The Lightning Network, the most popular scaling solution for Bitcoin, has not only created additional transactional capacity but also new business models, but it’s not without its growing pains.

Like any system, it’s not without its vulnerabilities; we’ve seen issues that affect the network in the past, such as jamming attacks, replacement cycling attacks, BTCD library bugs, and unattributed payment routes.

While that may sound like a lot, none of these issues have caused a system failure, and the network continues to operate and route payments daily.

... read more