Paul Sztorc says Bitcoiners are fooling themselves about Lightning
- —Sztorc claims custodial services account for more than 80% of Lightning payments
- —Lightning processed $1.17 billion across 5.22 million transactions in November 2025
- —Transaction count peaked at 6.6 million in August 2023
- —Bosworth says non-custodial Lightning payments lag far behind tap to pay in speed
Why it matters: If most Lightning payments flow through custodians, Bitcoin's payment story starts to resemble the traditional system it was meant to bypass.
Source: Crypto Briefing