Bitcoin Lightning Dashboard Shows Capacity 37% Below December 2025 High
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A check of a public Lightning Network dashboard on Oct. 20, 2026, showed Bitcoin (BTC) channel capacity about 37% below its December 2025 high, underscoring the limits of visible capacity as a gauge of payments. The dashboard displayed 3,545.89 BTC in public channels, 13,579 nodes and 34,495 channels when checked at 5:54 p.m. ET (21:54 UTC). The December 2025 capacity high was 5,637 BTC, making the observed reading about 37% lower. That October figure is one dashboard reading, rather than a definitive count of the entire network.
Source: TokenPost
