You are not paying attention because you are spending time in a shitcoin network.
This is just Nostr users (1 application of many using the LN)
"Nostr users
Nostr is a decentralized social protocol where users are identified by cryptographic public keys (npub) rather than traditional usernames, allowing for censorship-resistant communication across a network of independent Relays.
User Statistics and Growth
- Profile Count: As of 2024, there are approximately 993,248 users with active profiles and contact lists, having surged from just 800 in late 2022.
- Registered Users: Broader estimates have placed the total number of registered users between 1.1 million and 18 million, depending on the metric used (e.g., those with bios vs. total key holders).
- Activity: The network saw a 1607.5% increase in text note events in 2024, reaching over 304 million events, indicating high engagement.
Key Features and Ecosystem
- Identity: Users generate a public/private key pair; the public key acts as the username, while the private key serves as the password and cannot be reset if lost.
- Clients: Access is via third-party applications such as Damus (iOS), Amethyst (Android), Primal, and Snort (Web).
- Monetization: The protocol integrates with the Bitcoin Lightning Network, enabling Zaps (small Bitcoin payments) between users, with over 1.65 billion Zaps recorded in 2024.
- Prominent Users: The platform is popular among cryptocurrency advocates and has attracted endorsements from figures like Jack Dorsey and Edward Snowden.
Some more stats for you:
Some stats about the lightening network. Large node count creates more decentralization:
Lightning Network Nodes 2026
As of March 2026, the Lightning Network comprises over 17,000 public nodes with a total network capacity of approximately 4,900 BTC. This infrastructure supports roughly 40,000 public payment channels, facilitating sub-second transactions with 99%+ success rates in well-configured implementations.
Key Network Statistics:
- Node Count: Approximately 17,245 nodes recorded as of February 2026.
- Geographic Distribution: The United States leads with 30.6% of all nodes, followed by Germany at 13.4%.
- Network Efficiency: The network has undergone consolidation, with the average number of channels per node dropping by 30% between 2020 and 2024 to improve routing efficiency.
- Transaction Volume: Public Lightning volume surged 266% year-over-year in 2025, with the network exceeding $1 billion in monthly transaction volume by February 2026.
This is not good enough and it is not decentralized enough, please stop shilling SOL, it is a shitcoin and most of the users are other shitcoins and memecoins:
"Solana outage
Solana is currently operational with no active outages reported in the last 24 hours. The network has maintained a 16-month streak without a major confirmed outage as of mid-2025, marking its longest period of stability since launch.
The last officially confirmed major incident occurred on February 6, 2024, when the network halted for approximately five hours due to a bug in the program execution system (specifically the BPF loader). This required validators to perform a manual network restart to resume block production.
Prior to 2024, Solana experienced several significant disruptions:
- February 25, 2023: A malfunctioning validator node caused an 18-hour 50-minute outage due to a large block overwhelming the Turbine protocol.
- September 14, 2021: The network was offline for 17 hours following a denial-of-service attack triggered by a Grape Protocol IDO that caused memory overflow.
- 2022: The network faced repeated outages due to network congestion and spam transactions, leading to the rollout of critical stability upgrades like QUIC and stake-weighted quality of service."