LNBϟG on Nostr: Regarding your question, if we are talking about the capacity of a single node that ...
Regarding your question, if we are talking about the capacity of a single node that is shown in the statistics on all Lightning Explorers, this is basically the sum of local balances plus the sum of balances on the other side. In other words, it is the sum of the capacity of all channels that the node has with other nodes. In the network graph, you cannot see which part of the balance one node has and which part the other node has. Therefore, if we look at the capacity of a node, it is always just the sum of all channel capacities of that node. Only public ones, because private channels are not visible in the graph, and you will not see this in the statistics in such Lightning Network Explorers as, for example, amboss.space.
As for the capacity of the entire network itself, here it is also similar, but slightly different. Here it is simply the sum of all channels that are publicly visible.
So, let's take an example. Suppose there is a #LightningNetwork consisting of only two nodes. One node has one channel with the other, and that node has the same channel with this one. That is, there are two participants in this network and one channel, one BTC. Then, if there were a viewer of the Lightning Network, we would see that node A has a network capacity of 1, node B has a network capacity of 1. The entire network capacity would also show us 1. But if we sum the capacities displayed by both nodes, we get a double value of 2 BTC. But in reality, the network #capacity is only 1.
So, if you go to some explorer now and try to sum the capacities displayed there for each node, their total sum will be exactly double the volume that is currently shown for the entire Lightning Network capacity.
Currently, the figure is about 5300 BTC. So, if you sum the capacities of all nodes, you will get approximately a figure of 10600 #BTC.
As for the capacity of the entire network itself, here it is also similar, but slightly different. Here it is simply the sum of all channels that are publicly visible.
So, let's take an example. Suppose there is a #LightningNetwork consisting of only two nodes. One node has one channel with the other, and that node has the same channel with this one. That is, there are two participants in this network and one channel, one BTC. Then, if there were a viewer of the Lightning Network, we would see that node A has a network capacity of 1, node B has a network capacity of 1. The entire network capacity would also show us 1. But if we sum the capacities displayed by both nodes, we get a double value of 2 BTC. But in reality, the network #capacity is only 1.
So, if you go to some explorer now and try to sum the capacities displayed there for each node, their total sum will be exactly double the volume that is currently shown for the entire Lightning Network capacity.
Currently, the figure is about 5300 BTC. So, if you sum the capacities of all nodes, you will get approximately a figure of 10600 #BTC.