Breaking news: node capacity of the Bitcoin Lightning Network reaches a new all-time high at 5,630 BTC.
The USD countervalue, now at $170 million, is also growing steadily, but still far from the ATH of November 2021.
Let’s see what this means for Bitcoin and its infrastructure.
New all-time high for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network capacity
A few hours ago, according to data provided by The Block, the Lightning Network Bitcoin reached a new all-time high for what concerns the capacity of the network’s nodes to handle BTC transactions.
In detail, Bitcoin’s Layer 2 network, used mainly for micropayments, now accommodates 5630 BTC, which corresponds to $170 million.
As of the beginning of the year, this metric has seen a rise of 350 BTC, up 6.6 percentage points.
On the other hand, if we look at the lighting Network’s capacity in dollar countervalue, we find that the increase since 1 January 2023 has been $82 million, but without exceeding the all-time high of 217 million touched o

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