LND v0.18.3-beta Release Candidate

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The release candidate for the upcoming minor LND release v0.18.3 has been published.

This releases complements some of the features which were launched with v0.18.0 and also addresses bugs which were encountered and reported after the launch. If you're already on 0.18 and would like to test out some of the features and bug fixes made with the release, you can test with this rc

The release can be found here:
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/releases/tag/v0.18.3-beta.rc1

Detailed release notes are available here:
https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/blob/master/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.3.md

Below are some of the release highlights:

Features

• Ability to receive and pay via blinded path with Bolt11 invoices
• UTXO selection support for sendcoins rpc enabling simple coin selection
• BuildRoute rpc now supports inbound fee

Prominent bug fixes

• Invoices generated within the SQLite database have an incorrect expiry date. The existing invoices will be migrated to an updated 24-hour expiration (this will be a db migration)
• BumpForceCloseFee rpc has been fixed to enable fee bumping of non-htlc outputs
• Fee limit for payments is now compatible with the inbound fee

There are other bug fixes and minor changes which can be tracked via the release notes linked above
Reports of issues found during the testing will be highly appreciated 🫂

Thanks