{"id":28035,"date":"2020-09-02T11:14:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=28035"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:17:29","slug":"value-of-bitcoins-locked-in-the-lightning-network-hits-a-new-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/value-of-bitcoins-locked-in-the-lightning-network-hits-a-new-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Value of bitcoins locked in the Lightning Network hits a new high."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The total value of bitcoins on the second-layer Lightning Network (LN) has reached a new all-time high of $12.4 million, according to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/lightning-network-value-locked-record-high-bitcoin\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">CoinDesk<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_108945\\\" style=\\\"width: 738px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-108945\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-108945 size-full\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-1-10.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"The total value of bitcoins in the Lightning Network has reached a new high\\\" width=\\\"728\\\" height=\\\"456\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-1-10.jpg 728w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-1-10-300x188.jpg 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-108945\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">The total value of bitcoins in the Lightning Network. Source: CoinDesk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_108946\\\" style=\\\"width: 738px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-108946\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-108946 size-full\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-2.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"The amount of BTC in Lightning Network payment channels.\\\" width=\\\"728\\\" height=\\\"444\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-2.jpg 728w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-2-300x183.jpg 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-108946\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">BTC in Lightning Network payment channels. Source: CoinDesk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_108947\\\" style=\\\"width: 762px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-108947\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-108947 size-full\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-3.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Number of nodes with Lightning Network payment channels.\\\" width=\\\"752\\\" height=\\\"484\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-3.jpg 752w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-3-300x193.jpg 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-108947\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Number of nodes with Lightning Network payment channels. Source: CoinDesk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The total number of coins in LN channels stands at 1,060 BTC. Since the start of the year, the figure has risen by 24%, but remains below the 1,105 BTC record from May 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Lightning Labs <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/new-lnd-client-version-lifts-transfer-limit-on-the-lightning-network\">introduced<\/a> the beta version of the LND v0.11 client, which lifts the transaction-size limits in LN.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The total value of bitcoins in the second-layer Lightning Network (LN) has reached a new all-time high of $12.4 million, according to CoinDesk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[325],"class_list":["post-28035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-lightning-network"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28037,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28035\/revisions\/28037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}