The Lightning Network (LN) has passed 1000 active nodes on its Bitcoin mainnet implementation marking a major milestone for the scaling solution. Lightning: 1003 Nodes Almost 2000 Channels Data from monitoring resources show 1003 nodes online at press time March 12 with a record high 1892 open channels. The news comes as commentators speculate from technical progress by LN developers that the first mainnet version of the protocol may soon see an official release. Looks Read More The post Lightning Network Mainnet Passes 1000 Nodes as Release Nears appeared first on Bitcoinist.com. via ICGO https://www.icgo.co.uk/redirect/?url=http://bitcoinist.com/lightning-network-mainnet-1000-nodes/