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pith:6XNPWV5U

pith:2019:6XNPWV5UFJKFUBMNFLF2OLIMXQ

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The evolution of Lightning Network's Topology during its first year and the influence over its core values

Stefano Martinazzi

arxiv:1902.07307 v1 · 2019-01-25 · cs.CR

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Shared Channel Capacity and Node Lifetime: An Empirical Study of the Lightning Network

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First computed	2026-05-17T23:53:08.311962Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
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f5dafb57b42a545a058d2acba72d0cbc145aa657ea5e56edb18efa6f7532e41b

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arxiv: 1902.07307 · arxiv_version: 1902.07307v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1902.07307 · pith_short_12: 6XNPWV5UFJKF · pith_short_16: 6XNPWV5UFJKFUBMN · pith_short_8: 6XNPWV5U

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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/6XNPWV5UFJKFUBMNFLF2OLIMXQ \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
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