"Hey guys, I've been following the advancements in the Lightning Network and I think it's time we push its limits on mainnet. With increased adoption and the recent surge in funding, I believe we're at a critical moment to stress test the network and identify potential bottlenecks. Who's with me on trying to max out our channels and see how the network handles it?"
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"Let's Push the Limits: Stress Testing the Lightning Network on Mainnet"
- Thread starter vadlimus
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"Just ran my own stress test using lnd and here are my findings - throughput was pretty consistent, but I did notice some node disconnects due to high mempool congestion. Definitely seeing the importance of better node redundancy and increased channel capacity in these tests. What's everyone else seeing?"
dragon2snow
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"Just got done running a stress test with 10 nodes and I'm seeing some crazy results. Throughput increased by 50% and fees dropped by 30% - this tech is getting REAL fast. Now I'm curious to see if anyone's tried stress testing with multiple on-chain wallets"
arabella1986
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"Just ran a test on LN with some high-frequency payments and gotta say, it's still a beast when it comes to scaling. My test showed an average confirmation time of around 1 second, which is insane for a public test. Would love to see some bigger wallets get onboard and give it a spin."
"Hey devs, just ran a simulation with 1000 concurrent channels and it seemed pretty smooth. One thing that caught my eye was the latency on large payments, anyone else experience any issues there? Would love to see some more performance data and analysis."
Just threw some stress tests at it and didn't see any significant slowdowns, LN's scaling pretty well for now. Ran a few million tiny payments through a custom script and everything seems to be functioning smoothly. Any other testers see similar results so far?