Archive
Week 19 of 2026
Simple Taproot Channels & zero-fee commitments merged into the spec. Post-quantum Lightning upgrade path.
Week 18 of 2026
LDK Server announcement, Electrum NWC Vulnerability disclosure and patch.
Week 17 of 2026
Lightning economics research, a fraud-proofs proposal for JiT channels, a frontend for Electrum swap providers and an LND release candidate.
Week 16 of 2026
A VPS-first node project and an exploration into Onion Message jamming mitigations.
Week 15 of 2026
A Zeus wallet release, a Core Lightning SuperScalar plugin, and a discussion on enabling N-of-K Lightning nodes.
Week 14 of 2026
A Core Lightning release candidate, a peer-scoring system in Eclair, and zero-fee taproot channels making their first apparition in the specification.
Week 13 of 2026
Merging the splicing spec, Lexe going public, and Eddy rebalancing.
Week 12 of 2026
AI and payments take center stage, plus Rootstock prisms and other exciting Lightning developments.
Week 11 of 2026
Ark updates, Liquid-Lightning swaps, rust-lightning improvements, and a SuperScalar implementation release.
Week 10 of 2026
A sparky wallet release, a mandatory Boltz update, and implementation developments across the ecosystem.
Weeks 8 and 9 of 2026
Two weeks of Lightning coverage featuring interesting insights, AI developments, and an LND release.
Weeks 5, 6 and 7 of 2026
A triple-week issue covering three weeks of Lightning news, from late January to mid-February.
Week 4 of 2026
Lightning Network news for the 4th week of 2026, covering the latest developments and updates.
Weeks 2 and 3 of 2026
A double issue covering two weeks of January, with the latest technical news from the Lightning ecosystem.
Week 1 of 2026
Holiday season recap covering late December through early January. New year, new Lightning developments.
Week 50 of 2025
A quieter week in Lightning, but still a few interesting updates, blog posts, and announcements.
Week 49 of 2025
A slightly delayed issue covering the first week of December, with Lightning ecosystem updates from the road.
Week 48 of 2025
Boltz releases new features, Alby ships multi-relay NWC support, and cluster mempool lands in Bitcoin Core.
Week 47 of 2025
The relaunch issue. A fresh start for the Lightning Network newsletter, covering the ecosystem's latest developments.