You can now support development on RTL : ridethelightning.info/donate…

A lot of the AI folks who just got rugged are now fully understanding what freedom to code really means now. Be self-sovereign... Run your nodes, Run your llms,,, and Run them Local! ...... where you control everything. RTL,.. Ride the Lightning,,, And Run Them Local 🔥⚡

Announcing LND v0.21: Grown Up, Sped Up, Locked Down 🌱 The 21st release lands on the number every bitcoiner knows 🟠 Onion messaging, private message relay without revealing sender or route 🧅 Simple taproot channels hit production for on-chain privacy 🌳 Native SQL and better sync for faster queries and startup ⏩ Read more and upgrade today: lightning.engineering/posts/…

On May 26, 2015, @rusty_twit made his first commit to Core Lightning. What happened over the next eleven years speaks for itself. Thank you, Rusty. ⚡ blog.blockstream.com/rusty-r…

SECOND IS NOW ON MAINNET. Bark, our implementation of the Ark protocol, is available for anyone to start making bitcoin payments. Included in the launch are our mainnet Ark server, the Bark SDK, and multiple wallets to try from day one.

📢 LND v0.21.0 rc1 is ready for testing. Basic Onion Messaging support lands in this release, along with the Payments store migrating to native SQL. Production Simple Taproot channels are also finalized. Details here: github.com/lightningnetwork/…

Tadge Dryja, the co-inventor of the Lightning Network, just dropped an update on Utreexo, one of the most underappreciated scaling projects in bitcoin. The problem is straightforward. Every bitcoin node that wants to validate transactions has to store the entire UTXO set, every unspent output on the network. Right now that's 11GB and growing. As more transactions hit the chain, as inscriptions and other data-heavy outputs pile up, every node operator has to store all of it. The UTXO set doesn't get pruned like old blocks can. It just grows. Utreexo eliminates the entire UTXO set from your node. Instead of storing 11GB of data, a Utreexo node stores less than 1KB of hashes and still fully verifies every transaction. It's not a light client. It's not trusting anyone else. It's full validation with radically less storage. The tradeoff has always been bandwidth. Utreexo nodes need to download extra proof data to verify transactions without storing the full set. Until recently, syncing the blockchain with Utreexo took 2-3x the data download of a normal node, pushing into terabytes. That problem is now being solved, new aggregator techniques from SwiftSync have eliminated the extra download overhead. The implementation is still being finalized, but the hard part appears to be behind them. Two things worth noting: First, Utreexo is quantum safe. The accumulator and aggregator are built entirely on hash functions, not elliptic curve cryptography. Whatever quantum computing does to bitcoin's signature scheme, it won't touch Utreexo. At a time when the quantum conversation is heating up, that's a meaningful design advantage. Second, Utreexo directly addresses the tension around "spam" on bitcoin. Inscriptions, BRC-20 tokens, and other data-heavy outputs bloat the UTXO set that every node has to carry. Pruning helps with old block data but doesn't touch the UTXO set. Utreexo makes the entire debate irrelevant, if your node doesn't store the UTXO set at all, the size of it doesn't matter. New releases are out for both utreexod (BTCD-based) and Floresta (rust-based, built with rust-bitcoin). Both are in testing mode, not ready for real funds yet, but ready for developers and node operators to try. This is the kind of quiet, foundational work that actually scales bitcoin at L1. No token. No VC round. No press tour. Just better engineering.

Issue #499 of Your Daily Bitcoin Breakdown newsletter is now live! Check out today’s top stories and a sneak peek at the latest Quick Bits. Full issue is available here: btcbnews.com/499 #BitcoinOnly

Need inbound liquidity for your store? ⚡️ In this video @ndeet details how to open a Lightning channel with a liquidity provider using @RTL_App and @lnbig_com, no plugins needed.

Announcing LND v0.20: The Lightning Fast Lane for a Booming Network 🛣️💥 Featuring: Faster graph, faster bitcoin payments More efficient gossip, better reliability Advanced liquidity controls, easier to receive Read more below and upgrade today. ⬇️

New major release: 🥕 Taproot channels! 🥕 full taproot support including splices 🪙 on-chain operations are now ~20% cheaper 🕵️ on-chain footprint is indistinguishable from a standard p2tr wallet as long as the channel isn't force closed 🤹 new multi-wallet support on mobile Available on Android & iOS (2.7.0), and server (phoenixd 0.7.0). Next up: V3 transactions and 0-fee commit txs to completely shield channels from on-chain feerates fluctuations.

LND v0.20.0 rc1 is ready for testing Here are some of the release highlights: github.com/lightningnetwork/…

Vibe coded a website for a domain I've been hoarding for a while satusd.com

I’m pumped to launch SovereignTools.com—your ultimate guide to picking the perfect Lightning wallet for YOU. 👛18 Lightning Wallets 🛠️ 43 Features Check out this quick video to see how to use it. Details and future plans for Sovereign Tools below👇

Reasons not to shitcoin: exhibit # 1

Today @RTL_App with @Core_LN on @umbrel received some 🧡 Boltz is available natively from within RTL now🙌

If you are reluctant to use the Lightning Network because you've heard criticisms, I think they're probably out of date. It's not only fast and private, but highly reliable now too. I haven't had a payment fail in two years, my node runs flawlessly, moving money into a mobile wallet is quick and easy, and I haven't lost a single satoshi.

For my node I run LND from @lightning on my @start9labs device, and access the node through Ride The Lightning (@RTL_App), and @ZeusLN. For my mobile wallet I mostly use @walletofsatoshi, but also carry around @primal_app and @blinkbtc.

The Lightning Network is fun but complex. That's why I decided to create a tutorial! In this video, we will cover: - Setting up LND Node using @umbrel - Open payment channels with @RTL_App - Swap with @Boltzhq - Connect to a mobile wallet using @ZeusLN youtu.be/i9VTtDPQeZs

Monetizing your content all over the web with just one link is now possible thanks to the #L402

Bitdevs on Friday! Join us. We’ll be back at the Vancouver Island Tech Park. RSVP on Meetup. Link below 👇