Block: #924614 - November 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 ~Lightning postsTop ~Lightning posts

Most zapranked posts this month:

1. I saw this tweet reply about spark by @h6j5dhc567g
   1816 sats \ 32 comments \ 1 Nov

2. My 2 sats constructive critique for Lightning.Pub / ShockWallet by @DarthCoin
   1079 sats \ 97 comments \ 2 Nov

3. Phoenix 2.7.0 - Taproot channels! by @Scoresby
   1607 sats \ 33 comments \ 29 Oct

4. Lightning.Pub first release (v0.0.9) for StartOS nodes available for testing by @supratic
   725 sats \ 4 comments \ 18 Nov

5. Rusty Russell and some history on the Lightning Network by @supratic
   1054 sats \ 3 comments \ 2 Nov

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. Blinded Paths is a game changer! 🤯 by @Car
   1236 sats \ 45 comments \ 22 Oct

2. Breez MCP for AI agents ⚡️ by @_ds
   411 sats \ 29 comments \ 3 Nov

3. Trying to build directory of guides for attaching wallets on SN by @SimpleStacker
   989 sats \ 24 comments \ 12 Nov

4. From Phoenix Wallet to self hosted LND node on Start9 by @martinbarilik
   504 sats \ 22 comments \ 11 Nov

5. 1 week Lightning Node update: 51 routed transactions!! ⚡️⚡️ by @NEEDcreations
   1158 sats \ 21 comments \ 23 Oct

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

I tried Zapadd to promote Seed Keys — here’s what it was like by @Hypno

Best noncustodial Lightning Wallet for 2025 by @supratic

Voltage vs Alby Cloud by @Kontext

Public Beta Launch: Money Dev Kit - serverless lightning payments for NextJS by @Scoresby

Lightning Graph Viz v2 – Interactive Network Visualization by @supratic

Looking for alpha testers for Nostrpay 🛸 by @anipy

⚡ MeshLightning - payments over Bluetooth mesh when internet fails by @supratic

Ask LN devs: why hosted channels were abandoned ? by @DarthCoin

1st time spinning up a lightning.pub node @justin_Shocknet 👀 by @Taj

Coingate's 7 years of data on Lightning Network payments ⚡ by @supratic

My first lighting payment in Hawaii by @south_korea_ln

A nice report of liquidity from LNBIG by @DarthCoin

Top Lightning posts outside ~LightningTop Lightning posts outside ~Lightning

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

1. List of lightning CVEs [WIP] by @ek
   669 sats \ 6 comments \ 31 Oct in ~security

2. The Lightning Custody Spectrum - Validating Lightning Signer blog by @sime
   166 sats \ 1 comment \ 11 Nov in ~bitcoin

3. Maple AI releases anonymous accounts, pay with lightning by @Scoresby
   392 sats \ 6 comments \ 3 Nov in ~AI

4. I orange-pilled my mom. Now her paintings are Lightning-only and we're on Nostr. by @MaViLab
   2965 sats \ 30k boost \ 44 comments \ 2 Nov in ~art

5. What is the Difference between How Phoenix and Blockstream Green Do Lightning? by @spiderman
   326 sats \ 8 comments \ 16 Nov in ~bitcoin

Thank you to all ⚡️contributorsThank you to all ⚡️contributors

Top stackers by postsTop stackers by posts

Zap split distributed accordingly to first 2

• @supratic: 24
• @0xbitcoiner: 8
• @nickethan: 6
• @NEEDcreations: 5
• @DarthCoin: 4
• @Scoresby: 4
• @lightningpub: 3

Top 10 conversation kickersTop 10 conversation kickers

By number of comments _{Zap split distributed accordingly to first 3}

• @DarthCoin: 150
• @justin_shocknet: 91
• @BlokchainB: 40
• @supratic: 38
• @siggy47: 28~
• @rizful_com: 22~
• @ek: 22
• @NEEDcreations: 21
• @roy: 18
• @d01abcb3eb: 15
• @0xbitcoiner: 13
• @Scoresby: 13
• @k00b: 12

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