Lightning Network API
Live data for Bitcoin's Lightning Network — the instant-payment layer on top of Bitcoin — served straight from mempool.space's public API, no key, nothing cached. The stats endpoint returns the state of the whole network: how many nodes and payment channels exist, the total capacity locked in Bitcoin, the average and median channel capacity, the average fee rate, and the split between clearnet and Tor nodes — the network runs tens of thousands of channels holding thousands of BTC. The top endpoint is the node league table, ranked by liquidity (capacity) or by connectivity (channel count), with each node's alias, capacity and channel count — Bitfinex and Binance run some of the largest routing nodes. The search endpoint finds nodes by alias and returns their public key, capacity and channel count. This is the routing-and-liquidity layer for any Lightning wallet, node operator, payment or analytics app — who the big routing nodes are and how much capacity the network holds. Live from mempool.space, nothing stored. Distinct from on-chain Bitcoin and fee APIs — this is the Lightning Network layer. 4 endpoints.
api.oanor.com/lightning-api
