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Morning Edition · Friday, October 9, 2026Published at 1:49 AM EDT · New York
Core Lightning Ships v26.06.9 Security Release While Attackers Target Unpatched Nodes
The release withholds tests for its security fixes to give operators time to upgrade, and it repairs a regression in the previous version that throttled traffic on busy nodes.
Core Lightning, one of the main Lightning Network implementations for Bitcoin, released version 26.06.9 on October 7. It is the third security-driven release in about a month. The release fixes several vulnerabilities and repairs a regressi…
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