Lightning developers need to 'wake up' and fix security bugs, not please VCs: Bitcoin developer

Anthony Riard, WHO LEFT THE Lightning Network In October, argues THE Lightning Network East Also has risk of become more and more centralized And sensitive has Single points of failure And censorship risks.

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Developers functioning on THE Bitcoin layer 2 Lightning Network to have become less security oriented And more concentrate on produce species to flow For their Investors, argues A ancient Lightning Network developer.

Bitcoin heart developer And security researcher Antoine Riard, do securities last months later exit THE Lightning ecosystem more concerns about A new attack vector called "replacement bike," which exploiters could potentially to use has fly funds by targeting payment channels.

How do A lightning replacement bike attack work?

There is A plot of discussion about This newly discovered vulnerability on THE mailing lists, but THE real mechanism East A little hard has follow.

SO here is A illustrated primer...

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HAS THE time, Riard said THE new class of attacks puts Lighting In A "perilous position" However other Bitcoin developers such as “Machine98” I suggested it East A difficult attack has to pull disabled In THE First of all location.

Riard said Cointelegraph that he is NOW functioning has THE Bitcoin base layer has address THE issue And exhorted Lightning developers has follow suit:

"[They need has] wake up up, stop THE somnambulism And go has THE Whiteboard has design A robust And sustainable fix In hand with other developers has THE base layer, conservation THE long term decentralization And opening of Li...