Statistics: The number of nodes in the Bitcoin Lightning network has tripled to 18,960 per year.

The number of Lightning Network nodes continues to grow as Lightning Network technology has spread to major cryptocurrency exchanges and payment apps. According to data from Bitcoin Visuals, from April 2019 to April 2020, the number of Lightning Network nodes only increased from over 4,000 to over 5,000. However, in less than a year, as of March 24, Lightning Network nodes crossed 10,000 and reached 10,084. According to 1ML data, the April 8 Lightning Network count was 18,960, up 8.13% over the past 30 days, up from three times since April. Last year.