Lightning Network Stats

A collection of stats, metrics, and milestones achieved by Lightning Network builders

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VIDA Users Have Earned Over 7 Million Sats

VIDA users have earned over 7 million sats on the platform since it was launched in early 2022.

Over 350,000 sats were paid to users in just the last week.

6/16/2022
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Stacker News Had 24,036 Unique Visitors in May

In May 2022, Stacker News had the following user metrics:

  • 24,036 unique visitors
  • 197,956 total pageviews
  • 34% bounce rate
  • 6:31 average visit duration
  • 491 monthly active users
  • 8,754 items created
  • 4,360,000 sats spent by users

5/31/2022
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6,982 Podcasts Are on the Lightning Network

6,982 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

5/31/2022
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Kraken Has Processed 6,699 Lightning Deposits & Withdrawals

Pierre Rochard announced three metrics related to Kraken's Lightning Integration on Twitter. In the first two months after launch:

  • Kraken has processed 3,829 Lightning deposits
  • Kraken has processed 2,870 Lightning withdrawals
  • Kraken's node has routed 10,852 payments
5/25/2022
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Amboss Has Matched 10 BTC of Lightning Channel Liquidity

Amboss has matched 10 BTC of Lightning channel liquidity through their Magma marketplace in the first 3 weeks since Magma launched.

5/17/2022
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FTX Plans To Integrate The Lightning Network

In a tweet reply, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said he would ping his devs to work on integrating the Lightning Network at FTX.

5/16/2022
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Stacker News Had 18,661 Unique Visitors in April

In April 2022, Stacker News had the following user metrics:

  • 18,661 unique visitors
  • 148,981 total pageviews
  • 34% bounce rate
  • 6:24 average visit duration
  • 390 monthly active users
  • 6,839 items created
  • 2,370,000 sats spent by users

4/30/2022
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6,483 Podcasts Are on the Lightning Network

6,483 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

4/30/2022
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Amboss Launches Magma Marketplace

Amboss launched their Magma marketplace for anyone to buy and sell liquidity on the Lightning Network.

4/26/2022
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Kraken Earned 1.6 Million Sats in 3 Weeks of Routing

Pierre Rochard announced three metrics related to Kraken's Lightning Integration on Twitter. In the first 3 weeks after launch:

  • Kraken has seen 2,500 withdrawals/deposits on Lightning
  • Kraken's Lightning Node has the 6th highest public capacity
  • Kraken's node has routed 3,000 payments and earned 1,600,000 sats from routing fees in the process
4/18/2022
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BitPay Announces Lightning Network Integration

BitPay announced they would enable Bitcoin payments over the Lightning Network, effective immediately.

For context, BitPay processed 76,583 transactions in March, with 57% of them coming from Bitcoin's base blockchain.

4/6/2022
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Kraken Has Processed 1,000+ Lightning Transactions In 5 Days

Kraken Product Manager Pierre Rochard tweeted that Kraken has already processed 1,000+ Lightning Network transactions in the first 5 days of launching the integration.

4/4/2022
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Kraken Launches a Lightning Network Integration

Kraken launched a Lightning Network integration, enabling all users of the exchange to either deposit or withdraw Bitcoin over the Lightning Network.

4/1/2022
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5,343 Podcasts Are on the Lightning Network

5,343 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

4/1/2022
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Stacker News Had 15,627 Unique Visitors In March

In March 2022, Stacker News had the following user metrics:

  • 15,627 unique visitors
  • 99,217 total pageviews
  • 39% bounce rate
  • 6:04 average visit duration
  • 310 monthly active users
  • 4,360 items created
  • 1,793,168 sats spent by users

4/1/2022
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Kollider Has Done $1 Million In Daily Trading Volume

Kollider announced on Twitter that they have surpassed $1,000,000 of daily trading volume for the first time.

Kollider's trading platform uses the Lightning Network exclusively as a tool to fund and withdraw assets.

3/31/2022
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Wallet of Satoshi Surpasses 3,000,000 Lightning Payments

Wallet of Satoshi announced on Twitter that their wallet has now supported over 3,000,000 Lightning Network payments.

3/29/2022
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Kraken Launches Lightning Network Node

Kraken launched a node on the Lightning Network, and has begun adding channels between the largest Lightning nodes and exchanges in the world.

3/15/2022
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90% of Moon's Payment Volume is on the Lightning Network

Moon's Founder and CEO Ken Kruger said on Episode 27 of The Kevin Rooke Show that 90% of Moon's payment volume occurs on the Lightning Network.

Moon offers users the ability to pay using either Coinbase or the Lightning Network, and is planning to launcj on-chain Bitcoin payments soon.

3/11/2022
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Bitrefill Did 20,000 Lightning Network Payments In February

Bitrefill announced on Twitter that their platform processed 20,000 Lightning payments in February 2022.

In the month of February 2021, they processed 5,000 Lightning payments.

3/8/2022
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Zion Members Have Made 120,000+ Lightning Payments In 6 Months

On Episode 26 of The Kevin Rooke Show, Zion CEO Justin Rezvani mentioned that Zion has processed over 120,000 transactions between creators and their fans since the platform launched in August 2021.

Justin also predicted that Zion would hit 1,000,000+ transactions processed by August 2022.

3/4/2022
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LN Markets Routed 37 BTC In February

LN Markets announced on Twitter that their node has routed a record high 37 BTC worth of payments in February.

At the time of the tweet, the LN Markets node had a public capacity of 24.23 BTC, meaning that LN Markets is consistently routing more payment volume every month than their public routing capacity.

3/1/2022
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Zion Has 2,704 Active Lightning Nodes

Zion is currently hosting 2,704 active Lightning nodes, and charges node operators $12/month.

At current prices, 2,704 nodes generates $32,448 in monthly recurring revenue.

2/28/2022
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4,820 Podcasts Are on the Lightning Network

4,820 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

2/28/2022
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Stacker News Had 11,538 Unique Visitors in February

In February 2022, Stacker News had the following user metrics:

  • 11,538 unique visitors
  • 65,713 total pageviews
  • 39% bounce rate
  • 6:00 average visit duration
  • 215 monthly active users
  • 3,518 items created
  • 262,503 sats spent by users

2/28/2022
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LQwD Has Routed 10 BTC on the Lightning Network

LQwD published a press release announcing that their Lightning Network routing nodes have routed 10 BTC of payment volume since their first node was deployed 3 months ago, in late November 2021.

In addition, LQwD said their nodes are now connected to 127 other nodes through 130 payment channels.

2/24/2022
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Bitfinex Did 10,000 Lightning Transactions In 30 Days Worth 100 BTC

Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino announced on Twitter that Bitfinex has processed 10,000 Lightning transactions in the last 30 days for a combined value of 100 BTC.

This means the average Lightning transaction on Bitfinex is 0.01 BTC, or $380 when the tweet was published.

2/23/2022
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CoinCorner Did 1,500 Lightning Transactions In The Last Month Worth 2 BTC

CoinCorner's Technical Lead Zakk announced on Twitter that CoinCorner has processed 1,500 Lightning transactions in the last 30 days at an average send size of $50.

This means the value of all Lightning transaction made on CoinCorner this month is roughly $75,000, or nearly 2 BTC when the tweet was published.

2/23/2022
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LN Markets Node Has Routed Over 300 BTC

LN Markets announced on Twitter that their Lightning Network node has routed over 300 BTC since inception, which represents $13.5M USD of Lightning payments using current prices.

This time last year, their node had routed less than 100 BTC of payment volume.

2/10/2022
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Cash App Enables Lightning Network For All Users

All Cash App users can now send Bitcoin to anyone over the Lightning Network.

2/7/2022
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LQwD Has Routed 5 BTC Since November

LQwD issued a press release stating that their US routing node has routed over 5 BTC of payments through the Lightning Network.

The press release also said that LQwD's US routing node is connected to over 80 Lightning nodes and has established 84 payment channels.

2/7/2022
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Fountain Sees Growth Across All Adoption Metrics In January

Fountain announced their January 2022 growth metrics in a blog post, which included:

  • 65% monthly growth in the number of users who supported a show on Fountain
  • 52% monthly growth in the number of transactions sent to podcasters on Fountain
  • 250% monthly growth in the amount of funds deposited on Fountain (after seeing 155% growth in the prior month)
  • 25% monthly growth in the amount earned by the average podcaster on Fountain
  • 2,330 sats is the size of the average boost on Fountain
2/1/2022
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Zion Has 2,516 Active Lightning Nodes

Zion is currently hosting 2,516 active Lightning nodes, and charges node operators $14.97/month.

At current prices, 2,516 nodes generates $37,665 in monthly recurring revenue.

1/31/2022
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Stacker News Had 9,553 Unique Visitors In January 2022

In January 2022, Stacker News had the following user metrics:

  • 9,553 unique visitors
  • 50,802 total pageviews
  • 38% bounce rate
  • 5:20 average visit duration

1/31/2022
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THNDR Games Has 55,000 - 60,000 Monthly Active Users

On Episode 16 of The Kevin Rooke Show, Kevin mentioned a CoinDesk article citing 50,000 monthly active users and Jack clarified that since that article's publishing date (December 15, 2021), THNDR Games has grown by 10-20%.

1/31/2022
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15-20% of CoinCorner's Checkout Payments are Made on the Lightning Network

On Episode 15 of The Kevin Rooke Show, CoinCorner CEO Danny Scott mentioned that 15-20% of CoinCorner's Checkout payments happen over the Lightning Network. Checkout is CoinCorner's product that allows merchants to accept payments in Bitcoin.

1/28/2022
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Kollider Settles 4.7 BTC of API Trading Volume In One Day

Kollider settled over 470,000,000 sats (4.7 BTC) from 1,067 API trades in a single day. Those trades are worth over $170,000, despite Kollider's trading platform still only being an alpha release.

1/27/2022
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Stacker News Has 1,275 Registered Users

Stacker News launched in July 2021, and in 6 months has grown to:

  • 1,275 registered users
  • 399,605 sats sent between users
  • 3,174 posts
  • 5,422 comments
1/24/2022
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Voltage Raises $6M In Seed Funding

Voltage, the premier provider of Bitcoin and Lightning node infrastructure, has closed a $6 Million seed round.

This funding round was led by Trammell Venture Partners with participation by Craft Ventures, GV, Stillmark, Cavalry Asset Management, Strategic Cyber Ventures, Fulgur Ventures, Tenzing.vc, and others.

1/20/2022
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Chivo Has 4,000,000 Users

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter that Chivo has onboarded 4 million users to their platform, including 70% of El Salvador's unbanked population.

1/19/2022
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Fountain Sees Record Sat Boost

A Fountain user tipped 502,377 sats to the Podcasting 2.0 show run by Adam Curry and Dave Jones. 502,377 sats is 1 sat higher than the previous all-time Boost record on Fountain.

1/17/2022
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4,000+ Podcasts are on the Lightning Network

Over 4,000 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

1/17/2022
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Lightning Payments Make Up 4.4% of Bitrefill's Total Payment Volume

Bitrefill shared a breakdown of their last 14 days of transaction volume by $ USD value:

  • 32% came from BTC on-chain
  • 4.4% came from BTC on the Lightning Network
1/12/2022
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sMiles Users Are Growing at 15-30%/Month

On Episode 11 of The Kevin Rooke Show, sMiles co-founder Dan Berezovsky said sMiles' current growth rate is 15-30% per month.

1/11/2022
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Boltz's Lightning Node Routes More Payments Every Month Than Their Public Capacity

On Episode 9 of The Kevin Rooke Show, Boltz co-founder Michael said Boltz's node has 27 BTC of public Lightning capacity, and routes 35 BTC of payments through it every month.

Furthermore, Michael added that Boltz is "not a good router by any means".

1/1/2022
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Zion Has 2,260 Active Lightning Nodes

Zion is currently hosting 2,260 active Lightning nodes, and charges node operators $14.97/month.

At current prices, 2,260 nodes generates $33,832 in monthly recurring revenue.

12/31/2021
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3,600 Podcasts are on the Lightning Network

3,600 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

12/31/2021
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Stacker News Had 9,003 Unique Visitors in December 2021

In December 2021, Stacker News had the following user metrics:

  • 9,003 unique visitors
  • 39,444 total pageviews
  • 43% bounce rate
  • 4:36 average visit duration

12/31/2021
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THNDR Games Has 50,000 Monthly Active Users

A CoinDesk article mentioned that THNDR Games now has 50,000 monthly active users across their three mobile games.

12/15/2021
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Bitfinex Did 150 BTC of Lightning Volume In Last 30 Days

Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino announced on Twitter that Bitfinex had processed 150 BTC of Lightning deposits and withdrawals in the last 30 days.

This volume came from 5,000 different transactions made by 750 users.

This means the average Lightning transaction size on Bitfinex is roughly 3 million sats, or $1,438 when the tweet was published.

12/9/2021
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LNMarkets Has Done Over $300M of Trading Volume Since Launch

On Episode 3 of The Kevin Rooke Show, LNMarkets co-founder Romain Rouphael said LNMarkets has done over $300M of trading volume since their 2020 launch, and has doubled their userbase in the last 6 months.

12/1/2021
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LNMarkets Has Seen 2,000 Downloads in the First Month of Launching Their App on Umbrel's App Store

On Episode 3 of The Kevin Rooke Show, LNMarkets co-founder Romain Rouphael said LNMarkets has seen 2,000 downloads of the LNMarkets app in its first month as part of the Umbrel App Store.

12/1/2021
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3,022 Podcasts are on the Lightning Network

3,022 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

11/30/2021
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Stacker News Had 8,987 Unique Visitors in November 2021

In November 2021, Stacker News had the following user metrics:

  • 8,987 unique visitors
  • 37,175 total pageviews
  • 48% bounce rate
  • 4:24 average visit duration

11/30/2021
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2,607 Podcasts are on the Lightning Network

2,607 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

10/31/2021
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Stacker News Had 7,310 Unique Visitors in October 2021

In October 2021, Stacker News had the following user metrics:

  • 7,310 unique visitors
  • 40,852 total pageviews
  • 43% bounce rate
  • 5:35 average visit duration

10/31/2021
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Umbrel Raises $3M In Seed Round

Umbrel raised $3 million in a seed round from OSS Capital, Naval Ravikant, Sahil Lavingia, Slow Ventures, Andreas Antonopoulos, Owen Gunden, Max Webster, Stephen Cole, Fulgur Ventures, Mimesis Capital, Huat Ventures, and other investors.

Umbrel also announced that over 13,000 people are running personal servers in their homes using Umbrel.

10/29/2021
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Umbrel Powers Over 45% of Lightning Network Nodes

Umbrel released a Twitter thread on the stats and metrics they have seen so far in 2021.

Most notably, 9 out of 10 Lightning nodes launched in the last year run on Umbrel, which represents almost half of all Lightning nodes today.

10/15/2021
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Wallet of Satoshi Surpasses 2,000,000 Lightning Payments

Wallet of Satoshi announced on Twitter that they have supported over 2,000,000 Lightning Network payments.

10/4/2021
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Chivo Has 3,000,000 Users

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter that Chivo has 3,000,000 users.

10/3/2021
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2,067 Podcasts are on the Lightning Network

2,067 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

9/30/2021
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Stacker News Had 5,639 Unique Visitors in September 2021

In September 2021, Stacker News had the following user metrics:

  • 5,639 unique visitors
  • 32,155 total pageviews
  • 36% bounce rate
  • 5:48 average visit duration

9/30/2021
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Chivo Has 2,730,000 Users

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter that 2.73 million people in El Salvador are using Chivo. In addition, Chivo is adding 180 new users per minute, and $1 million is being received as remittances every day.

9/30/2021
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Chivo Has 2,100,000 Users

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter that 2.1 million Salvadorans are actively using Chivo.

In addition, he mentioned that Chivo has more users than any bank in El Salvador and is on track to have more users than all El Salvador banks combined.

9/25/2021
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Chivo Has 1,600,000 Users

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter that 1.6 million people in El Salvador are using Chivo.

9/20/2021
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Chivo Has 1,100,000 Users

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter that Chivo has 1.1 million users, despite the fact that Chivo hasn't yet been enabled for 65% of phone models.

9/17/2021
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Chivo Has Over 500,000 Users

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter that Chivo had over 500,000 users on September 14th, 2021, just one week after launching Chivo across the country.

9/14/2021
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1,555 Podcasts are on the Lightning Network

1,555 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

8/31/2021
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Stacker News Had 5,032 Unique Visitors in August 2021

In August 2021, Stacker News had the following user metrics:

  • 5,032 unique visitors
  • 27,405 total pageviews
  • 38% bounce rate
  • 5:37 average visit duration

8/31/2021
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34% of Bitfinex Bitcoin Transactions are done on Lightning

Bitfniex CTO Paolo Ardoino announced on Twitter that 34% of all Bitcoin-related transactions on Bitfinex in the last 30 days were done on the Lightning Network.

In terms of transaction volume, 0.45% of all Bitcoin-related transactions were done on Lightning, while 98% were done on-chain.

8/14/2021
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990 Podcasts are on the Lightning Network

990 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

7/31/2021
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Stacker News Had 3,023 Unique Visitors in July 2021

In July 2021, the first month of operation for Stacker News, the site had the following user metrics:

  • 3,023 unique visitors
  • 14,403 total pageviews
  • 46% bounce rate
  • 4:06 average visit duration
7/31/2021
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Wallet of Satoshi Surpasses 1,500,000 Lightning Payments

Wallet of Satoshi announced on Twitter that they have supported over 1,500,000 Lightning Network payments.

7/21/2021
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246 Podcasts are on the Lightning Network

246 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

6/30/2021
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Bitfinex Routed a 0.9 BTC Lightning Transaction

A Bitfinex Lightning Engineer announced on Twitter that Bitfinex had routed a 0.9 BTC transaction, which is a new all-time high for Bitfinex.

That payment was valued at $29,000 at the time the tweet was published.

6/22/2021
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Bitfinex Did 11 BTC of Lightning Deposits In Last 24 Hours

Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino announced on Twitter that Bitfinex processed 11 BTC of Lightning deposits in the last 24 hours.

These transactions were spread across 1,000 different transactions, ranging in size from 100 sats to 16.2 million sats.

In the same time frame, Bitfinex processed 2.6 BTC of Lightning withdrawals, making their total Lightning volume 13.7 BTC in the last day.

In the same time frame, Bitfinex also did 4,700 BTC of volume on-chain, and 50 BTC of volume using Liquid.

6/15/2021
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Bitfinex Earned 840,730 Sats From Routing In Last 30 Days

Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino announced on Twitter that Bitfinex has earned 840,730 sats in Lightning Network routing fees over the last 30 days.

At the time the tweet was published, 840,730 sats was worth roughly $285 USD.

6/7/2021
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207 Podcasts are on the Lightning Network

207 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

5/31/2021
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173 Podcasts are on the Lightning Network

173 podcasts have been onboarded to the Lightning Network. These shows can receive instant, nearly-free payments and messages from listeners anywhere in the world through Lightning podcasting apps like Fountain.

4/30/2021
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Bitfinex Did 10,000 Lightning Transactions In Last 30 Days

Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino announced on Twitter that Bitfinex has processed 10,000 Lightning transactions in the last 30 days.

These deposits and withdrawals had an average transaction size of 0.007 BTC, or 700,000 sats.

Combined, that means Bitfinex processed 70 BTC of transactions on the Lightning Network in 30 days.

4/29/2021
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Bitfinex Earned 230,000 Sats In Routing Fees In Last 30 Days

Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino announced on Twitter that Bitfinex has earned 230,000 sats, or $120 from routing fees on the Lightning Network.

Bitfinex operates 2 of the world's largest Lightning Network nodes.

In a follow-up tweet, Paolo said Bitfinex has also processed 6,000 deposits and withdrawals over the Lightning Network in the same time frame.

4/12/2021
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Wallet of Satoshi Surpasses 1,000,000 Lightning Payments

Wallet of Satoshi announced on Twitter that they have supported over 1,000,000 Lightning payments.

3/14/2021
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Bitfinex Has Processed 12,500 Lightning Transactions In Last 30 Days

Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino announced on Twitter that Bitfinex has processed 12,500 Lightning transactions in the last 30 days. In addition, he said most of those transactions were Lightning deposits, rather than withdrawals.

In a follow-up tweet, Paolo said the average transaction size was 240,000 sats, meaning Bitfinex's total Lightning transaction volume for the month was 3,000,000,000 sats, or roughly 30 BTC.

2/20/2021
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Wallet of Satoshi Surpasses 800,000 Lightning Payments

Wallet of Satoshi announced on Twitter that they have supported over 800,000 Lightning payments.

1/22/2021
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Wallet of Satoshi Surpasses 700,000 Lightning Payments

Wallet of Satoshi announced on Twitter that they have supported over 700,000 Lightning payments.

12/21/2020
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Wallet of Satoshi Surpasses 200,000 Lightning Payments

Wallet of Satoshi announced on Twitter that they have supported over 200,000 Lightning payments.

11/4/2019
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Wallet of Satoshi Surpasses 100,000 Lightning Payments

Wallet of Satoshi announced on Twitter that they have supported over 100,000 Lightning payments.

8/8/2019
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Wallet of Satoshi Launches For Beta Testers

Wallet of Satoshi launched the beta version of their app to users all across Australia on the 10th anniversary of the Bitcoin network launch.

1/3/2019
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