[bug]: Documentation does not cleary specify the gap between using plain neutrino vs bitcoind
Author: bufo24Created Sep 3, 2026Updated Sep 8, 2026
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Pre-Submission Checklist
- I have searched the existing issues and believe this is a new bug.
- I am not asking a question about how to use lnd, but reporting a bug (otherwise open a discussion).
LND Version
v0.21.1
LND Configuration
lnd.conf:
lnd.bitcoin.node=neutrinoBackend Version
Bitcoin core v31.1
Backend Configuration
OS/Distribution
Bug Details & Steps to Reproduce
We're subscription to the gossip of nodes so get a sense of the graph. We were using a btcd backend before but migrated to a neutrino backend with the default settings.
When reading the documentation about the supported LND backends, it wasn't clear that neutrino using their defaults had some limitations in terms of graph data. We were seeing channel gossip without outpoint and capacity.
After checking the lnd.conf, we saw the setting neutrino.validatechannels.
I would like/expect to see the tradeoffs between using the defaults on the available backends here: https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md#available-backend-operating-modes
Expected Behavior
Debug Information
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Environment
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Source: lightningnetwork/lnd