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Informational 22 Bitcoin

Improve phoenixd, remove support for deprecated lightning backend

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Nicolas Dorier

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Improve phoenixd, remove support for deprecated lightning backend
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine maintenance update for BTCPay Server. It removes support for three older/deprecated Lightning payment backends (Lightning Charge, LNDHub, and LNBank), updates the phoenixd integration, bumps a couple of library versions, and adjusts tests accordingly. There is no indication in the commit that this fixes an active security vulnerability or introduces new attack paths.

Recommended action

Treat as a normal deprecation/maintenance commit. Operators relying on Lightning Charge, LNDHub, or LNBank should migrate to supported backends (Core Lightning, LND, phoenixd, internal node) before upgrading. Review the BTCPayServer.Lightning 1.7.1 release notes for any security fixes included in the dependency bump.

Security signals we found

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Removal of deprecated Lightning backend integrations (Lightning Charge, LNDHub, LNBank)

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Dependency bump: BTCPayServer.Lightning.All 1.7.0 -> 1.7.1 and BTCPayServer.Lightning.Common 1.5.3 -> 1.7.1

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Change to Lightning node sync validation: now skips the 'blocks behind' check when reported BlockHeight is 0

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No explicit security bug fix, CVE reference, or vulnerability disclosure in commit message or diff

Risk score

Why this scored 22/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 5/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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