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Tech & Protocols · 1 min read

Lightning Network Developers Tag LND v0.20.6-Beta Release Candidate

Developer ziggie1984 published the v0.20.6-beta.rc1 release tag on GitHub, marking the start of candidate builds for the client.

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At a glance

What happened
Developer ziggie1984 tagged LND v0.20.6-beta.rc1 on GitHub under commit 1efd340 on Oct. 21.
Why it matters
The tagged commit creates a release candidate build within the lightningnetwork/lnd repository.
Who is affected
Developers and operators tracking the official LND GitHub repository.
What's next
No next step announced.
Primary source
LND (Lightning) releases: v0.20.6-beta.rc1

Key points

  • Developer ziggie1984 tagged LND v0.20.6-beta.rc1 on GitHub on Oct. 21 at commit 1efd340 1.
  • The tag was verified using committer GPG key ID 1AFF9C4DCED6D666 1.
  • The repository page lists two build assets alongside the release candidate tag 1.

Lightning Network developers published the v0.20.6-beta.rc1 release candidate tag for the Lightning Network Daemon (LND) repository on GitHub on Oct. 21 1. The release tag was committed by developer ziggie1984 under commit identifier 1efd340 1.

According to the GitHub release record, the tag was signed using the committer's verified GPG key ID 1AFF9C4DCED6D666 1. The repository page lists two attached software assets associated with the release candidate build 1.

Release Candidate Milestone

The v0.20.6-beta.rc1 tag represents a candidate build for the $BTC layer-2 node implementation in the official lightningnetwork/lnd project 1. Developer ziggie1984 registered the commit at 16:55 UTC on Oct. 21 1.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $84,408, up 2.1% over the prior 24 hours. The GitHub repository did not include accompanying release notes or changelogs within the published tag metadata 1. Additional verification of the tag signature was completed via vigilant mode on GitHub 1.

Sources

  1. [1] v0.20.6-beta.rc1 — LND (Lightning) releases, October 21, 2026

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