XBT network: 72 Lightning nodes, 409 channels, 77.9 XBT of capacity

XBT network update, Nov 5

⛏ Chain: block 980,590, ~50 PH/s of BLAKE2b hashrate.

🌐 Nodes: 256 reachable in 34 countries (276 estimated). One month ago: 141. On Sep 30: 16.

⚡ Lightning: 72 nodes, 409 public channels, 77.9 XBT of capacity. A new operator just opened their first three channels with 15.5M sats.

🔧 Lightning Fork 0.21.6-beta-blake2b.23: stuck bridge swaps now resolve, and Neutrino + pruned nodes keep syncing with Knots 29.4.3 via the NODE_BLAKE2B service bit.

🛒 Lightning Stream 0.2.13: the streaming-payments marketplace got a dozen hashrate-rental improvements from @Kilombino_

📦 Bitcoin Knots BLAKE2b for Umbrel moved to Horizon's community store: github.com/Horizon-btc/Bitcoin-store

🧰 Open source: my MiningRigRentals Blake2B rental bot + dashboard, points rentals at your own DATUM gateway: github.com/MarcanoFilms/mrr-blake2b-bot

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