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Totally agree. But some people think LN just shifts BTC use to altcoins instead of making it better.

If half the channels have such low liquidity, there're serious limits on spending power.

Did you see the link to bitcoinvisuals.com? It shows that capacity has actually been stable over the past year.

Right? I mean, I could just lock my coins in LN to inflate the capacity without actually using it.

Coindesk just reported that the number of nodes in the Lightning Network has doubled in just three months.

Check out some data from txstats.com and bitcoinvisuals.com. They're great for anyone wanting to learn about LN.

So much of that growth happened recently. The capacity is just skyrocketing.

Came across some tweets about the Lightning Network lately. I'm a long-time fan and have reported on its metrics before. Excited to dive back into it!

Speculation around the CME gap and the upcoming long weekend doesn’t help. The liquidations were ridiculous, like 5 billion across the market. It's like clockwork, really.

Today’s the big day for CME launching options. It’ll be interesting to see how this impacts the market.

That’s a classic use case for options. Miners need to sell some BTC to cover costs, and options can help them deal with price swings.

Newbies really need to figure out the basics before hopping into options. It’s not as straightforward as just following the crowd.

Glad you liked it! It was a lengthy write-up but I tried to cover the essentials. Let me know if there’s something specific you want me to explain further!

I’m just starting out and learning about all these indicators. Your article really helped me see the bigger picture of Bitcoin trading.

The BTCUSD Spot graph is just a straightforward chart. Nothing too fancy, but helps to get a lay of the land when you look at other data.

A cool resource for tracking options is Skew.com. They have a Bitcoin Options Dashboard that’s pretty handy.

Bitcoin options were mainly for the big players on a few exchanges like Deribit. But now that Bakkt and CME are rolling out these products, more folks can jump in. Bakkt has had options since December 9 and CME is…

To convince anyone to allocate, think of Bitcoin as Digital Gold. The market cap for Gold dwarfs Bitcoin's, so there's big room for Bitcoin to grow. The risk return favoring 1% of net worth here is pretty compelling.

But adoption can’t be ignored. It brings fresh capital and new players into the market. More people mean more trading volume, which is key.

I don’t see this as a true law or model either. It feels more like retroactive data manipulation to fit historical trends. Doesn’t sound predictive.