Bitcoin Makes Progress in Clearing Backlog, but Lightning Network Capacity and Channels Dropped Amid Congestion

In the past week, the Bitcoin network has made progress in resolving its congestion issues. 5月 7, 2023, the number of unconfirmed transactions reached an all-time high of over 500,000 転送, causing a major backlog. でも, as of today, that number has been reduced to 263,406. 現在, 184 blocks need to be cleared to process the majority of transactions that are still stuck in the network’s mempool.

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Congestion Woes Ease on Bitcoin Network

The long queue of transactions is finally starting to subside as bitcoin miners have started catching up with some of the backlog. As we 報告 three days ago, Bitcoin-Tidings.com News noted the beginning of the congestion-clearing process, with unconfirmed transactions dropping from over 500,000 on May 7 to just above 300,000 木曜日に, 5月 11.

Bitcoin Makes Progress in Clearing Backlog, but Lightning Network Capacity and Channels Dropped Amid Congestion
Onchain Bitcoin network fees according to mempool.space on May 14, 2023.

According to mempool.io statistics, high-priority transactions were priced at $3 per transfer, while low-priority transactions cost $2.23 per transfer at that time. Current statistics on May 14 show that onchain fees have significantly subsided on the Bitcoin blockchain over the past three days. Just a few days ago, a high-priority transaction would have cost $3, but today, that fee has dropped to $0.83.

Bitcoin Makes Progress in Clearing Backlog, but Lightning Network Capacity and Channels Dropped Amid Congestion
The number of unconfirmed transactions on the Bitcoin network, according to mempool.space on May 14, 2023.

A medium-priority transfer is now priced at $0.79, while a low-priority transaction can cost around $0.75. This is a significant improvement, with high-priority onchain fees sliding by 72.33% 過去に 72 時間. さらに, the number of unconfirmed transactions stuck in the queue has reduced to 263,406, which is just above half of what it held on May 7.

Lightning Network Capacity and Channels Drop

5月 9, the number of transactions was around 413,420, which means that 36.28% of the backlog has been cleared in the past five days. While fees skyrocketed to roughly $30 per transaction on May 7 and have been quite volatile lately, の Lightning Network’s capacity did not improve. 実際には, the number of BTC locked into the Lightning Network dropped from 5,463 BTC on May 5 to today’s capacity of 5,415 BTC on May 14.

Bitcoin Makes Progress in Clearing Backlog, but Lightning Network Capacity and Channels Dropped Amid Congestion
Lightning Network capacity according to bitcoinvisuals.com on May 14, 2023.

The dip indicates that roughly $1.28 million in value left the Lightning Network amid the transaction backlog chaos. 5月 8, the Lightning Network boasted 73,352 unique channels. でも, that number has since decreased to the current 71,286 unique channels. According to mempool.space’s Lightning Network metrics, だいたい 5,057 BTC in capacity is on clearnet, while 253 BTC of capacity is using Tor. The remaining Lightning Network capacity is identified as “other.”

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ビットコイン, bitcoin backlog, Bitcoin Transactions, Bitcoin Users, capacity, clearnet, ライトニング ネットワーク, メンプール, Network Congestion, onchain fees, Tor, Unconfirmed Transactions, unique channels

What are your thoughts on the recent developments in the Bitcoin network and the Lightning Network’s capacity? Share your insights in the comments section below.

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Jamie Redman は、Bitcoin-Tidings.com News のニュース リードであり、フロリダに住む金融技術ジャーナリストです。. レッドマンは以来、暗号通貨コミュニティの積極的なメンバーです。 2011. 彼はビットコインに情熱を持っています, オープンソース コード, および分散型アプリケーション. 9月以降 2015, レッドマンはより多くのことを書いています 7,000 Bitcoin-Tidings.com の記事 今日出現している破壊的なプロトコルに関するニュース.




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