The TL:DR
* El Salvador bitcoin adoption, Twitter enabling BTC tipping through Lightning, and Paxful integrating Lightning, all in September, have propelled user adoption and payments activity in the network.
* Lightning payments volume doubled in September, while channel public capacity grew by 26%.
* The number of users with access to Lightning payments increased by 11,164% to 9.7 million users in September, compared to 87,000 in August.
* Lightning usage for personal transfers, including merchant payments and gift cards, grew by 122% in one month, while online services increased by 65%