Jestopher Warns of Griefing Vulnerability on Lightning Network - LNJ041 - a podcast by Chaz

from 2021-02-10T13:00

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Transcript: https://sicksub.network/LNJ041Transcript 


This is the 41st episode of the Lightning Junkies podcast. In this episode we have Jestopher! Jestopher is best known for Satbase and his musings on being a routing node operator. He most recently wrote an article for Bitcoin Magazine, writing about a griefing vulnerability in conjunction with Joost Jager. Throughout the episode he gives some tips and tricks on how to run a Bitcoin Lightning routing node!


We talk about:



  • 2:01 - Jestopher’s intro to BTC

  • 5:51 - What is Satbase? Who is it for?

  • 8:28 - The Profits of running a routing node

  • 14:50 - Insights into Lightning

  • 16:39 - Griefing Attack, the Who and the Why

  • 22:12 - Possible Mitigations of Said Griefing Attack

  • 28:09 - Jestopher’s Favorite Toys on Lightning

  • 31:26 - Where is Lightning going?

  • 36:13 - Layer Three Potential

  • 38:53 - Jestopher’s Future

  • 42:11 - Routing Noob Tips



Jestopher’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jestopher_BTC

Jestopher’s Website: http://satbase.org/

Jestopher’s Griefing Article: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/good-griefing-a-lingering-vulnerability-on-lightning-network-that-still-needs-fixing


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Rabbit Holes to fall down:


Jestopher’s recommended reading:

https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Money-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454


Recommended follow, Lightning Dev known for routing:

https://twitter.com/alexbosworth


Joost Jager, originally wrote about the griefing attack that Jestopher ended up writing about, participating in, and demonstrating:

https://twitter.com/joostjgr


Circuit breaker, mitigation for griefing attack from Joost:

https://github.com/lightningequipment/circuitbreaker


One of Jestopher’s Favorite toys on Lightning, used for batch opening channels and rebalancing channels:

https://github.com/alexbosworth/balanceofsatoshis


Another toy on Lightning, app used for viewing balance of channels::

https://github.com/apotdevin/thunderhub


Jestopher’s recommendation for noobs getting into routing:

https://raspiblitz.org/

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