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Decker expressed satisfaction with the advancements made over the past several years. Core Lightning, a prominent implementation, has added support for features like splicing—a capability that allows users to modify channels' liquidity without closing them, which was discussed three years ago and only recently integrated.
Multiple clients now explore different trade-offs to improve functionality, privacy, and efficiency. Initiatives like Taproot asset support and enhancements in gossip protocols help make transactions more private and flexible. He highlighted the movement toward enabling complex features such as Payment Decoration (PTC), which can facilitate more sophisticated off-chain transactions, all while emphasizing that development is ongoing and never truly finished.