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Bitcoin's Lightning Payment Servers Hit in New Infrastructure Exploit

A fresh exploit is draining merchant Lightning nodes on Bitcoin's payment layer, the latest hit to the infrastructure that settles instant BTC transactions. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-lightning-payment-servers-infrastructure-exploit-august-2026/

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