165 sats \ 6 replies \ @nikotsla 4 Nov 2022 freebie \ on: Why are Lightning Node & Channel Numbers Down? bitcoin
The last couple of months a lot of people point out it is better to open big channels, maybe there is something related with those numbers, a user without enough funds it's almost force by the market to open a couple of big channels.
how would this trend change the number of nodes on the network?
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I only focus in the channel part of the question :), you can see in 1ML more Network Capacity with less channels, for the number of nodes, no idea, I don't think it's related with the latests LND bugs.
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interesting take, you’re right that capacity is still up… but i wonder if capacity would be up even more if it weren’t for the LND bugs.
public capacity is up 3% this month, but was up 6% the month prior. i believe public capacity also dropped briefly on the day ZFR announced the shutdown of his node.
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if this was the case, wouldn't the number of nodes online be relatively the same, since they are just closing channels and opening larger ones?
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You are right, nodes down 8%, channels 10%, the something related could be only 2% :), but we are just making correlation and correlation does not imply causation https://swizec.com/blog/pirates-downfall-causes-global-warming/ maybe with more info.
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FACTS!!!
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