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Board Development & Technical Discussion
Re: The Lightning Network FAQ
by
ETFbitcoin
on 02/09/2019, 17:25:13 UTC
https://cointelegraph.com/news/australian-coder-warns-users-of-lightning-networks-vulnerabilities

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Australian software programmer and Bitcoin’s (BTC) Lightning Network coder Rusty Russell warned users that
“security issues have been found in various Lightning projects which could cause loss of funds.”

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On Aug. 30, Russell published a tweet urging LN nodes operators to update their software as soon as possible. According to the message, his warning concerns all versions of c-lightning prior to 0.7.1, lnd older than 0.7, and eclair up to version 0.3.



It's very surprising news, who would expect Lightning Network protocol and client which are on development phase have security issue which could cause loss of funds Shocked

I guess majority of Bitcoiner don't know how to read,

N.B. This is still early technology and there’s a risk of losing all of your funds. We recommend not putting in more money than you are willing to lose.

There are multiple known major issues with the client, so it is not recommended to use it with real money at this point.