Update to the latest release.
Highlights for c-lightning users
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- Less stuck payments: Liveness ping test before locking up funds with peers.
- Better routing: now considers size of channels.
- Fewer spurious closes: fee estimate improvements, and new feerates command
- Several annoying bugs fixed.
Highlights for the network
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- Gossipd now less spammy with channel_update.
- option_data_loss_protect to protect peers against being out-of-date.
- Payment errors now refer to the correct channel.
Internal Improvements
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- Simplified client flow; after init message exchange by connectd, each is
isolated in its own daemon.
- JSON parameter handling vastly simplfied.
- Python testing framework now uses proper fixtures, and split into separate
files.
- Many other cleanups and clarifications.
- We keepachangelog.com!
Signed-off-by: William Casarin <jb55@jb55.com>
c-lightning is a standard compliant implementation of the Lightning
Network protocol. The Lightning Network is a scalability solution for
Bitcoin, enabling secure and instant transfer of funds between any two
parties for any amount.
