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Merge PR 'Skip Electrum creator transaction downloads' (#4992)

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Authored by Matt Corallo

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Merge PR 'Skip Electrum creator transaction downloads' (#4992)

from 2026-09-electrum-skip-creator-download into main

Reviewed-on: https://git.rust-bitcoin.org/lightningdevkit/rust-lightning/pulls/4992
Reviewed-by: Matt Corallo <matt@noreply.git.rust-bitcoin.org>
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This change stops the Electrum-based transaction sync client from downloading the very transaction that created an output it is watching. Previously, the client could request that transaction from Electrum, even though a transaction can never spend its own output. This wasted bandwidth and could leak slightly more information to the Electrum server than necessary. The patch adds a simple skip and a test that verifies no such download happens.

Recommended action

No urgent action required. This is a minor privacy/efficiency improvement. Users relying on Electrum sync can update at normal cadence.

Security signals we found

01

Avoids unnecessary Electrum transaction.get requests for watched outputs

02

Reduces information disclosure to Electrum server about watched outpoints

03

Adds regression test verifying request suppression

Risk score

Why this scored 30/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 6/30
Exploitability 3/25
Stealth signal 5/15
Affected reach 5/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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