Bitcoin Lightning Hits Record Node Count, Reaches $70k Capacity

The Lightning Network (LN) can now accept over 10 bitcoins’ worth of capacity on its mainnet implementation for the first time. Lightning: 1500 Nodes, $70,000 Capacity Fresh statistics April 1 show that mainnet Lightning, which in March achieved several milestones to adoption, now has capacity for 10.476 BTC ($70,000). The latest display of LN’s increasing presence comes just days after a new widget tool, LightningTip, became available for anyone to use in order to accept Read More The post Bitcoin Lightning Hits Record Node Count, Reaches $70k Capacity appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.



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