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Lightning Network Payment Volume Surges as Infrastructure Metrics Moderate
Data shows Bitcoin's Lightning Network is processing record payment volumes despite a retreat in node counts and total public capacity from previous highs.
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network recorded significant growth in payment activity despite pullbacks across several core infrastructure metrics. Estimates from River show monthly payment volume reached approximately $1.17 billion in November 2025, up from $286.5 million in November 2024 and $12.1 million in August 2021, with monthly transactions reaching about 5.22 million.
In contrast, network infrastructure figures compiled by mempool.space indicate that public capacity stood at approximately 4,900 BTC, roughly 13% below the peak of 5,637 BTC reached in December 2025. The network recorded around 17,400 observed nodes and 41,000 public channels, both down roughly 16% from earlier reference highs.
The data shows that while physical infrastructure metrics have contracted from their records, overall transaction throughput and payment sizes have expanded substantially over the same timeframe.
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