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18 issues
Bitcoin Plain Talk·btc-plain-talk/bitcoin-plain-talk
Add a small script that validates the exported training datasets, so empty or outdated exports (like the Pidgin/Yoruba bug) get caught.
~3h estimated
Bitcoin Plain Talk·btc-plain-talk/bitcoin-plain-talk
Write plain-English glossary entries for Exchange, Payment Channel, Phishing, CPFP and Smart Contract - terms already linked from other entries.
~2h estimated
Polar·jamaljsr/polar
The .deb package doesn't declare libasound2, so Polar fails to start on minimal Ubuntu. Add the missing package dependency.
~2h estimated
rust-bitcoin·rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin
The hashes crate produces lint warnings on master (e.g. deprecated max_value). Clean them up so the build is warning-free.
~2h estimated
Core Lightning·ElementsProject/lightning
A missing comma in plugins/recover.c joins two bootstrap node addresses into one invalid string. A one-line fix plus a quick test - a great first CLN PR.
~1h estimated
Polar·jamaljsr/polar
Custom node images that run as root fail to start because the default commands don't pass a data dir. Pass the data dir flag explicitly so custom images work.
~4h estimated
Bitcoin Dev Kit·bitcoindevkit/bdk
Audit bdkesplora and bdkelectrum so malformed, inconsistent, or unexpected responses from chain sources produce recoverable errors rather than panics.
~6h estimated
Payjoin·payjoin/rust-payjoin
The Stability section of the bindings README needs a version bump every release. Rewrite it so it's static.
~1h estimated
Stratum V2·stratum-mining/stratum
Document in channels_sv2's rustdocs that version rolling is a per-job policy and that standard channels always roll, so embedders know how the flags behave.
~3h estimated
LNbits·lnbits/lnbits
Fiat invoices (Stripe, PayPal, etc.) are expired after the 1h Lightning expiry without checking the provider, so later payments are never credited. Check with the provider before failing them.
~6h estimated
Alby·getAlby/lightning-browser-extension
Payments that failed (no preimage) show as sent in the extension's NWC connector, while Alby Hub shows them as failed. Fix the status mapping.
~4h estimated
LND·lightningnetwork/lnd
Bitcoin Core 32's estimatesmartfee can omit the feerate field, and lnd silently treats that as zero and falls back to a static fee. Detect and handle the missing field.
~8h estimated
Core Lightning·ElementsProject/lightning
json_to_bitcoin_amount has a tautological overflow check and accepts negative or empty inputs. Fix the parsing and add tests for the edge cases.
~5h estimated
Fedimint·fedimint/fedimint
SafeUrl::join_path re-parses a stringified URL, which corrupts credentials and drops the query and fragment. Reimplement it on the URL type directly.
~4h estimated
Ride The Lightning·Ride-The-Lightning/RTL
The selected node is per browser session, so two tabs can't manage different nodes. Make node selection per tab.
~10h estimated
Payjoin·payjoin/rust-payjoin
Add a completions subcommand to payjoin-cli that generates shell completions, following the approach already used in bdk-cli.
~3h estimated
LND·lightningnetwork/lnd
A channel memo can only be set when opening. Add an RPC (and lncli command) to update the memo on existing pending or open channels.
~8h estimated
Stratum V2·stratum-mining/stratum
buffer_sv2 has no fuzz coverage. Build a structure-aware fuzz target driven by sequences of BufferPool operations.
~10h estimated
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