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- 1Jack Dorsey's Block joins x402 with Lightning support●Jack Dorsey’s Block joins x402 with Lightning support
Block, the payments company founded by Jack Dorsey, has joined the x402 protocol and added support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network. The move ties Block's Bitcoin-focused payments infrastructure to x402, a standard for machine-to-machine payments that has drawn attention from fintech and crypto firms. Details on the scope of the integration have not been widely reported yet.
- 2Core Lightning Patches Flaw Letting Cheating Nodes Dodge Penalties●Core Lightning Fixes Flaw That Could Let Cheating Nodes Avoid Penalties Core Lightning released version 26.06.7 to patch
The Core Lightning development team released version 26.06.7 to fix a vulnerability that allowed a peer to broadcast an outdated channel state without triggering the standard penalty for cheating. The flaw could have let malicious Lightning Network nodes attempt to close channels with stale balances and escape the punishment mechanism designed to discourage such behavior. Users are being encouraged to update their nodes to the patched version.