October 23, 2019: 4 BTC stolen using Lightning Network
https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/dlvokv/how_i_lost_4_btc_on_lightning_network/October 21, 2019: Researchers Uncover Bitcoin Attack That Could Slow or Stop Lightning Payments
https://www.coindesk.com/researchers-uncover-bitcoin-attack-that-could-slow-or-stop-lightning-paymentsSeptember 28, 2019: Andreas Brekken: "I've been asked quite a bit why I took down the largest Lightning Network node, LN.shitcoin.com. Constant anxiety was the deciding factor. > When a channel is created, the receiver of the channel was not required to verify the amount of the funding transaction"
https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/dae1g0/andreas_brekken_ive_been_asked_quite_a_bit_why_i/September 27, 2019: Lightning Network Security Vulnerability Full Disclosure: CVE-2019-12998 / CVE-2019-12999 / CVE-2019-13000
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-September/002174.htmlSeptember 10, 2019: Lightning Network dev: "We've confirmed instances of the CVE being exploited in the wild. If youre not on the following versions of either of these implementations then you need to upgrade now to avoid risk of funds loss"
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-September/002148.htmlAugust 30, 2019: Lightning Network security alert: Security issues have been found in various lightning projects which could cause loss of funds!
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2019-August/002130.htmlMay 29, 2019: "PSA: The Lightning Network is being heavily data mined right now. Opening channels allows anyone to cluster your wallet and associate your keys with your IP address."
https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/budmfh/on_twitter_psa_the_lightning_network_is_being/April 24, 2019: Forget 18 months: its now 30-50 years until Lightning Network is ready
https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/bh1gzw/forget_18_months_its_now_3050_years_until/March 29, 2019: Analysis Shows Lightning Network Suffers From Trust Issues Exacerbated by Rising Fees
https://news.bitcoin.com/analysis-shows-lightning-network-suffers-form-trust-issues-exacerbated-by-rising-fees/March 4, 2019: Lightning users must be online to make a payment, funds must be locked to use, is a honey pot, completion rate deminishes with high value payments, and more
https://medium.com/starkware/when-lightning-starks-a90819be37baMarch 17, 2019: TIL that Lightning Network conceptual design and focus to layer 2 scaling for BTC was introduced in February 2013, over 6 years ago (LN whitepaper released February 2015, 4 years ago)
https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/b201kd/til_that_lightning_network_conceptual_design_and/February 28, 2019: "Out of the 1,500 orders submitted on the first day [using Lightning Network], only around 10 percent were successful"
https://breakermag.com/i-ordered-lightning-pizza-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale/March 1, 2019: Lightning Network has become a complete train wreck. Oh by the way, it's no longer 18 months but YEARS until it's ready for mass-consumption.
https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/aw71q8/lightning_network_has_become_a_complete_train/February 28, 2019: Decentralized path routing is still an unsolved problem for Lightning Network (currently "source routing" works at this scale)
https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/avt6ow/do_people_agree_with_andreas_antonopoulos_that/February 25, 2019: Lightning Network bank-wallet is "kind of centralized but it has to be this way if you want mass-adoption"
https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/aup68s/lightning_network_bankwallet_is_kind_of/February 23, 2019: 5 Things I Learned Getting Rekt on Lightning Network
https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/atx8jq/psa_important_video_to_watch_if_you_use_lightning/February 22, 2019: Listen to this great talk on the problems and complexities of using HTLC's on the Lightning Network ⚡️, and possible alternatives.
https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/atmlnp/listen_to_this_great_talk_on_the_problems_and/February 20, 2019: The current state of Bitcoin companies & dealing with Lightning Network ⚡Highlights: Hard to implement, takes a ton of man hours, with no return on investment. LN adds zero utility. The only reason some companies support it is for marketing reasons.
https://old.reddit.com/r/lightningnetwork/comments/asuoyy/the_current_state_of_bitcoin_companies_dealing/February 20, 2019: Current requirements to run BTC/LN: 2 hard drives + zfs mirrors, need to run a BTC full node, LN full node + satellite, Watchtower and use a VPN service. And BTC fees are expensive, slow, unreliable.
https://old.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/aspkj2/current_requirements_to_run_btcln_2_hard_drives/January 17, 2019: 18 Months Away? Latest Lightning Network Study Calls System a 'Small Central Clique'
https://news.bitcoin.com/18-months-away-latest-lightning-network-study-calls-system-a-small-central-clique/March 21, 2018: Lightning Network DDoS Sends 20% of Nodes Down
https://www.trustnodes.com/2018/03/21/lightning-network-ddos-sends-20-nodesOctober 10, 2018: Watchtowers (third party services) are introduced as a way to monitor your funds when you can't be online 24/7 so they aren't stolen
https://medium.com/@akumaigorodski/watchtower-support-is-coming-to-bitcoin-lightning-wallet-8f969ac206b2June 25, 2018: Study finds that the probability of routing $200 on LN between any two nodes is 1%
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