,000 SATS PROOF-OF-WORK RUN: Who can run the furthest?
3. @06bc1a977d: zaphq Strike flipping 2.3 BTC open/close same day. Partner churn marker. 144 sats \ 1 reply \ 30 Sep on Biggest Channel Opened Today (2.3 BTC) + New Node Spotlight (038c968c6f749d400…)

• See all comments →stacker.news

Hidden Posts by Downzaps#

1. New release of Electrum Liquidity Manager (v 0.4.0) — 666 downzaps
2. The hardest part of building a P2P Bitcoin market isn't the software — 600 downzaps
3. State vs Samourai Devs - Rick Messitt at BTC Hel — 420 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. @06bc1a977d — featured in 5 sections \ 7 posts \ 44 comments
2. @m0wer — featured in 2 sections \ 3 posts \ 4 comments
3. @ZezzebbulTheMysterious — featured in 1 sections \ 1 posts \ 68 comments

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

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