In April, THNDR Games, a Bitcoin game developer, distributed 13.92% of its payments to users in the United States through the Lightning Network (LN), while more than half of the payments were made to nine other countries where LN usage had largely gone unnoticed.
Kevin Rooke, a Bitcoin enthusiast, shared data indicating that only 13% of THNDR Games’ Lightning Network payments in April went to US users, suggesting that the LN’s global payment reach is expanding.
Lightning adoption is truly global.
— Kevin Rooke (@kerooke) April 27, 2023
Just 13% of @THNDRGAMES Lightning payments in April went to US-based users, with a collection of countries across the world following closely behind.
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THNDR Games uses LN, a layer-2 payment system built on top of the Bitcoin network, to enable instantaneous micro-transactions in its games, allowing players worldwide to earn and spend BTC. The majority of THNDR Games’ users are from emerging economies, which have become a popular markets for Bitcoin businesses.
According to Rooke’s data, six of the top ten countries in THNDR Games’ April payment distribution came from the global south, indicating that LN is gaining traction in developing economies with unstable currency markets and slow social growth.
