Who Patches the Lightning Network? Evidence from Release Lines in Gossip, 2023-2026

Saurabh Kumar · 2026 · arXiv

DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2610.30350 · open-access PDF

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Bitcoin의 Lightning 지불 네트워크의 각 구현은 2026 년에 보안 취약점을 공개했으며 모든 조언은 운영자에게 업그레이드하라고 말했습니다. 그들이하지 않았는지 측정되었기 때문에 Lightning 소문은 소프트웨어 버전을 운반하지 않습니다. 기능 비트를 일치하면 노드가 모든 LND, Core Lightning, Eclair 및 LDK 릴리스의 출처에 대해 발표합니다. 우리는 소문이 노드의 릴리스 라인을 드러내는 것을 보여줍니다. Core Lightning 노드가 그들의 버전을 나타내는 곳에서 추론 된 라인은 136 개의 노드 라인 쌍 중 132 개에 정확합니다.

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Abstract

Every implementation of Bitcoin's Lightning payment network disclosed security vulnerabilities in 2026, and every advisory told operators to upgrade. Whether they do has never been measured, because Lightning gossip carries no software version. Matching the feature bits a node announces against the source of every LND, Core Lightning, Eclair and LDK release, we show that gossip reveals a node's release line after all. Where Core Lightning nodes state their version, the inferred line is exact for 132 of 136 node-line pairs. Across 814 daily snapshots of the public graph from 2023 to 2026, the n

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