Block: #963456 - Aug 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 posts

Most zapranked posts this month:

1. I closed my node c-otto.de
   14.2k sats [17 comments](#1551319 "991 sats (963 stacked \ 28 cost \ 0 boost)") \ @C_Otto 20 Aug, ~lightning

2. Add BOLT12 zaps by benthecarman · Pull Request #2421 · nostr-protocol/nips
   11.4k sats \ 8 comments \ @supratic 23 Jul, ~nostr, ~lightning

3. A thousand people can own one Bitcoin transaction.
   10.6k sats \ 11 comments \ @06bc1a977d 19 Aug, ~lightning

4. Omega Splice - Dusty Daemon
   10.7k sats \ 11 comments \ @Kruw 26 Jul, ~bitcoin, ~bitdevs, ~lightning, ~Coinjoins

5. Splicing timeline for Zeus Wallet ACCELERATED
   10.9k sats \ 11 comments \ @Kruw 4 Aug, ~lightning, ~Coinjoins

Top posts by comments

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

1. Boltz and ZeusLSP temporarily shut down swap services
   3752 sats \ 91 comments \ @justin_shocknet 3 Aug, ~bitcoin, ~lightning

2. The First Direct Current User (that's not me)! Check him out!
   1298 sats \ 38 comments \ @jasonb 4 Aug, ~Music, ~AGORA, ~lightning

3. Podcasting 2.0 LIghtning Donations Down
   2055 sats \ 26 comments \ @magnolia_mayhem 11 Aug, ~bitcoin, ~podcasts, ~lightning

4. The new Wallet of Satoshi "Lightning" wallet is NOT self-custodial!
   6184 sats \ 24 comments \ @supratic 16 Aug, ~lightning

5. Preparing for BIP-110 channels fork off
   685 sats \ 24 comments \ @06bc1a977d 7 Aug, ~lightning

Don't miss...

#1540666 How to refill your emptied LN channels without Boltz swaps

#1531804 Clams v1: Local-First Accounting for Bitcoin, Lightning, and Liquid

#1540666 How to refill your emptied LN channels without Boltz swaps

#1541262 Latest Strikes #31 - July 27 - August 2nd 2026 - Boltz, BIP110, & more!

#1531695 CD209: MATTHEW VUK - BARK - BITCOIN PAYMENTS ON ARK

#1534075 ZeusLN/zeus · Release v13.1.3

#1532907 How Lightning Scales Bitcoin | Megalith Lightning Docs

#1542402 c-otto.de - slowly shutting down

#1545125 Zeus LSP is back up and running!!

#1530989 Playing with Wavelength

#1547247 Disclosure: LND doesn't wait for enough confirmations when closing channels

#1544885 LIGHTNING.pub — Lightning shouldn’t be a hobby that loses money.

#1534141 BOLT 12: payer proofs has been merged - Wen BOLT12 zaps?

#1532877 Why are Alby Go and Alby Hub showing me different spending balances?

#1534769 AMA request: Paul Storcz's dealer

#1548216 Zeus Post-Mortem: Security Update - August 5th, 2026

#1540674 How to refill a SPEND wallet with Electrum's built-in swaps (no Boltz, no Node)

And why not, Top Downzapped

It may worth noting down these too. The most downzapped posts this month:

1. Hitler tries a fake L2...
   4447 sats \ 8 comments \ @justin_shocknet 19h, ~bitcoin, ~lightning -25.2k sats

2. SNL: #234
   2587 sats \ 0 comments \ @hasherstacker 24 Jul, ~meta, ~bitcoin_beginners, ~lightning -5000 sats

3. You've been doing Bitcoin's sales work for free. Not anymore. - Amboss
   1066 sats \ 2 comments \ @Scoresby 18 Aug, ~bitcoin, ~lightning -5000 sats

4. I've researched ARK, Liquid, RSK and Spark. Lightning still wins.
   1796 sats \ 5 comments \ @BTCLNAT 25 Jul, ~AskSN, ~bitcoin_beginners, ~lightning -5000 sats

5. Zeus infra temporarily offline following security incident
   3607 sats \ 8 comments \ @justin_shocknet 5 Aug, ~lightning -4200 sats

Thank you to all ⚡️contributors

Top stackers by posts

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

• @hasherstacker: 52
• @06bc1a977d: 29
• @supratic: 23
• @0xbitcoiner: 10
• @i_am_a_seeker: 4

Top 10 conversation kickers

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

• @DarthCoin: 63
• @BlokchainB : 54
• @optimism: 43
• @06bc1a977d: 32
• @Undisciplined: 28
• @Kruw: 26
• @superatic: 18
• @satslist: 18
• @anon: 15
• @jasonb: 14

Top LN posts outside ~Lightning

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

1. Woocommerce and BTCpay server
   15.5k sats \ 67 comments \ @Natalia 23 Jul bitcoin

2. Does lightning or coinjoin give better privacy?
   14k sats \ 26 comments \ @wackster 25 Jul AskSN Coinjoins

3. At what point did we stop caring about freedom?
   13.8k sats \ 31 comments \ @anon 16 Aug bitcoin

4. Trip Report: Chicago
   12k sats \ 11 comments \ @leo 30 Jul Travel

5. Which Bitcoin phone wallet to recommend for newbies
   9218 sats \ 41 comments \ @teemupleb 10 Aug AskSN]

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Thanks all and until next, stackers.