#bitcoin #lightning #network is #growing ⚡⚡⚡👇🏽The #Lightning Network is growing, but liquidity issues and a need for greater #user #awareness continue to hinder mainstream #adoption
The Lightning Network is a layer-2 solution built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain, and its primary objective is to address the Bitcoin network’s scalability issues. It also allows for faster and cheaper transactions by facilitating off-chain payments through a network of payment channels.
The Lightning Network has gained traction since its launch in 2018, hitting a total value locked of $140 million, but this is relatively small compared to Bitcoin’s
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$29,487
$580 billion market capitalization. However, this oversimplification disregards that this scaling solution focuses on instant transactions, not lending, yield farms or other activities that require staking.Additionally, the number of #nodes has grown by a mere 6% since June 2022. This suggests that there are significant reasons why it has not achieved mainstream adoption.
I need to know How to #node 🤣😂
Any #nostr friend's spare an old man somentime and help me set up as many as I can afford?