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State of Bitcoin Core — September 2026
• 144 PRs merged (+69% YoY)
• Median time-to-merge: 6.9d
• 125 human reviewers (-7% YoY)
• 424 open PRs · 15 first-time merged contributors
• 32.0rc2 out for testing
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 30, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,201 BTC across 32,175 open public channels
Net Flow: -146.24 BTC (-376 channels)
• Opened: +233 (+72.81 BTC) | Med 10M sats
• Closed: -609 (-219.05 BTC) | 92% mutual, 8% force
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 29, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,360 BTC across 32,557 open public channels
Net Flow: -17.26 BTC (-12 channels)
• Opened: +152 (+63.46 BTC) | Med 11.7M sats
• Closed: -164 (-80.72 BTC) | 82% mutual, 18% force
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Bitcoin Core dev meeting · Oct 29
14 participants on IRC
Streamline release note review.
• QML GUI: Staging branch focus
• QA: Mutation testing results
• Release notes: Review process
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 28, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,351 BTC across 32,555 open public channels
Net Flow: -40.70 BTC (-123 channels)
• Opened: +200 (+111.86 BTC) | Med 10M sats
• Closed: -323 (-152.56 BTC) | 64% mutual, 36% force
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 27, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,374 BTC across 32,610 open public channels
Net Flow: -14.28 BTC (-16 channels)
• Opened: +178 (+89.78 BTC) | Med 16.2M sats
• Closed: -194 (-104.06 BTC) | 92% mutual, 8% force
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 26, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,411 BTC across 32,680 open public channels
Net Flow: +9.03 BTC (-75 channels)
• Opened: +221 (+116.29 BTC) | Med 16.5M sats
• Closed: -296 (-107.26 BTC) | 90% mutual, 10% force
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⚡ Lightning Weekly — Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2026 (UTC)
Net -94.32 BTC this week: 3 straight weeks of net outflow
• Opened: +1,168 (+551.12 BTC)
• Closed: -1,466 (-645.44 BTC) | 84% mutual
• Node of the week: Binance (+20.06 BTC net)
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This Week in Bitcoin Core · Oct 19 – 25
41 PRs merged in a busier-than-usual week on the road to 33.0.
• Merges took longer: 14d median time-to-merge
• Review needed: 11 PRs left on the 33.0 milestone
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A warm welcome to this week's 2 new Bitcoin Core contributors! 🎉
• Bruce0X (GitHub: Bruce039)
• Kevin Ravensberg @KevinR4v
Developer metrics & journeys:
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 24, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,412 BTC across 32,787 open public channels
Net Flow: -24.74 BTC (-57 channels)
• Opened: +133 (+79.91 BTC) | Med 25M sats
• Closed: -190 (-104.65 BTC) | 85% mutual, 15% force
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 23, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,446 BTC across 32,848 open public channels
Net Flow: -37.38 BTC (-124 channels)
• Opened: +135 (+61.51 BTC) | Med 15M sats
• Closed: -259 (-98.89 BTC) | 74% mutual, 26% force
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 22, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,455 BTC across 32,920 open public channels
Net Flow: +5.09 BTC (-53 channels)
• Opened: +178 (+82.73 BTC) | Med 16.5M sats
• Closed: -231 (-77.64 BTC) | 88% mutual, 12% force
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Bitcoin Core dev meeting · Oct 22
19 participants on IRC
Review #36608: Private Broadcast Rework.
• v32.0 tagged
• New GUI staging
• Code signer needed
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 21, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,444 BTC across 32,958 open public channels
Net Flow: -10.45 BTC (-79 channels)
• Opened: +170 (+83.86 BTC) | Med 16.5M sats
• Closed: -249 (-94.31 BTC) | 88% mutual, 12% force
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 20, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,477 BTC across 33,097 open public channels
Net Flow: -11.84 BTC (+22 channels)
• Opened: +196 (+84.09 BTC) | Med 11M sats
• Closed: -174 (-95.93 BTC) | 85% mutual, 15% force
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 19, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,491 BTC across 33,093 open public channels
Net Flow: -15.13 BTC (-1 channels)
• Opened: +185 (+81.14 BTC) | Med 11M sats
• Closed: -186 (-96.27 BTC) | 88% mutual, 12% force
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⚡ Lightning Weekly — Oct 12 – Oct 18, 2026 (UTC)
Net -79.77 BTC this week, below the 8-week median of -22.71 BTC
• Opened: +1,097 (+454.31 BTC)
• Closed: -1,396 (-534.08 BTC) | 85% mutual
• Node of the week: BitDance LND1 (+21.06 BTC net)
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This Week in Bitcoin Core · Oct 12 – 18
19 PRs merged in a quieter week as 32.0rc4 testing continued.
• A quieter week for merges: 19 PRs merged
• Review needed: 2 PRs left on the 32.0 milestone
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A warm welcome to this week's 1 new Bitcoin Core contributors! 🎉
• Yash @yyaasssshh
Developer metrics & journeys:
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⚡ Lightning Daily Ledger — Oct 17, 2026 (UTC)
Baseline: 3,494 BTC across 33,091 open public channels
Net Flow: -2.23 BTC (+30 channels)
• Opened: +171 (+74.68 BTC) | Med 13.2M sats
• Closed: -141 (-76.91 BTC) | 87% mutual, 13% force
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