Core Lightning ⚡️

The community Lightning Network implementation bringing instant, low-cost, global micropayments to Bitcoin.

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

Core Lightning 26.06 "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel" has shipped.

Graceful shutdowns, precise send amounts, smarter payment retries, and enhanced payment privacy. Your node runs cleaner and your payments stay harder to observe. ⚡

[Vincenzo Palazzo @PalazzoVincenzo]

In case someone is asking what about my lightning node during the period

I made an easy explorer where you can see the lightning transactions on the two different chains https://t.co/rnLCodR24b

Stay safe out there with your lightning node!

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

Run your own node and watch the books update live. One-click on @umbrel or @start9labs, or run it from source: https://t.co/UlQQwxJwt7

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

Your node's finances, in one place. CLN's Bookkeeper shows invoices received, payments sent, routing revenue, and sats flowing in and out.

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

Builders keep cooking with BOLT 12. Payer proofs, done right. Nice work @PalazzoVincenzo.

[Vincenzo Palazzo @PalazzoVincenzo]

Did you say Payer Proof?

https://t.co/JwpQ9ISXTU

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

Core Lightning 26.06 ships with bwatch: a new event-driven, in-memory block-watching plugin.

Your node registers its watches and catches up to the chain near-instantly. Faster startups, lighter footprint, crash-resistant, and built to scale. ⚡

https://t.co/YvHXdCoj80

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

Core Lightning runs at home in one click on @umbrel or @start9labs.

Run the app from source: https://t.co/UlQQwxJwt7

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

Managing a Lightning node used to mean living in the command line.

The Core Lightning app puts your channels, fees, and peer control in one screen. Your node, your rules.

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

Running Core Lightning? See how Clams connects to your node:

https://t.co/Hjh8lvlJtI

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

We're excited to see Clams v1 from a team that's been building alongside us for a while, now shipping!

The new interface integrates with Core Lightning, so Lightning node operators get audit-ready, self-hosted books with their data on their own machine.

[Clams @clamstech]

After two years of talking to bitcoiners, founders, and accountants, we kept hearing the same three problems.

Today Clams v1 is live. We built it to fix all three, and a lot more. 🧵

[Vincenzo Palazzo @PalazzoVincenzo]

Coffee is coming into @Core_LN finally under a new name, but the idea stands https://t.co/0YOZh2FAEY

Happy to have a nice plugin manager design now in CLN and lightning in general!

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

https://t.co/LsCuqqHkke

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

Legacy pay is deprecated in Core Lightning 26.06 "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel." xpay is now the default.

Smarter retries, shadow CLTV additions for payment privacy, and modern routing support via xkeysend.

Time to upgrade. ⚡️
https://t.co/YvHXdCoj80

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

On May 26, 2015, @rusty_twit made his first commit to Core Lightning. What happened over the next eleven years speaks for itself.

Thank you, Rusty. ⚡
https://t.co/uTTs0tDiCp

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

42 days. 236 commits. 19 contributors including @sangaChau and @rusty_twit, who designed bwatch from the ground up.

Lightweight, customisable, spec-focused Lightning. That's what this community keeps building. ⚡

https://t.co/hCYnDItjJd

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

Core Lightning 26.06 "Quantum-Resistant Lightning Channel" has shipped.

Graceful shutdowns, precise send amounts, smarter payment retries, and enhanced payment privacy. Your node runs cleaner and your payments stay harder to observe. ⚡

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

The big architectural shift in this release is bwatch, a new block-watching plugin that fundamentally changes how CLN interacts with the Bitcoin blockchain. No more 30-second polling loops. Near-instant catch-ups on startup. Crash-resistant and built to scale.

Legacy pay is now deprecated. The xpay evolution is here.

https://t.co/szGkNVQam5

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

RC2 is here. Node runners and open-source testers, please do your thing.
https://t.co/5XacjTH3x6

[Alby 🐝 @getAlby]

New Alby Hub 1.22 release is out!

⚡ Core Lightning support
🔗On-chain Wallet mode!
🤖 AI & Agents page
🏷️ Custom transaction labels
🔌 Redesigned setting app connection budget & expiration UX
🎨 Improved settings page design

Let’s dive in 🧵...

[Core Lightning ⚡️ @Core_LN]

CLN bounties are live. Real issues. Real code. Real impact on the spec-focused Lightning implementation.

Come build. https://t.co/EdQZ7olLeL