Core Lightning v23.05 Released
Core Lightning is a lightweight, highly customizable and standard compliant implementation of the Lightning Network protocol.
Highlights for Users
- NEW
commando-blacklist
andcommando-listrunes
RPCs for blacklisting and listing stored runes. - NEW
feerates
added 2 new options as "minimum" and NN"blocks". Use explicit block counts or slow/normal/urgent/minimum. listclosedchannels
RPC to show old, dead channels.reckless
added support for node.js plugin installation and for networks beyond bitcoin and regtest.- Spending unilateral close transactions now use dynamic fees based on deadlines (and RBF), instead of fixed fees.
- More bug fixes and improved logging.
Highlights for the Network
- Blinded payments are now supported by default.
- Now always double-check bitcoin addresses are correct (no memory errors!) before issuing them.
- Allow slight overpaying, even with MPP, as spec now recommends.
Highlights for Developers
- Removed
msat
suffix from all millisatoshi fields, as deprecated in v0.12.0. - PSBTv2 support; all APIs now support both v0 & v2.
- NEW methods
listpeerchannels
,listclosedchannels
,decode
anddecodepay
from RPC togrpc
mapping. - Improvements on the python gossmap implementation.
- The mTLS private keys are no longer group-readable.
- Added NEW command
makerune
in hsmtool to make a master rune for the node. - NEW
setpsbtversion
command to aid debugging and compatibility. cln-rpc
anccln-grpc
can now work with a range of versions.
"Since 23.02.2, we've had 265 commits by 17 authors over 59 days."
A special thanks to the 2 first time contributors:
"For a list of all changes, please see the changelog."