Security· ★★★★· bearish·

Two Lightning Network bugs put $340M in BTC at risk

  • —Up to $340M in BTC exposed on the Lightning Network
  • —Two separate vulnerabilities found in the protocol
  • —Exploit details and affected implementations undisclosed
Why it matters: Flaws in Lightning raise doubts about the security of bitcoin's second layer and could deter institutional adoption.
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Source: Google News (crypto query)
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