Liebe Steemit-Freunde,
i reported on March 28th. about current usage of Testnet and also Mainnet des Lightning Network. If you wanna read german version please look here.
Today i'll give a update and compare with past numbers.. and maybe Binance is already present on LN? Let's see:
Testnet Usage
| Date | Number Nodes | Number Channels | Increase Nodes % | Increase Channels % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/12/2018 | 660 | 2163 | - | - |
| 2/11/2018 | 1811 | 5693 | +174% | +163% |
| 3/04/2018 | 1870 | 5042 | +3% | -11% |
| 3/28/2018 | 1432 | 3286 | -23% | -35% |
| 4/17/2018 | 834 | 2214 | -42% | -33% |
The numbers for nodes and channels are decreasing on Testnet significantly in the last 20 days. That means interest for usage of the Testnet is lowering further like observed last time. But that's not important because the usage of the Mainnet is much more important.. you'll see below in this article:
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Mainnet Usage - what really counts!
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The number of channels is further increasing. But the number above is different or higher compared to lnmainnet.gaben.win. The old ideoflux-site is down and contained also the number of nodes. But the trend for both is clearly up! The Mainnet usage is increasing, maybe we see a shift of convinced Testnet users to the Mainnet which would be a good sign. Let's look at the pure numbers:
| Date | Number Nodes | Number Channels | Increase Nodes % | Increase Channels % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/24/2018 | 328 | 854 | - | - |
| 2/11/2018 | 633 | 1819 | +93% | +130% |
| 3/04/2018 | 945 | 2121 | +49% | +17% |
| 3/28/2018 | 1160 | 2605 | +23% | +23% |
| 4/17/2018 | 1604 | 5136 | +38% | +97% |
The following chart visualizes the accelerated development of new nodes:
If we look for the channels, the number has doubled!:
We see accelerated growth in comparison to the prior time frame. May that be something like a viral effect for the Lightning Network? It progesses forward at least. To get the right perspective the number of nodes increased by factor 5x and the number of channels by factor 6x!
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Just to get a better sense following the node network picture from February 11th 2018:
The growth of the Lightning Network quite clear!
Recent News!
NFC for Bitcoin Payment
NFC or near field communication provides touchless payment with smartphones or even implanted chip. coindesk shows who develops currently such solution.. Following an older video where someone shows how Bitcoin gets under your skin 😅
I Put A Payment Chip In My Hand To Replace My Wallet video by BuzzFeed
BO Trading
Cointelegraph explains the Lightning Network auf
If you don't know what it is or want refresh your knowledge maybe a good start to read.
..but this Lightning Network .. is getting so huge 👀 even my computer slows down when i scroll with my mouse! 😂
A Reddit reported about eerie events while watching the Lightning mainnet on #recksplorer. He experienced slowdowns with the visualization of the many knots and lines, which is a good sign for LN! 😁👍 The wording of the title made me laugh, because it sounded a bit spooky.. but that the things dreams made of..
Bet against the Lightning Network?
Would you wear a Bitcoin Cash T-Shirt if you're a Bitcoin core developer? Promised is promised if you lose a bet like here ..should someone stand by his word.
Overall we see progress forward, 2 steps forward, 1 step back, 2 steps forward,..
What do you think about the acceleration of the mainnet usage for LN?
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