Got a new zap address, self-hosted. Looking for a fren or two to zap this post to test everything works. Thanks!

Latest Strikes is out! In this issue: - Lightning Trades in HodlHodl (powered by @npub1hf5s...dp8n and @Satora (ex-Lendasat) ) - Blinded Paths by default in Virtual Private Node by @ripsline - 40M Lightning Addresses in Kenya thanks to @Tando.me - Core Lightning v26.06 released ( @Blockstream ) - @Alby adds support for Core Lightning in Alby Hub - @Amboss paper on predicting channel closures with machine learning (spoiler: public gossip data isn't enough). View article →

Latest Strikes is out! Featured in this release: - an evaluation of our Post-Quantum options by Olaoluwa “roasbeef” Osuntokun - Simple Taproot Channels merged into the spec - zero-fee commitments also merged into the spec - Boltz Backend update bringing multiple LND and full Arkade support @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Exchange View article →

What caught my eye in the Lightning world last week: - Whales Exchange put Electrum submarine swap providers into a fork of @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Exchange web app - @ThomasV 's proposed a protocol for public fraud proofs for just-in-time channels - Axiom and @ZEUS published a deep report on Lightning economics - LND got a release candidate, bringing onion messages and simple taproot channels support - Core Lightning v26.04 was released and much more! View article →

Latest Strikes is out! In this issue: - @ripsline 's Virtual Private Node - a discussion on Onion Message jamming - an Eltoo channel on signet As always, share, subscribe & feedback appreciated 🙏⚡

Latest Strikes

Week 16 of 2026 - Latest Strikes

A VPS-first node project and an exploration into Onion Message jamming mitigations.

Latest Strikes is out! In this issue: - splicing got merged baby 🥳 - Lexe public release - Eddy circular rebalancing and more! View article →

Latest Strikes is out! In this issue: - agentic payments with MPP, Spark and Lightning Labs - John Cantrell bringing MoneyDevKit (cc @Nick Slaney ) to Cloudflare Workers - @npub1w4sf...s08a 's ClawCash gives your agent a wallet - @Geyser 's Rootstock prisms & also @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Exchange @Blitz Wallet & @npub15klk...4m73 View article →

Latest Strikes is out! Is this issue: Ark stuff, Liquid <> LN swaps, rust-lighting, and laddered timeout-trees and more! - @npub1hf5s...dp8n - @npub1ake0...pfwt - @Blockstream - @aeon 📜CTV + CSFS - @Roy - @npub1m0st...40un - lightning-rust - @npub1p2uv...74ms and 8144225309 View article →

Latest Strikes is out! 🚀 In this issue we take a close look at the recent @Cake Wallet release. We also cover @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Exchange mandatory update for Boltz Client and BTCPay plugin, as well as changes in LND, LDK and Eclair. Enjoy! View article →

Latest Strikes is out! This issue covers 3 weeks, so it's a big one, and it even got some drawings! Featured in this issue: - @npub15klk...4m73 & SDM - Lexe - @Amboss - @Alby - MoneyDevKit (cc @Nick Slaney ) - @Clams - Nadav Kohen - @Super Testnet View article →

The 1.0.0 @Zapstore release is very nice, congrats & thanks team! 🙏

I'm gonna guess: basically Umbrel Home with a small miner inside. View quoted note →

Latest Strikes is out! Features in this issue: - @Bittr 🐷💰 - Gregory Sanders (a.k.a. instagibbs) - @ThomasV and @Felix - @ZEUS and MoneyBadger View article →

Breaking: company that trained their models on petabytes of illegally-obtained data pinky swear not to use your data if you subscribe to the paid tier.

The 6th issue of Latest Strikes ⚡️ (season 3) is out! Featured: - @npub1nv4j...x0gr - @Tunnel⚡️Sats - Polar ( @npub1hdpj...nuf5 ) - Core Lightning ( @Blockstream ) - Eclair - Rene Pickhardt View article →

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