Bitcoin diggers? Oh, please no...
For years, Bitcoiners pushed exchanges to adopt Lightning.
And guess what? It worked. Public Lightning volume is up 266% in about a year.
A few interesting insights from our new nostr:nprofile1qqsrtv3u6qkj6a09tnhr3l0wy67g9uw3t57ftqyqpvztpk3wmd6306s92qxwz report:
Our previous Lightning research in 2023 showed a 1212% increase in transactions.
Many of these were low value, as people experimented with new apps & business models.
Now, a new wave of bigger volume has come in, driven by exchanges.
We used the same methodology for our estimates as in 2023, but instead of having data on 52% of public capacity, we now got up to 79.4%
A massive thank you to Acinq, nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0s8jq7y6, Bitfinex, nostr:nprofile1qqsfwyw34w5qdgazshlnap73wkgzcte9qaqcvrvuvkgrez67scltmqglmz585, C=, nostr:nprofile1qqsf5wdlsd7gdrtpakxvu6jv0g8tjm67t0xqs2kk4lw4f9ktv99z87c9ekpvj, Kraken, LQWD, NiceHash, OKX, Cyberdyne, Sunny Sarah, nostr:nprofile1qqstaag5h4vv3nh2f04eu6uy4rvc8y6l003x7j0pfhmgpx83hfjp2ms0tudgq, and nostr:nprofile1qqstu8vf099ljt09m4jvres0dgk8ps2q4wkfjvjp3lhrp3wxxllfg7gnp0y44 for sharing data.
The Lightning industry continues to grow
We’ve updated our map, adding 46 new companies and removing 12.
We expect Lightning to continue growing:
- On-chain fees remain low, slowing adoption.
- USDT on Lightning may increase activity.
- Dozens of scaling proposals continue to build on Lightning.
More Lightning + Bitcoin adoption trends in our new report 👇
https://blog.river.com/bitcoin-adoption-2025/



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How about integrating it into clients instead? It'd be nicer than having to read the comments.
It's illegal to make a trap for thieves. That should tell you enough.
If only women learned to appreciate it...
You need to get your gf on it as well.
Sounds like maybe we're not there just yet. 🤷♂️
And how/where exactly I can do that? 😃
You're off by one magnitude.
If it's a private, unregulated course then it should be fine. I assume you researched the reputation properly.
Higher quality of projects is obviously better but it's not guaranteed by education. And nothing will ever replace you getting your hands dirty. The theory is useful but it's maybe 20% of success. The rest is practice.
No shitcoins no cry.
My first project was a computer game, something I enjoyed at the time. I knew nothing, the code was terrible and I even knew it was terrible. But it worked at least a bit. Then I made two more games and some tiny random things.
Then I learned another language, made some more random stuff and a very simple game. Later something more useful. Then I learned how to make GUIs, made a bunch of tools my code was considerably better at that time. Then I learned Linux and bash. Made a bunch of scripts and stuff. In total it took about 8 years.
Then I went to a university to learn CS. I did learn a few interesting and useful things but I believe a bunch of that time was wasted and I was still doing side projects and some school project. Oh and yeah, one of them was a game. 🙂
One of the side projects was Arduino. I already knew a bit of electronics and with Arduino I got better. Then I randomly met a guy doing some electronic stuff and he paid me to do a few projects for him. I couldn't do full time because of school.
At some point I got fed up with how horrible the university system is and went around searching for a proper job. With all that I found it pretty quickly and it was a good one, so I quit the school. The only thing I regret about it is not doing it sooner.
For two reasons.
1) bitcoin, obviously. If I did it sooner I would've had more than I could possibly earn in that time frame.
2) There was a lot of stuff that was taught inefficiently or I haven't used yet. I learned maybe 10x more and more valuable information about some topics in a private course in two days than I did in an entire semester in school.
Don't get me wrong, some school subjects were great and the teachers too. But it's just inefficient.
I personally prefer zapping larger amounts but I'm more picky about the content. I hope it'll encourage higher quality and less noise.
How to contribute to Open Source projects.
Nowhere on my public profile did I put my degree and yet I'm still getting a bunch of job offers. 🤷♂️
And it makes sense. Even with saturated market, there's still so many different skill levels. AI can perhaps take the lowest skilled ones already. You need to do hard projects to shine.
You need more projects. In the past I got a job even more easily than other candidates by simply having a shitload of projects.
Lot of smart people were scammed into thinking the government makes sense. 🤷♂️




