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Anyone else paying some ridiculous Friday afternoon network fees today? Is this really BRC-20 all over again? Time for Lightning ⚡️

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Wallet of Satoshi just implemented a zapvertising solution: "Many have noticed a sharp increase in paid Lightning spam lately. Some love the free sats, some hate the constant notifications and spammy messages. In any case it's an interesting development in the ecosystem! ⚡️ We have just implemented a change on our server to detect payments that are likely spam. You'll still get the sats and can look at the messages in your payment history if you want, but this should help minimise unwanted notifications starting now! 🙏"

I think we're getting to the bottom of these 1 Satoshi payments / ads arriving at our nodes and the answer indeed seems to be #NOSTR trawling for lightning addresses. What do you all think of these zapvertisements? Good, bad, ugly? https://stacker.news/items/316903

Interested in using your Zeus Wallet to connect to your own Lightning Node? Check out this cool guide to opening zero conf channels between your app node and external node ⚡️ https://docs.zeusln.app/for-users/embedded-node/trusted-funding

You know what NOSTR? Every day we get to use our #Btcpay #Bitcoin #Testnet server is a good day

Did you know #LDK version 0.0.118 has alpha support for BOLT12 payments? Also, upgraded protections against transaction cycling attacks. Check it out here: https://github.com/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/releases

Does anyone sending out on-chain transactions ever get the feeling they are single-handedly driving up network fees? Random #Bitcoin advice to close out the week: Fridays are expensive for on-chain in our experience.

We're excited to have our Director, Erik Alvarez npub1mfpdevu5dsuclurfns4t3ypah8uwje73dcyycfuenxhpnq9997jqp7nesj leading the #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork for business panel at the Latin America Bitcoin Conference next week! Do you have any suggested topics? Hit us up with your thoughts 💡

Welcoming our partners and friends Freemans Perspective to the NOSTRverse! Follow this account for interesting philosophy and a refreshing view on life the universe and everthing: npub1yvhlzqts276zuvtjqdc37tf5k4p68rsrtj9n4k5fvmtgyvsjfyfqf3h8aq

Looking for dev resources for #Bitcoin and #LightningNetwork? Check out this: https://bitcoindev.org - Bitcoin & Lightning Resources Looking for a dev team experienced in selecting and working with the right tools for the job? Hit us up and let's build something great⚡️

We couldn't be prouder to be a part of this great project ⚡ Join or make a local group. Sell something you're good at! Get paid and pay in #Bitcoin and #LightningNetwork. A circular Bitcoin economy wherever you are in the world is just a few clicks away: https://medium.com/breez-technology/building-on-lightning-how-picnic-fosters-irl-connections-with-the-breez-sdk-6852b2477298 https://picnicmore.com/

Some takeaways from #SanJuanBitdevs re: Replacement cycling attacks on #Bitcoin #LightningNewtork nodes: - Keep your software up to date - the major implementations have addressed this - Connect a watchtower - Watch your max htlc values - Connect with lots of peers

Looking for some #Bitcoin and #LightningNetwork inspiration? We've been working on our GitHub page. There are scripts for Lightning Addresses, LNURLp, balancers, all kinds of stuff! We hope you'll find something handy ⚡️ https://github.com/orgs/Velas-Commerce/repositories

Researching the Lightning replacement cycling attack on #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork nodes led us to this great article by bitcoinmagazine@b.tc If anyone wants to work on scripting these or has a list of potential Lightning Network attacks please share ⚡️ https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/postmortem-on-the-lightning-replacement-cycling-attack

Connecting an #Alby wallet to #BTCPayServer is a way to accept #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork payments for E-Commerce sites without running your own Lightning Node. Here's a great, open source web stack to consider: WordPress WooCommerce BTCPay Server Alby Wallet

This is great news! Lightning Addresses are super intuitive UX and support for non-custodial wallets is tricky. Every wallet that supports the protocol helps number of people go up. Great job ⚡️ https://blog.zeusln.com/zeus-v0-8-0-open-beta/

Has anyone tried testing these vulnerabilities in the latest versions of LND, CLN, LDK etc? We're considering having a go of it on Testnet for the next San Juan Bit Devs meetup & would love any advice: https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/dos-fake-lightning-channels/

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