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Lightning Channel Jamming

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A denial-of-service pattern where HTLC slots or liquidity are intentionally exhausted on routing paths.

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Curated resources (3)

• Bitcoin Optech: Channel Jamming Attacks (article) Attack taxonomy and mitigation tracking.
• BOLT 02: Peer Protocol (article) HTLC update and commitment behavior exploited by jamming strategies.
• Bitcoin Core Academy: Pinning Attacks (article) Related fee/pinning mechanics that affect channel closure safety.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• Liquidity Management

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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