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Against the backdrop of persistent attacks on crypto wallet infrastructure, a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet made a sharp call to go dark.
Zeus Wallet disabled its infrastructure after a cyberattack, with founder Evan Kaloudis reporting that no customer funds were lost and no vulnerability in the Lightning Network protocol itself was found.
The mechanism: infrastructure versus protocol The distinction Kaloudis drew is the one that matters in a Lightning Network incident.
A flaw in the Lightning Network protocol would carry risk across every node and payment channel on the network, touching operators far beyond Zeus Wallet.
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