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LNbits

FINANCE
Velocity0.0

Lightning Network wallet and accounts system with extensions

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LNbits is quietly building for operators — instance caps, install tokens, and a stalled RC.

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◆Current state
LNbits shipped a cluster of 1.5.x releases in April 2026 — 1.5.2, 1.5.3 and 1.5.4 all published within minutes of each other — then moved onto a 1.5.5 release-candidate train that has produced three candidates carrying no release notes beyond the version bump itself. The substantive 1.5.4 content is a hotfix for AppImage installation plus the ability to cap the number of users or extensions on an instance. Elsewhere the work is UX and safety detail: routing fee reserve settings, lightning address sanitisation in lnurlscan, resetting the first-install token.
◆Where it's heading
The direction is toward people running LNbits for others rather than for themselves. User and extension caps exist for one reason — the release names it, providing LNbits as a service — and first-install token reset and address sanitisation are the sort of controls that only matter once an instance faces strangers. That is a meaningful shift for a project whose origins are personal Lightning wallets, and it puts multi-tenant operational concerns ahead of new wallet features.
◆Prediction
A 1.5.5 stable should close out the candidate train, though the contentless rc notes give no signal about what it contains. Expect further operator-facing limits and defaults if the as-a-service framing continues.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    1.5.5 third release candidate

    A release candidate whose notes contain only the version bump chore. The 1.5.5 train has produced three such candidates with no visible feature content, so the release's substance is not readable from the feed.

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  2. 2mo ago

    1.5.5 second release candidate

    Another version-bump-only candidate on the 1.5.5 line. Cadence without disclosed change, which inflates release frequency while telling readers nothing.

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  3. 2mo ago

    1.5.5 first release candidate

    The first 1.5.5 candidate, again carrying only a version-bump chore in its notes. Opens a candidate train that has stayed silent about its contents.

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  4. 3mo ago

    Instance caps on users and extensions, AppImage install hotfix

    The most operator-relevant release in the window: instances can now cap how many users or extensions they host, explicitly framed for people offering LNbits as a service, alongside an AppImage installation hotfix and QR encoding optimisation. The clearest signal of the multi-tenant direction.

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  5. 3mo ago

    Routing fee reserve settings UX and lnurlscan address sanitisation

    Improvements to the routing fee reserve settings interface, case-based sanitisation of lightning addresses in lnurlscan, and a latest-rc Docker tag. Node-operation ergonomics plus input hardening on a user-supplied address path.

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  6. 3mo ago

    First-install token can be reset

    A single-change release adding the ability to reset the first install token. Small, but part of the same operator-controls thread as the instance caps shipped alongside it.

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