As of this writing, the Lightning Community’s capability – the full quantity of bitcoin within the community – has reached an all-time excessive of 4,351 BTC, equal to virtually $100 million. The listing of exchanges which have built-in Lightning is steadily rising, with Kraken, Okcoin and OKEx being the latest additions. In line with Bitcoin Visuals, the variety of nodes on the finish of July 2021 was round 13,391. That determine has elevated by roughly 27% to virtually 17,000 nodes. (The precise node rely will at all times be greater as there’s a vital variety of non-public nodes that aren’t included in public knowledge.) These will increase in capability, trade integration and node rely all level towards elevated consumer adoption.
