Block: #950365 - May 2026

The Monthly Thunderbolt Dispatch on Bitcoin payment layers 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 again, time to catch up with the latest features and trends that are shaping the future of Bitcoin Lightning 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.

Top ~Lightning postsTop ~Lightning posts

Most zapranked posts this month:

1. gossip_store dumps/rotated logs from a CLN node covering October2024 to July2025
   5788 sats \ 3 comments \ @SarpC17 16 May, ~bitcoin, ~bitdevs, ~devs, ~lightning

2. Latest Strikes S03E19 - May 4th-10th 2026
   5020 sats \ 3 comments \ @fanis 15 May, ~bitcoin, ~lightning

3. Our new Bitcoin Education app's Geyser campaign is live! ⚡️🧑‍🎓
   5963 sats \ 7 comments \ @NEEDcreations 15 May, ~Geyser_community, ~bitcoin, ~Education, ~lightning

4. How to start using zaps on nostr with Zeus
   4249 sats \ 21 comments \ @DarthCoin 25 Apr, ~bitcoin_beginners, ~nostr, ~lightning

5. Latest Strikes S03E17 - April 20th - 26th 2026
   4099 sats \ 6 comments \ @fanis 1 May, ~bitcoin, ~lightning

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. Sunday Survey: What's the biggest problem in Lightning right now?
   887 sats \ 53 comments \ @jimmysong 10 May, ~bitcoin, ~lightning

2. What's your favorite lightning wallet and why?
   1786 sats \ 37 comments \ @06bc1a977d 29 Apr, ~lightning, ~bitcoin_beginners

3. Lightning-chess ready and deployed.... but not perfect
   3132 sats \ 35 comments \ @chris21million 29 Apr, ~gaming, ~lightning

4. Does lightning have incentives for centralization?
   992 sats \ 23 comments \ @BallLightning 27 Apr, ~lightning

5. Zeus v13.0.1: "offline detection"
   2925 sats \ 19 comments \ @optimism 8 May, ~bitcoin, ~privacy, ~lightning

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

Post Quantum Lightning: Layer by Layer

Stashu v0.2.0: Verified Peek for encrypted pay-to-unlock files

Latest Strikes S03E16 - April 13th - 19th 2026

OpenClaw: Great in Theory Bad in Practice. So I Built an L402 Compatible Agent

'ESCAPE INFLATION' FILM SCREENING ~ UPDATE ~ ⚡️📽️

Faraday: A pastebin that cages your paste. Pay 210sats and it reopens for all

Phoenixd and Arkade funding sources added to LNbitsBox

Free speech is broken because it’s free

Square Crosses 1M Bitcoin-Enabled Merchants As Adoption Continues To Grow

Lolli alternative?

Is lightning still a thing?

Direct Current - Lightning Paywalls ✅ (maybe?)

Should upgrade UmbrelOS to latest version?

Lightning Economics: The Bridge Between Bitcoin's Two Identities | ZEUS

Would you pay sats to defend your opinion? (Lightning-based forum)

Zeus experimenting with CLINK offers

Thank you to all ⚡️contributorsThank you to all ⚡️contributors

Top stackers by postsTop stackers by posts

Huge thank you to the most active users for the past month.
_{Zap split distributed accordingly to first 2.}

• @06bc1a977d: 21
• @0xbitcoiner: 10
• @Scoresby: 7
• @fanis: 4
• @nanoson87: 4

Top 10 conversation kickersTop 10 conversation kickers

Here below the most active by number of comments.
_{Zap split distributed accordingly to first 3.}

• @DarthCoin: 87
• @justin_shocknet: 37
• @chris21million: 26
• @optimism: 22
• @0xbitcoiner: 18
• @Scoresby: 15
• @06bc1a977d: 15
• @denlillaapan: 15
• @wilto: 13
• @BallLightning: 13
• @BlokchainB: 11

Top LN posts outside ~LightningTop LN posts outside ~Lightning

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

1. 🟠 14 years of building with bitcoin + 35 ideas worth exploring

2. Instant Lightning → Debit Card Top-Up Mini App Using Satora.io

3. Walked around a shopping area... Talked to square merchants & paid in bitcoin

4. Where should JoinMarket development focus next?

5. We Built a Digital Guy Fawkes Mask (and It Might Actually Work)

and more...

• Meta idea: forward zaps to any Lightning address, not just SN users

• Introducing Alby Hub Skill — agentic control for Alby Hub

• Jamie Pull V2: Search 10x Harder for the Same 10 Cents

• Satstreamr - metered live video paid in Cashu over a WebRTC data channel (MVP)

• [NEW] The Praxeology of Privacy by Max Hillebrand

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Thanks all and until next, stackers.