Block: #928872 - December 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.
Top ~Lightning postsTop ~Lightning posts
Most zapranked posts this month:
Testing the claim: users can pay any CashApp username from Strike and vice versa by @06bc1a977d
2414 sats \ 6 comments \ 28 NovTesting the claim: users can pay any CashApp username from Strike and vice versa by @06bc1a977d
2414 sats \ 6 comments \ 28 NovExcuse me, but wtf is in this bolt11 test vector?? by @ek
501 sats \ 15 comments \ 15 DecLightning payment probing behavior is implementation dependent by @k00b
1646 sats \ 23 comments \ 7 DecLightning Network hits record capacity by @0xbitcoiner
1662 sats \ 8 comments \ 17 Dec
Top posts by commentsTop posts by comments
Excluding the ones already mentioned above, you can see them all here (excluding those already listed above):
Seeking help with Zombie Channel - 50K sats reward by @NEEDcreations
1519 sats \ 23 comments \ 4 DecStanding offer: I will buy CCs for sats by @SimpleStacker
101 sats \ 21 comments \ 9 DecI want to use the lightning network... but what for? by @n00n
191 sats \ 18 comments \ 10 DecMy second shop to pay with lightning in Hawaii by @south_korea_ln
1221 sats \ 18 comments \ 26 NovHow viable is Zeus Wallet for self-custody swaps (embedded node)? by @06bc1a977d
529 sats \ 17 comments \ 28 Nov
Top BoostTop Boost
A Bolt-11 Invoice Decoder That Shows Node "Alias" (because the others don't) by @rizful_com
844 sats \ 10k boost \ 2 comments \ 21 Dec
Don't miss...Don't miss...
Rumble Wallet launches support for BTC, USDT, with Lighting "soon"
Lightning Network Reality Check
Bitfinex requires basic KYC to open channels with their LN node
lightningdevkit/ldk-node · Release v0.7.0
How 250 Students, 40 Schools Turned an LNbits Hackathon into a Movement
ZEUS Lightning Wallet Featured in Bitcoin News Interview
Week-0: Starting My LN Node Routing Experiment (New Operator, Early Journey)
Zeus Wallet, Graduated Wallets, eCash, and the Future of Bitcoin UX
BOLT 11 - Is mandatory or not?
Latest Strikes S03E02 - November 24th-30th 2025
Lightning, not lightening, nor lighting
Thank you to all ⚡️contributorsThank you to all ⚡️contributors
Top stackers by postsTop stackers by posts
Zap split distributed accordingly to first 2
- @supratic: 14
- @0xbitcoiner: 11
- @06bc1a977d: 8
- @DarthCoin: 5
- @fanis: 4
Top 10 conversation kickersTop 10 conversation kickers
By number of comments Zap split distributed accordingly to first 3
- @DarthCoin: 84
- @0xbitcoiner
: 28 - @ek: 25
- @supratic
: 16 - @SimpleStacker: 16
- @justin_shocknet: 14
- @standard_sats: 14
- @k00b: 11
- @88b0c423eb: 11
- @swapmarket: 9
- @nout: 8
- @06bc1a977d: 8
- @grayruby: 8
Top Lightning posts outside ~LightningTop Lightning posts outside ~Lightning
This month best posts about the Lightning Network outside ~Lightning territory:
Blue Wallet teases bringing back lightning...using Arkade or Spark by @Scoresby
360 sats \ 6 comments \ 23 Nov in~bitcoinStacker News - Lightning Font by @Wumbo
209 sats \ 4 comments \ 12 Dec in~DesignIs the Lightning Network Anonymous? by @bkirubai
163 sats \ 0 comments \ 1 Dec in~bitcoinzapMeaCoffee - Lightning Tips for Creators by @hasherstacker
106 sats \ 0 comments \ 3 Dec in~bitcoinBlockstream Green Lightning Sudden Channel Close by @spiderman
199 sats \ 11 comments \ 6 Dec in~bitcoin
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