{"id":80767,"date":"2023-06-26T15:52:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T12:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=80767"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:57:42","slug":"lightning-network-capacity-hits-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/lightning-network-capacity-hits-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Network capacity hits record high"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lightning Network’s capacity metric for micro-payments has reached a record high in both dollar terms and cryptocurrency terms, according to data from The Block<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Data: The Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On June 24, the metric surpassed $172 million, with the total value of assets in payment channels at 5,620 BTC. Over the past 12 months, the increase was 42% in Bitcoin and 105% in fiat terms.<\/p>\n

The previous peak was recorded on April 18 \u2014 5,620 BTC.<\/p>\n

Since the start of 2023, several prominent industry players have announced initiatives to use the protocol.<\/p>\n

Lightspark, David Marcus’s startup, launched a platform<\/a> to connect businesses to LN. Xapo, a cryptocurrency private bank, integrated the network<\/a>, and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced a similar move<\/a> by the largest U.S. exchange.<\/p>\n

TBD, the bitcoin-focused subsidiary of Jack Dorsey’s Block, announced the launch<\/a> of an LN ecosystem development unit named s=.<\/p>\n

MicroStrategy, a provider of analytics software, launched a service<\/a> to incentivize customers or employees using the protocol.<\/p>\n

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance launched<\/a> new LN nodes as part of preparations for full network integration.<\/p>\n

In May, LN developers updated the protocol<\/a> Taproot Assets (formerly Taro<\/a>) for issuing assets on the Bitcoin blockchain.<\/p>\n

The OmniBOLT project team stated<\/a> it is working on integrating into the network BRC-20<\/a> tokens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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