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Merge PR 'Add a BOLT 12 payer proof verification crate' (#4839)

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Authored by Matt Corallo

91/100 · Strong
Merge PR 'Add a BOLT 12 payer proof verification crate' (#4839)

from lightning-payer-proof into main

Reviewed-on: https://git.rust-bitcoin.org/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pulls/4839
Reviewed-by: Matt Corallo <matt@noreply.git.rust-bitcoin.org>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds a brand-new, optional crate called lightning-payer-proof to the rust-lightning workspace. It provides a public library (and separate UniFFI bindings) for verifying BOLT 12 'payer proofs' — cryptographic receipts that a Lightning payment was made. The change is purely additive: it introduces new code, test vectors, CI build entries, and workspace membership. There is no patch to existing logic and nothing in the commit message or diff indicates a security bug was fixed.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal feature addition. Reviewers may optionally audit the underlying lightning::offers::payer_proof validation logic and the UniFFI FFI surface for correctness, but those are not changed by this commit.

Security signals we found

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New cryptographic verification crate added to workspace

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Uses existing LDK payer_proof validation; no new crypto implementation visible in diff

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Documentation explicitly warns that verification alone does not prove payment to a specific invoice

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No unsafe code in core crate (forbid(unsafe_code))

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No changes to existing crates' logic or security-critical paths

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No vendor disclosure of vulnerability or security fix

Risk score

Why this scored 17/100

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