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%
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