As of this writing, the Lightning Network’s capability – the entire quantity of bitcoin within the community – has reached an all-time excessive of 4,351 BTC, equal to nearly $100 million. The checklist of exchanges which have built-in Lightning is steadily rising, with Kraken, Okcoin and OKEx being the newest additions. According to Bitcoin Visuals, the variety of nodes on the finish of July 2021 was round 13,391. That determine has elevated by roughly 27% to nearly 17,000 nodes. (The precise node depend will all the time be greater as there’s a important variety of non-public nodes that aren’t included in public knowledge.) These will increase in capability, alternate integration and node depend all level towards elevated consumer adoption.