I have recently stumbled in a few tweets regarding the Lightning Network.
I am always been a LN fan, and I have a long
history of reporting on various metrics, and I would like to start again.
First, an overview of the network so far:
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftalkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F05%2F16%2Fblob5620afaa09c106cd.jpeg&t=658&c=qb8XuvXC5dVSvA)
The brown has been exponential, considering also that BTC has increased in value.
Looking at the LN capacity we see that much of the grow has been registered on the last few weeks. Growth has gone parabolic:
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftalkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F05%2F16%2Fblob5901a9c68419779d.jpeg&t=658&c=vuxjkwtW_6RDdw)
If we look at the following graph we have a detail on the balances added during the last months:
![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftalkimg.com%2Fimages%2F2023%2F05%2F16%2Fblobe3d7bed484a9c4f9.jpeg&t=658&c=d0GxZ-NoFYSBsA)
Of course, adding 250 BTC of capacity when BTC is at 30k is totally a different story than adding 300 BTC capacity when BTCUSD trades at 8,000 as in March 2019.
So, pretty a neat increase in capacity. Just wondering if the real usage of such capacity is gaining traction. I guess the “low” fees in the main chain are not pushing adoption, but it’s important to invest in this invisible assets.
I will try do add news, reports and commentaries about LN to this thread as soon as they are available or worth mentioning.
Glad if you help!
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