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Lightning Network Tracker — Channels, Capacity, Top Nodes

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Lightning Network Tracker — Channels, Capacity, Top Nodes

Lightning Network Tracker — Channels, Capacity, Top Nodes

Tracks Bitcoin Lightning Network stats: channels, nodes, total BTC capacity, fee rates, top nodes by liquidity, and historical trends. No API key. $0.005/run.

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Hojun Lee

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Bitcoin Lightning Network Tracker

Monitor the health and growth of the Bitcoin Lightning Network in real-time. Track channel counts, node distribution, total BTC capacity, fee rates, and the most connected routing nodes — all from public mempool.space data. No API key required.

What This Actor Does

Fetches aggregated Lightning Network statistics and node-level data from the mempool.space API. Returns network-wide metrics plus a ranked list of top nodes by capacity, channel count, and connectivity score.

Use Cases

  • Network analysts: Track LN capacity growth and channel count trends
  • Node operators: Benchmark your node against top routing nodes
  • Researchers: Monitor fee rate distributions and routing economics
  • Investors: Track adoption metrics as a proxy for Bitcoin utility

Input Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
topNodesLimitinteger20Number of top nodes to return (max 100)
includeHistoricalbooleanfalseInclude 7-day historical capacity snapshots
networkstringmainnetNetwork: mainnet or testnet

Output Format

{
"_type": "network_summary",
"channel_count": 54382,
"node_count": 15841,
"total_capacity_btc": 5243.7,
"avg_channel_capacity_sat": 3842000,
"median_base_fee_msat": 1000,
"median_fee_rate_ppm": 250,
"timestamp": "2026-09-05T08:00:00Z"
}
{
"_type": "top_node",
"alias": "ACINQ",
"pub_key": "03864ef925...",
"capacity_btc": 245.3,
"channel_count": 1843,
"rank_capacity": 1,
"rank_channels": 2,
"first_seen": "2019-01-12"
}

Data Source

mempool.space Lightning API — public, no auth required. Updates every ~10 minutes.

Pricing

$0.005 per run (flat fee).