I run a small to mid size lightning node, and I have noticed an extreme pick up in routing over the past two weeks. I know this is just anecdotal, but the activity is broadly spread around channels, the transaction sizes are smaller than in the past, and I wonder if this is a reliable sign that adoption is growing during the banking crisis.
Have other people experienced this?
Yes this behavior is normal. Could be for various reasons:
Is LN adoption growing? Definitely. Keep your LN node healthy, hybrid and provide good fees and channels. Then everybody will be happy.
How to do that? Read my specific guides:
On your recommendation I switched to hybrid and now run tailscale. I also switched to zero base fee about 3 months ago, and have fewer, larger channels. It made a big difference. I'm not focused on earning fees right now.
The kind of thing that we will look at in 10 years like we look at 10y old smartphones now 😇😇
I think this is confirmed by data. I can't recall the source rn, but I get a weekly email with numbers showing,
Amout BTC in LN ⬆️ #Transactions ⬆️ Amount/transaction ⬇️ #wallets ⬆️
I can see a shit ton of zaps moving around. Or that is my suspicion on why I suddenly move 300 forwards of 21 sats each.
We start somewhere and keep improving