# LND Tests A Guardrail Against Extreme External Bitcoin Fee Estimates

- Source: NewsBTC
- Published: 2026-10-26T06:00:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.newsbtc.com/bitcoin-news/lnd-0215-release-candidate-external-bitcoin-fee-estimate-cap/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/lnd-tests-a-guardrail-against-extreme-external-bitcoin-fee-estimates-24e14c/

LND's October 22 release candidate brings attention to a quiet source of wallet risk: outside fee estimates that software treats too generously. The 0.21.5 development notes describe a ceiling for values received through an external fee API, alongside fixes to other node operations.

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