Bitcoin Lightning Network Capacity

Total BTC liquidity and active channels enabling instant, low-cost Bitcoin transactions

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How to call

Request format

GET 
curl -X GET "https://newhedge.io/api/v2/metrics/lightning-network-capacity/METRIC_NAME?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN"
Query params

api_token (required) — 24 character token.

Path params

:metric_name — one of the metric names listed below.

Responses

200 with JSON payload, 401 for missing/invalid token, 404 for missing resources.

Metrics

Each metric is fetched independently. Responses are trimmed samples to show structure.

2 metrics
Metric

Lightning Network Capacity

Data used by the Bitcoin Lightning Network Capacity chart.

Endpoint 
https://newhedge.io/api/v2/metrics/lightning-network-capacity/lightning_network_capacity?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN

Replace `YOUR_TOKEN` with your API token.

Sample response
200 Successful response 
[
  [
    1771545600000,
    5055.79018058
  ],
  [
    1771632000000,
    5049.40277661
  ],
  [
    1771718400000,
    5064.83734947
  ]
]
Metric

Lightning Channel Count

Data used by the Bitcoin Lightning Network Capacity chart.

Endpoint 
https://newhedge.io/api/v2/metrics/lightning-network-capacity/lightning_channel_count?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN

Replace `YOUR_TOKEN` with your API token.

Sample response
200 Successful response 
[
  [
    1766534400000,
    42189
  ],
  [
    1766620800000,
    42233
  ],
  [
    1766707200000,
    42186
  ]
]