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Block: #915737 - September 2025

The Monthly Thunderbolt Dispatch on Bitcoin layers two innovations, aggregating the Best posts about the ~Lightning Network and others Bitcoin L2 solution- Exclusively on Stacker.News

It's that time of the month, time to catch up with the latest features and trends that are shaping the future of Bitcoin—the very first and most commented insights from around SN cypherspace. Every issue arrives with expert analysis, in-depth interview, and breaking news of the most significant advancements in the Bitcoin layer two solutions.

Now let's focus on the top five items for each category, an electrifying selection that hope you'll be able to read before next edition.

Happy Zapping!


Top postsTop ~Lightning posts

Most zapranked posts this month:

  1. How to open Simple Taproot Channels on LND by @supratic 783 sats \ 7 comments \ 16 Sep
  2. I got scammed out of 1.4BTC by @LightningStruck 16.6k sats \ 48 comments \ 4 Sep
  3. Lightning unchained? by @m0wer 432 sats \ 1 comment \ 10 Sep
  4. Two Questions for Lightning Experts by @siggy47 982 sats \ 35 comments \ 26 Aug
  5. Unknown Withdrawal from Coinos.io by @hodlpleb 470 sats \ 20 comments \ 17 Sep

Top posts by commentsTop posts by comments

Excluding the ones already mentioned above, you can see them all here (excluding those already listed above):

  1. Why LND is taking much longer to implement BOLT12? by @88b0c423eb 454 sats \ 31 comments \ 16 Sep
  2. Real world use of Muun / Lightning by @anon 177 sats \ 13 comments \ 27 Aug
  3. LQWD Claims 24% Annualized Lightning Network Yield by @k00b 374 sats \ 11 comments \ 29 Aug
  4. Is it better to run your own Lightning node or just use custodial wallets? by @Kayzone 127 sats \ 10 comments \ 4 Sep
  5. #1201509 by @supratic 768 sats \ 8 comments \ 31 Aug

Top BoostsTop ~Lightning Boosts

Check them all here.

  1. Shutting down my routing node by @0314f6bab2 2913 sats \ 10k boost \ 61 comments \ 3 Sep

Don't miss...Don't miss...

Open Source PWA Lightning Network Wallets Comparison by @supratic
ZEUS v0.11.4-beta1 is now available for testing. by @Wumbo
I made my first lightning payment from my own node by @chungkingexpress
Generate LN invoices on static sites without revealing your NWC secret by @mozharov
Papa swap: Submarine swaps that are faster, cheaper, and easier than HTLCs by @supratic
LND neutrino support and DarthCoin save the day! by @_stacktoshi
Bolt12 LDK Support by @BeeRye
Lightning Network Release LND v0.19.3-beta by @supratic
Lightning Bounties secures BOLT-11 Deposits with Branta by @RideandSmile
Tadge Dryja on quantum risk by @south_korea_ln

Top Lightning posts outside Top Lightning posts outside ~Lightning

This month best posts about the Lightning Network outside ~Lightning territory:

  1. Relai sunsets Lightning Network integration by @Kontext 1508 sats \ 38 comments \ 26 Aug in ~bitcoin
  2. Cashu vs custodial Lightning by @phaedrus 1254 sats \ 25 comments \ 17 Sep in ~bitcoin
  3. ZapTracker X Lightning Bounties by @Doktor 1346 sats \ 3 comments \ 30 Aug in ~nostr
  4. How to Make Sense of Lightning Channels Map? by @spiderman 1659 sats \ 6 comments \ 31 Aug in ~bitcoin_beginners
  5. Knots 0.29 per default does not relay non-coop lightning closes by @megaptera 1060 sats \ 25 comments \ 16 Sep in ~bitcoin

Thank you to all ⚡️contributorsThank you to all ⚡️contributors

Top 10 by postsTop 10 by posts

Zap split distributed accordingly to first 3

Top 10 conversation kickersTop 10 conversation kickers

By number of comments Zap split distributed accordingly to first 2


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