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Eclair Merges Fixes for Lightning Network Fee Losses

Eclair, a Lightning node software by ACINQ, has merged two fixes for vulnerabilities that could cause a node to lose Bitcoin through excessive mining fees. The first fix limits a peer's fee-bump demands when Eclair contributes funds, while the second checks transactions from a compromised Bitcoin backend while Eclair retains the signing keys. These fixes were merged into the project's master branch on October 2 and October 5. As of October 12, the latest packaged release was still from September's v0.14.3. Operators need to check their build for the October changes to ensure their node is protected from potential Bitcoin loss due to these vulnerabilities.

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