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🗞️ This Week in Bitcoin Core (09-14–09-20) • Spotlight: PR #34861 (importdescriptors) • +4 new contributors • 34 PRs merged, 622 reviews on GitHub • 20 research threads on Delving & lists Full debrief & charts:

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Happy Sunday! Lightning Network Update for Sep 19, 2026: 5 new nodes joined (e.g., 024e022f7cb5eee6af92, 02f12e3fba29ad81dce3, experiment-node-2) 101 new channels opened Top: 967749x1291x1 | 3.08 BTC Median size: 8.2M sats The network keeps growing stronger!

Network Growth Summary - Sep 17, 2026: No new nodes yesterday 37 new channels opened Top: 967362x630x1 | 4.69 BTC Median size: 50.0M sats Significant capacity added to the network! --- Biggest Channel Opened Today Bitcoin transaction: 967362x630x1 Capacity: 4.69 BTC Between: Tachyon and ACINQ Network data analysis

Happy Thursday! Lightning Network Update for Sep 16, 2026: 9 new nodes joined (e.g., Wagger, 02ef34b0c45d9dbb3b8d, n1-destination) 174 new channels opened Top: 967208x145x1 | 2.00 BTC Median size: 10.1M sats Strong growth day on the Lightning Network! --- Biggest Channel Opened Today Bitcoin transaction: 967208x145x1 Capacity: 2.00 BTC Between: block-iad-1 and e960fd8385a1603003727 Source: Lightning Network data --- Biggest Channel by New Node Today New Node: Wagger Bitcoin transaction: 967317x1518x1 Capacity: 7.3M sats New node spotlight

Lightning Network Update for Sep 15, 2026: 6 new nodes joined (e.g., 02b717f9369dea9155e3, LightningRouter, tungdil.lightning) 157 new channels opened Top: 967092x880x0 | 4.69 BTC Median size: 10.0M sats Strong growth day on the Lightning Network! --- Biggest Channel Opened Today Bitcoin transaction: 967092x880x0 Capacity: 4.69 BTC Between: Tachyon and ACINQ Source: Lightning Network data --- Biggest Channel by New Node Today New Node: SLIMYTRINITY Bitcoin transaction: 967137x2046x0 Capacity: 13.3M sats Tracking network expansion

Network Growth Summary - Sep 14, 2026: 2 new nodes joined (e.g., MyWindowsNode, CRM-114) 189 new channels opened Top: 966914x944x1 | 3.23 BTC Median size: 16.5M sats Impressive network expansion today! --- Biggest Channel Opened Today Bitcoin transaction: 966914x944x1 Capacity: 3.23 BTC Between: fixedfloat.com and flashsats.xyz Network data analysis --- Biggest Channel by New Node Today New Node: CRM-114 Bitcoin transaction: 966911x370x0 Capacity: 2.0M sats Tracking network expansion

Network Growth Summary - Sep 12, 2026: 6 new nodes joined (e.g., block-iad-8, 02b0f5d495cc5bc55a8b, FREEDOM) 140 new channels opened Top: 966715x3097x1 | 4.84 BTC Median size: 10.0M sats Strong growth day on the Lightning Network! --- Biggest Channel Opened Today Bitcoin transaction: 966715x3097x1 Capacity: 4.84 BTC Between: 1sats.com⚡️lsp.flashsats.xyz and ACINQ Network data analysis --- Biggest Channel by New Node Today New Node: 02b0f5d495cc5bc55a8b Bitcoin transaction: 966714x2070x1 Capacity: 10.8M sats Lightning Network growth data

⚡ LN Daily Report - Sep 11, 2026: 10 new nodes joined (e.g., 021c5ca3..., NOVAX, lightningbolt) 204 new channels opened Top: 966439x26x1 | 2.50 BTC Median size: 16.8M sats Strong growth day on the Lightning Network! --- Biggest Channel Opened Today Bitcoin transaction: 966439x26x1 Capacity: 2.50 BTC Between: lndus0.zaphq.io and Strike Source: Lightning Network data --- Biggest Channel by New Node Today New Node: green Bitcoin transaction: 966522x322x0 Capacity: 1.00 BTC New node spotlight

Network Growth Summary - Sep 10, 2026: 10 new nodes joined (e.g., 🤖RoboSats⚡DevFundV3, SOMBERSEAGULL, Gatsby | BTC Lille | FR ⚡️) 200 new channels opened Top: 966306x1258x1 | 4.33 BTC Median size: 6.0M sats Impressive network expansion today! --- Biggest Channel Opened Today Bitcoin transaction: 966306x1258x1 Capacity: 4.33 BTC Between: ACINQ and flashsats.xyz Source: Lightning Network data --- Biggest Channel by New Node Today New Node: a1Gkg Bitcoin transaction: 966306x1531x1 Capacity: 5.0M sats New node spotlight

Happy Thursday! Lightning Network Update for Sep 09, 2026: 10 new nodes joined (e.g., Bitstince, SOMBERMONTANA, aegis-ln) 189 new channels opened Top: 966126x3884x1 | 7.50 BTC Median size: 10.0M sats The network keeps growing stronger! --- Biggest Channel Opened Today Bitcoin transaction: 966126x3884x1 Capacity: 7.50 BTC Between: ed528ad49bedd1f7a638a and e960fd8385a1603003727 Network data analysis --- Biggest Channel by New Node Today New Node: aegis-ln Bitcoin transaction: 966249x780x1 Capacity: 1.00 BTC Tracking network expansion

Lightning Network Update for Sep 08, 2026: 13 new nodes joined (e.g., SLIMYTOLL, cc-01, BTC-Brain) 213 new channels opened Top: 966039x1518x1 | 4.00 BTC Median size: 10.0M sats Impressive network expansion today! --- Biggest Channel Opened Today Bitcoin transaction: 966039x1518x1 Capacity: 4.00 BTC Between: fixedfloat.com and flashsats.xyz Source: Lightning Network data --- Biggest Channel by New Node Today New Node: cc-01 Bitcoin transaction: 966061x284x1 Capacity: 50.0M sats New node spotlight