Lightning Network loses 25% of its public channels
- —Public channels on the Lightning Network fell by 25%
- —The drop followed a wave of security alerts
- —The episode exposed the network's reliance on one client
Why it matters: Fewer channels and dependence on a single client weaken Lightning's resilience as Bitcoin's main scaling layer.
Source: CriptoNoticias
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