According to the BitcoinVisuals service, the Lightning Network already has 10 348 public nodes, which is 94% higher than last year. This number does not take into account private connections.
The increase in user activity confirmsan increase in the number of payment channels to 45 thousand, and 1185 BTC worth almost $70 million deposited into LN. The rapid expansion is associated with the addition of support for this solution by cryptocurrency exchanges, payment applications and some trading companies.
The main goal of the Lightning Network is to offload the Bitcoin blockchain with the abilityconducting fast and cheap transactions. With the further growth in the popularity of settlements in cryptocurrency, this scaling technology will be of key importance.
Currently, all second-level solutions are at the stage of open testing.
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