How A Bug Temporarily Brought Down One Implementation Of The Lightning Network

One developer brought down LND nodes with a massive multisignature transaction, causing issues across the Lightning Network for a short period of time.

By Vast Stallion · March 16, 2026 · 1 min read

How A Bug Temporarily Brought Down One Implementation Of The Lightning Network

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One developer brought down LND nodes with a massive multisignature transaction, causing issues across the Lightning Network for a short period of time.