Socratic Session: Lightning BOLT Spec and Implementation Updates

[btsea]

Description

A focused Socratic Seminar on lightning protocol development. Topics will be selected from the lightning-dev mailing lists, prominent Github repositories, network graphs, research papers, vulnerability reports and other sources.

Format

Socratic Sessions are condensed versions of a Socratic-style meetup. A discussion leader will curate content based on a general theme and come prepared to give background on the material and provide discussion questions for the group.

Moderators

• @vnprc
• @Randy808
• @niftynei

Topics

@vnprc

• The Breez SDK Adds Nodeless: A Liquid Implementation
  • StashPay is the first wallet to ship using the brand new Breez Liquid SDK
• BOLT12 Offers Merged
• Building Bolt12 Into Strike
• Mutiny Wallet and 10101 are both shutting down. 😢

@niftynei

• LN Summit 2024 Notes & Summary/Commentary
• Lightning Welder

@Randy808

• Spec for dual funding merged into BOLTs
• Bitcoin Core 28 wallet integration guide discusses the impact of TRUC transactions on anchor outputs and the potential future deprecation of update_fee as well RBF pinning attacks.

Open Discussion:

• Hybrid Jamming Mitigation: Results and Updates
• SuperScalar: Laddered Timeout-Tree-Structured Decker-Wattenhofer Factories
• LND custom channels PR
• LDK rust-lightning v0.0.124 release notes
• LND Gossip Messages
• Eclair: Allow including routing hints when creating Bolt 11 invoice
• LDK: Support paying static invoices
• LDK: Add the core functionality required to resolve Human Readable Names

[vnprc]

Potential topic list ☝️

If there is a topic you would like to be discussed, drop it in that github issue. If it's already up there throw a thumbs up on the comment.

[btsea]

@Randy808 please ACK so we can assign this issue to you. Thanks!

[btsea]

Thanks for your participation @niftynei! Please leave an ACK here so we can assign the issue to you.

[Randy808]

ACK

[vnprc]

@vnprc

• The Breez SDK Adds Nodeless: A Liquid Implementation
  • StashPay is the first wallet to ship using the brand new Breez Liquid SDK
• BOLT12 Offers Merged
• Building Bolt12 Into Strike
• Mutiny Wallet and 10101 are both shutting down. 😢

@niftynei

• LN Summit 2024 Notes & Summary/Commentary
• Lightning Welder

@Randy808

• Spec for dual funding merged into BOLTs
• Bitcoin Core 28 wallet integration guide discusses the impact of TRUC transactions on anchor outputs and the potential future deprecation of update_fee as well RBF pinning attacks.

Open Discussion:

• Hybrid Jamming Mitigation: Results and Updates
• SuperScalar: Laddered Timeout-Tree-Structured Decker-Wattenhofer Factories
• LND custom channels PR
• LDK rust-lightning v0.0.124 release notes
• LND Gossip Messages
• Eclair: Allow including routing hints when creating Bolt 11 invoice
• LDK: Support paying static invoices
• LDK: Add the core functionality required to resolve Human Readable Names

[dstadulis]

More information about the Custom channels lnd PR

• main channel state machine and database now allow for processing and storing custom Taproot script leaves
  • meaning application hackers can incorporate application state into the t
  • lnd's RPCs have been enhanced s.t. an application can control the
    • routerrpc.HtlcInterceptor
      • 1 ) which allows the interceptor to read and interpreted by external software
      • 2. HLTC values can be manipulated by software external to LND

[iglesiasbrandon]

thank you for hosting this!

[vnprc]

Thank you for cohosting @niftynei and @Randy808. Great job! Y'all are awesome!