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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #427

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Briefings

Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #427 (Oct 16, 2026) reports two denial-of-service vulnerabilities in Eclair v0.14.1: a race condition in duplicate temporary_channel_id checks and a bypass of pending channel funding transaction limits. It also announces a proposed LN-GAP protocol for offchain contract execution and highlights Bitcoin Core 32.0rc4 as a release candidate. Users must upgrade Eclair to v0.14.1 and consider testing Core 32.0rc4.

Key points

• Eclair v0.14.1 fixes two DoS vulnerabilities: a race condition in duplicate temporary_channel_id checks and a bypass of pending channel funding transaction limits, both released in July via PR #3324.
• A proposed LN-GAP protocol allows complex multi-round contracts in Lightning channels with onchain dispute resolution, though it relies on an honest-majority assumption for fund safety.

Context

This newsletter summarizes security disclosures and infrastructure updates for Bitcoin software. The Eclair vulnerabilities affect older versions, while the LN-GAP proposal addresses offchain contract execution challenges in Lightning networks.

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