Lightning Network Tracker — Channels, Capacity, Top Nodes
Pricing
Pay per usage
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.
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
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
topNodesLimit | integer | 20 | Number of top nodes to return (max 100) |
includeHistorical | boolean | false | Include 7-day historical capacity snapshots |
network | string | mainnet | Network: 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).