Lightning Network Reaches 10,000 Nodes

Lightning Network Reaches 10,000 Nodes

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has more than 10,000 operating nodes, nearly doubling within a year.Rising by approximately 100 percent since this time last year, the number of nodes operating on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network nodes has been rising, according to data from Bitcoin Visuals. As of April 5, 2021, there were 10,394 Lightning Network nodes with channels and the cumulative network capacity, the amount of bitcoin locked into Lightning channels, has reached a remarkable $68 million. On April 5, 2020, the number of nodes stood at 5,349 nodes, with a cumulative capacity of merely $6.3....


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