~Lightning Gossip newsletter - 026W42

October 9, 2026 – October 16, 2026 Welcome to latest weekly edition of The ~lightning Network Gossip newsletter.

Top Posts by Sats#

1. LexeConnect: connect a self-custodial Lightning wallet to any app in one tap 5,119 sats \ 15 comments \ 13 Oct
2. Latest Strikes 38 to 41 - September 14th - October 11th - We're so back 5,025 sats \ 7 comments \ 14 Oct
3. The modern bitcoin faucet gets its first event 1,377 sats \ 1 comments \ 13 Oct

• See all post →stacker.news

Top posts by Comments#

1. What’s the dumbest thing you did with Bitcoin when you were new? 302 sats \ 12 comments \ 12 Oct
2. Download Glow. Get a Cup of Joe. ☕️ 2,481 sats \ 6 comments \ 15 Oct
3. 📨 Satogram Service Is So Back Online 📨 1,649 sats \ 6 comments \ 13 Oct

• See full list →stacker.news

Don't Miss#

1. Would you pay per use for bitcoin market data instead of another subscription?​ 2,599 sats \ 5 comments \ 12 Oct
2. Clara Shikhelman, Elias Rohrer - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #426 Recap Podcast 2,569 sats \ 2 comments \ 14 Oct
3. Eclair DoS, LN-GAP - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #427 2,278 sats \ 0 comments \ 16 Oct
4. Venice.AI offer ~50% OFF when paying with Lightning for annual subscription 370 sats \ 6 comments \ 11 Oct
5. Could money scale through local blockchains? 504 sats \ 5 comments \ 12 Oct
6. How do you run your Lightning node? 209 sats \ 4 comments \ 13 Oct

• See 'em all →stacker.news

Top Comments#

1. @anon: What is "safepal"? But, regardless, it has the word "safe" in it, so no way this should have happened. Because it says "safe" and "I'm your pal" 0 sats \ 0 replies \ 12 Oct on I LOST $23,050 THROUGH SafePal TODAY.
2. @06bc1a977d: We got a 5 yesterday https://stacker.news/items/1592751/r/06bc1a977d 👀 236 sats \ 1 reply \ 11 Oct on Biggest Channel Opened Today (2.3 BTC) + New Node Spotlight (0387950d6c383b842…)
3. @optimism: I think that the weakest assumption still is that you aren't trading with a coordinator that is also the arbiter on disputes. That doesn't mean… 209 sats \ 0 replies \ 10 Oct on Lightning hold invoices as P2P trade escrow

• See all comments →stacker.news

Hidden Posts by Downzaps#

1. Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash: SoV -> transactional UoA -> MoE -> Global UoA — 7,451 downzaps
2. Radar Chat - Receiving Bitcoin — 2,100 downzaps
3. ⚡ Can you really use Bitcoin when you only have 1,000 sats? — 333 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 4 sections \ 12 posts \ 96 comments
2. @schmidty — featured in 2 sections \ 5 posts \ 0 comments
3. @m0wer — featured in 1 sections \ 5 posts \ 8 comments

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

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