Block: #968000 - Sep 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. Should we want to grow Stacker News? If so, how?
   23.5k sats \ 52 comments \ @magnolia_mayhem 6 Sep in ~AskSN ~lightning

2. Latest Strikes #36 & #37 - Augst 31st - September 13th 2026
   12.7k sats \ 3 comments \ @fanis 16 Sep in ~bitcoin ~lightning

3. Who are "ethan, humpus"?
   10.4k sats \ 45 comments \ @anon 13 Sep in ~lightning

4. PREDYX Market: Will SN hit 2M Sats in Daily Rewards in 2026?
   7329 sats \ 28 comments \ @Coinsreporter 10 Sep in ~Stacker_Stocks ~lightning

5. Safest no-KYC ways to convert cash stacks into Bitcoin?
   7105 sats \ 48 comments \ @kpa 12 Sep in ~bitcoin_beginners ~AGORA ~lightning

Top posts by comments

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

1. Take your CLN node offline.
   5348 sats \ 70 comments \ @anon 26 Aug in ~bitcoin ~lightning

2. Is a lightning address more private than a lightning invoice?
   1338 sats \ 30 comments \ @ek 1 Sep in ~lightning

3. Albyhub Update ASAP!!!
   2523 sats \ 29 comments \ @OT 9 Sep in ~bitcoin ~lightning

4. (Letter) To those responsible for the theft of bitcoin from the Liquid Network
   3913 sats \ 24 comments \ @Coinsreporter 11 Sep in ~bitcoin ~lightning

5. Zaps without a receiving wallet become credits, permanently
   98 sats \ 23 comments \ @aiagentearn 7 Sep in ~lightning

Don't miss...

#1555677 Upgrade your Eclair node (lol)

#1576513 bolt11: reject duplicate payment hashes in invoices

#1571733 Running CLN? Disable --experimental-dual-fund, dual-funded (v2) channels

#1559683 crashing a lightning node with a flood of pings - Erick Cestari

#1556156 CashApp give, CashApp take

#1573169 AQUA announces brand-new custom swap infra, gets DOSed

#1558819 The end of open source in Bitcoin

#1569657 sigh... Take your CLN node offline.

#1575869 [I built a non-custodial Lightning payment-tool — would love your brutal feedback

#1574395 What do lightning node operators use to automatically adjust fees & liquidity?

#1572253 Cash App Launches Bitcoin Bonus! Earn 2% per week on BTC balance

#1558458 Self-hosting without exposing your home IP or letting Cloudflare decrypt HTTPS

#1569672 Using Bitcoin in Real Life

#1577285 Having issues with the zapping

#1560858 Zeus Wallet - Pending Onchain Transaction - Not found in mempool

#1553019 ⚡ LCC v0.1.3 — built for node runners who don't want to live in the terminal

#1577486 lnfuzz

And why not, Top Downzapped

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

1. Justin Shocknet caught trying to drain Lightning wallets
   1.7m sats \ 172 comments \ @Kruw 9 Sep in ~lightning

2. stacker.FAILS - 40% of poll respondants claimed to know fictional people
   25.5k sats \ 11 comments \ @anon 16 Sep in ~meta ~bitcoin ~bitcoin_beginners ~Education ~lightning

3. Blockstream is responsible for the gap of Bitcoin in the Liquid Network.
   16.6k sats \ 12 comments \ @supratic 11 Sep in ~bitcoin ~lightning

4. Self-hosting without exposing your home IP or letting Cloudflare decrypt HTTPS
   11.6k sats \ 19 comments \ @blindport 30 Aug in ~tech ~bitcoin ~privacy ~lightning

5. Peach is at a crossroads: what does this mean for KYC-free P2P Bitcoin?
   5493 sats \ 12 comments \ @39963a0737 31 Aug in ~bitcoin ~lightning

Thank you to all ⚡️contributors

Top stackers by posts

Huge thank you to the most active users in the past month.

• @hasherstacker: 86
• @06bc1a977d: 23
• @supratic: 22
• @39963a0737: 14
• @0xbitcoiner: 10

Top 10 conversation kickers

Here below the most active users by number of comments.

• @anon: 104
• @optimism: 87
• @justin_shocknet: 68
• @06bc1a977d: 63
• @ek: 57
• @blokchainb: 54
• @scoresby: 52
• @kruw: 45
• @supratic: 40
• @undisciplined: 27

Top LN posts outside ~Lightning

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

1. My Friend and I Revived an Old Coca Cola Vending Machine
   16k sats \ 17 comments \ @leo 28 Aug in ~DIY

2. "Non-custodial" means nothing if it is not used as such
   4799 sats \ 48 comments \ @billytheked 28 Aug in ~bitcoin_beginners

3. Don't switch your Core Lightning node off, restart it with --offline instead
   5644 sats \ 6 comments \ @blockstream_official 27 Aug in ~bitcoin

4. I tested SN's Spark Wallet workflow. It's smooth as butter.
   4843 sats \ 51 comments \ @SimpleStacker 29 Aug in ~meta ~bitcoin

5. Is lightning too complicated?
   3223 sats \ 15 comments \ @KudzaiK 14 Sep in ~AskSN ~bitcoin

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Thanks all and until next, stackers.