#11166·lnd

[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=neutrino

Backend 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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