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- October 2025
The Monthly Thunderbolt Dispatch on Bitcoin layers two innovations, aggregating the Best posts about the ~Lightning Network and others Bitcoin L2 solution- Exclusively on Stacker.News
It's that time of the month, time to catch up with the latest features and trends that are shaping the future of Bitcoin—the very first and most commented insights from around SN cypherspace. Every issue arrives with expert analysis, in-depth interview, and breaking news of the most significant advancements in the Bitcoin layer two solutions.
Now let's focus on the top five items for each category, an electrifying selection that hope you'll be able to read before next edition.
Happy Zapping!
Top ~Lightning posts
Most zapranked posts this month:
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“Toxic Lightning Maximalist” actually a thing? Looking for a definition... by Car 944 sats \ 24 comments \ 1 Oct
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🚨🚨BREAKING: Stacker News' @ek to speak at bitcoin++ by @Scoresby 2605 sats \ 34 comments \ 26 Sep
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Would you pay to be able email someone? by @Scoresby 679 sats \ 33 comments \ 21 Sep
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My demo from PlebLab Mexico: ShockWallet and Lightning.Pub featuring CLINK by @justin_shocknet 3877 sats \ 29 comments \ 19 Oct
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NVK: Lightning does not work for any meaningful value without custodians by @Scoresby 485 sats \ 41 comments \ 23 Sep
Top posts by comments
Excluding the ones already mentioned above, you can see them all here (excluding those already listed above):
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I just opened a Lightning channel to SN. I like supporting the best LN services by @NEEDcreations 1559 sats \ 47 comments \ 18 Oct
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Would you pay to be able email someone? by @Scoresby 679 sats \ 33 comments \ 21 Sep
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⚡Breez Spark Wallet (example) by @isolabellart 468 sats \ 32 comments \ 30 Sep
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Nostr-based static CLINK Offers, now with Blinded Paths on LND by @justin_shocknet 2313 sats \ 30 comments \ 4 Oct
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Receiving Ocean payouts - own node bolt12 by @BeeRye 844 sats \ 30 comments \ 28 Sep
Top ~Lightning Boosts
Check them all here.
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Wallet of Satoshi is available in the US but balances & transactions are public by @k00b 3239 sats \ 10k boost \ 32 comments \ 8 Oct
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Top Lightning posts outside ~Lightning
This month best posts about the Lightning Network outside ~Lightning territory:
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Challenges of Building a Non-Custodial Lightning App by @ek 3490 sats \ 26 comments \ 3 Oct in
~meta
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How Does Lightning Authentication Work? by @spiderman 307 sats \ 3 comments \ 6 Oct in
~bitcoin_beginners
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Building Lightswap — Why I Decided We Need to Build a Lightning Wallet by @stackingharder 494 sats \ 18 comments \ 28 Sep in
~builders
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Why does Lightning keep logs? It would be unacceptable for Tor to keep logs. 424 sats \ 2 comments \ @standardcrypto 9 Oct in
~bitcoin
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E A R L Y D A Y S with Muzz of Lightning Ventures by @PlebLab 718 sats \ 2 comments \ 30 Sep in
~builders
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Is it advantageous for merchants to receive payments via the Lightning Network? by @supratic 538 sats \ 13 comments \ 16 Oct in
~AGORA
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Bitcoin Lightning Wallets as Abstracted Accounts by @satsbridge 428 sats \ 2 comments \ 21 Sep in
~bitcoin
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Thank you to all ⚡️contributors
Top 5 by posts
Zap split distributed accordingly to first 2
- @supratic: 25
- @Scoresby: 10
- @0xbitcoiner: 9
- @88b0c423eb: 5
- @justin_shocknet: 2
- @k00b: 2
- @Sandman: 2
Top 10 conversation kickers
By number of comments Zap split distributed accordingly to first 3
- @DarthCoin: 89
- @ek: 59
- @justin_shocknet: 53
- @needcreations: 29
@Scoresby: 26@supratic: 23- @BeeRye: 23
- @undisciplined: 19
@0xbitcoiner: 18- @blokchainb: 16
- @siggy47: 16
- @k00b: 15
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