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The total lightning node count trend did a sharp reversal in July.

Obviously the tech has always been strong, but what changed in July?

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maybe the empty mempool got more people fiddling with channels again?

that is not a reversal. A potential reversal, sure.

Need to zoom out to see the full chart. The left side starts at 13k not 0, kind of hard to see the full trended from this view

Square's announcement?

I'd be surprised if each one had its own node instead of using Block's gateway node.

Agree. I think interest in running a lightning node increased due to Square's announcement that they will use lightning.

Low fees

There was a ton of small lightning nodes turned on that apparently we're supporting taproot assets in some way. I'm not sure what's going on there.