the mess of btc is so bad it's hard to even determine by quite extensive following of links and imports and references and replace statements, what is actually going into the binary that comes out.

it needs a total overhaul. it's a mess and it's at the center of the most deployed lightning network node.

i'm just going to rip out pieces that i need at this point, and to hell with trying to fix anything, i've got nothing done except raising my blood pressure.

the task doesn't require these things to be fixed and they are unlikely to be either vulnerable OR, be changed any time soon, so fuggit.

one day i will have the time to fix it, that day isn't today.