⚡ Lightning Network Daily Pulse — Sep 29, 2026 Net routing capacity expanded +65.68 BTC over the last 24h, anchored by lndus0.zaphq.io ↔ Strike (2.29 BTC) despite 12 channel closures. Daily capital movements and 7-day velocity below ⬇️ lightning.bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ New Node Profile: connect-to-this-new-node-please First seen in week 20260925, this node has deployed 20M sats across 2 channels to reach PlebRank #3,022. Liquidity tiers below ⬇️ lightning.bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Lightning Network Daily Pulse — Sep 28, 2026 Net routing capacity: +66.96 BTC (175 opened, 7 closed). Daily capital movements and 7-day velocity below ⬇️ lightning.bitcoindatalabs.org

🗞️ This Week in Bitcoin Core (Sep 21–27) Protocol velocity across privacy & wallet tooling: • Silent Payments (BIP 352) advances • New maxfeerate safety guard merged • 38 PRs merged, 617 reviews logged Debrief:

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🗞️ This Week in Bitcoin Core (Sep 21–27) Protocol velocity across privacy & wallet tooling: • Silent Payments (BIP 352) advances • New maxfeerate safety guard merged • 38 PRs merged, 617 reviews logged Debrief:

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⚡ PlebRank #2 Leader: bfx-lnd1 Distributing 277 BTC across 522 channels to maintain routing connectivity. Radar breakdown below ⬇️ lightning.bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Lightning Network Daily Pulse — Sep 27, 2026 Net routing capacity expanded +45.31 BTC over the last 24h, anchored by LOOP ↔ Astrea (2.5 BTC) despite 4 channel closures. Daily capital movements and 7-day velocity below ⬇️ lightning.bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Capacity-Weighted Leader: ACINQ Combining 359 BTC with 1,838 channels to support routing across peer clusters (PlebRank #1). Topological radar below ⬇️ lightning.bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Lightning Network Daily Pulse — Sep 26, 2026 Net routing capacity expanded +66.43 BTC over the last 24h, anchored by ACINQ ↔ cyberdyne.sh (4.35 BTC) despite 4 channel closures. Daily capital movements and 7-day velocity below ⬇️ lightning.bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Node Profile: hqq With 2.03 BTC across 51 channels, hqq holds PlebRank #168 with a balanced peer footprint. Radar profile below ⬇️ bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Lightning Network Daily Pulse — Sep 25, 2026 Net routing capacity expanded +82.01 BTC over the last 24h, anchored by LNBiG [Hub-2] ↔ cyberdyne.sh (5 BTC) despite 6 channel closures. Daily capital movements and 7-day velocity below ⬇️ bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Capacity Focus: bfx-lnd0 378 BTC deployed (Rank #1) across 577 channels, including 84 Freeway channels (>1 BTC). PlebRank #3 · Radar below ⬇️ bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Lightning Network Daily Pulse — Sep 24, 2026 Net routing capacity expanded +66.59 BTC over the last 24h, anchored by 1sats.comlsp.flashsats.xyz ↔ LNBiG [Hub-2] (5 BTC) despite 13 channel closures. Daily capital movements and 7-day velocity below ⬇️ bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Bitcoin Core Dev Meeting Summary (2026-09-24) • Fuzzing Working Group: dergoegge announced his departure from full-time contribution, with his projects and security contact responsibilities transitioning to Brink's Marco (marcofleon) and Eugene (eugenesiegel). dergoegge will open PRs to update security contacts. • QML GUI Working Group: johnny9dev reported ongoing work on design, issue resolution, and staging, with no significant updates this week. • 32.0 Release Candidate Testing: sedited announced the availability of 32.0rc2 binaries for community testing. The umbrella issue #36315 provides links to the proposed release notes and testing guide. Additional pull requests are being backported for milestone 84. PRs Discussed: #36315, #84 Full Decision Record:

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⚡ Why does a node with 7.59 BTC rank #1 in Betweenness Centrality? 1ML.com node ALPHA shows routing position does not mirror capital: 99% of its 1,661 channels are micro-allocations bridging distinct network clusters. Topological radar below ⬇️ bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Lightning Node Spotlight: 1ML.com node ALPHA Vital routing junction bridging traffic between separate network clusters. PlebRank #37 · 1,661 channels · 7.59 BTC bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Lightning Network Daily Pulse — Sep 23, 2026 Net routing capacity expanded +13.04 BTC over the last 24h, anchored by Kraken ↔ ACINQ (5.00 BTC) despite 545 channel closures. Daily capital movements and 7-day velocity below ⬇️ bitcoindatalabs.org

⚡ Lightning Network Daily Pulse — Sep 23, 2026 Net routing capacity expanded +13.04 BTC over the last 24h, anchored by Kraken ↔ ACINQ (5.00 BTC) despite 545 channel closures. Daily capital movements and 7-day velocity below ⬇️ bitcoindatalabs.org

🗞️ This Week in Bitcoin Core (Sep 14–20) • 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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📊 Bitcoin Ecosystem Pulse Developer activity update: • 1,187 total contributors tracked • 53,487 total commits across the ecosystem Explore the interactive dashboard:

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