Hello Stackers!
For the past few months I've been working off-and-on writing an executive summary of the various security implications to running a node. The target audience includes individuals just beginning in their journey with noderunning, those looking for a summary of the history of issues the Lightning Network has faced, and those wishing to dive deeper in a topic to work on fixes.
It is by no means comprehensive, and as always do your own research. But if you appreciate my research or have suggestions on how to improve it, let me know in the comments! Also if you have a topic that should be expanded at a technical level, I was thinking about creating separate documents for deep dives into various topics at a more engineering rather than topical depth.
If you have insight into issues you've experienced noderunning, or maintaining Lightning software, I welcome any and all contributions to improve the comprehensiveness and depth of the document!
So please, take a look, and together let's improve our community's resilience to attack and failure!
⚡ Stay Reckless! ⚡
I thought all birds evolved from dinos. But I have no clue. I just post the facts the kiddo gives me. I am factless, he is factful.
I actually woke him up today to get the fact to post. I thought he was up doing his school work but apparently he wasn't feeling well so my wife told him to sleep in. I barged into his room and said "I need a fun fact to win us some sats". Haha
@k00b and @Rsync25
Last week, Rsync posted a poll about various BIPs, but with no details. I totally agree with his poll but as I said, many SN users have no clue what are all these BIPs. (https://stacker.news/items/232293)
I propose a massive AMA on SN with many Bitcoin/ LN developers, coders, programmers, contributors to Bitcoin code and other apps, that knows in details all the aspects of these BIPs (drivechains, CTV etc).
Let's have a better explanation of ALL aspects related with these BIPs, how they work, how they apply, pro and contra (sincere explanations), what could happen if they are applied or not.
But all in layman vocabulary so all types of users could understand what is going on. Technicalities are more for discussions on Bitcoin dev email newsletter and/or BitcoinTalk forum.
I know there are many Bitcoin devs here but usually they are quiet and say not too much.
People need to know better what is going on and understand clearly all the aspects, not just useless fights on twitter/nostr. I myself I am in a position that I cannot say too much and I will never take baseless sides, just because somebody I know is on a specific side. Tribalism is not healthy for Bitcoin.
I didn't want to start from my account this discussion, it should be started from a SN account, pinned, as a main AMA and if devs will post good answers they should take the rewards/zaps, not me.
Please organize this massive AMA and also invite more Bitcoin devs to join it.