Casa engineers compare and contrast the performance of 3 popular Electrum server implementations. blog.keys.casa/electrum-serve…
@Excellion @Bitcoin @BitcoinErrorLog 187 in the US alone, according to howmanyofme.com
@treepharma It would be risky for anyone to try to defraud a peer because if their channel counterparty updates in… https://t.co/wDgfPfan1S
@treepharma Same liveness game theory as ever. This bug basically makes it the same as if your node has gone offlin… https://t.co/czz1aSH30x
@brilliancebtc @ChrisBlec “down” is not the best term, “out of sync” is probably more accurate.
@zackvoell The only reason my name is NOT in the Celsius court docs is because account creation failed during my te..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…17
Notes for lnd node operators:
Your node is currently safe. I wouldn’t touch it until the new version is released…twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tt
@notgrubles Are there any charts that show lightning node counts by useragent? I suspect lnd is by far the dominant implementation.
@ChrisBlec There is no bypassing of review.
I just reviewed the code change.
twitter.com/lopp/status/15…
@THORmaximalist LOL
Like the narrative in my 2016 article that predicted a variety of different (temporary) failur… https://t.co/2rU5AbPtjK
Bug fix is up for review. It’s effectively changing a single constant value.
maxWitnessItemSize is increased from..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3W
@ChrisBlec I mean, the code change will go through Lightning Labs’ review and build process…
@brilliancebtc @Suheb__ Are you running a version older than 0.15?
@ChrisBlec Yes, I expect the code change to fix this will be only a few lines at most.
@ChrisBlec I expect many (but not all) lnd nodes are down. Unclear what % of overall nodes because they are still t..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…tJ
At the moment it’s unclear what lnd node setups are affected by this. If you want to check your node, run the comma..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…ih
@brilliancebtc This does not only affect btcd back ends. I run bitcoind as my supporting node and also hit this iss..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Nc
The may be the first major lightning network outage event; I’m frankly surprised it took this long. Testament to go..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1w
@saylor Good thing you did it before most of the nodes froze!
script witness item is larger than the max allowed size [count 33970, max 11000]
oopsies you broke lnd
twitter.com/brqgoo/status/…
The person who lost the 7th highest amount on Celsius (800 BTC) is the same guy who was the victim of a home invasi..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Tr
Oof. I expect plenty of revelations to come as folks sift through the Celsius court documents.
celsiusnetworth.com
@BitcoinIsSaving Are you making a case that Gary Gensler is Good for Bitcoin™?
Has twitter been crashing your chrome tab multiple times a day or is it just me?
lopp This is my node. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My blockchain is validated by me. It is my financial..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…jd
@_jonasschnelli_ The real reason: twitter.com/lopp/status/15…
@Arthur_van_Pelt I’m surprised he doesn’t have a theater degree, as acting is clearly his strongest skill.
How well does the historical distribution of timestamps on bitcoin blocks match the expected distribution? blog.lopp.net/bitcoin-block-…
@stannguru It’s great troll phrasing!
@JasonPLowery an infinite number of footguns
OK we can stop supplying weapons for the war now. pic.twitter.com/sjBAbY8Cl6
When you’re writing safety critical code, every arithmetic operation is potentially catastrophic. Smart contract de..twitter.com/i/web/status/1…0R