Core Lightning 26.06 "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel" has shipped.
Graceful shutdowns, precise send amounts, smarter payment retries, and enhanced payment privacy. Your node runs cleaner and your payments stay harder to observe. ⚡
The big architectural shift in this release is bwatch, a new block-watching plugin that fundamentally changes how CLN interacts with the Bitcoin blockchain. No more 30-second polling loops. Near-instant catch-ups on startup. Crash-resistant and built to scale.
Legacy pay is now deprecated. The xpay evolution is here.
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42 days. 236 commits. 19 contributors including Sangbida Chaudhuri and @npub179e9...lz4s, who designed bwatch from the ground up.
Lightweight, customisable, spec-focused Lightning. That's what this community keeps building. ⚡
The big architectural shift in this release is bwatch, a new block-watching plugin that fundamentally changes how CLN interacts with the Bitcoin blockchain. No more 30-second polling loops. Near-instant catch-ups on startup. Crash-resistant and built to scale.
Legacy pay is now deprecated. The xpay evolution is here.
Blockstream
Core Lightning 26.06: "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel”
Following on the heels of our last major release, Core Lightning’s 26.06 version focuses heavily on paving the way for the future of payments, re...
GitHub
Release v26.06 Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel · ElementsProject/lightning
This release has been named by @enaples
Highlights for Users
graceful command to prepare CLN for shutdown... gracefully!
Added sendamount command,...
