Network views tend to be the view of the network from a single node, or small selection of nodes. They are not complete views of the network. This is impossible to achieve. Even if many node views were combined, it would still be incomplete.
These network views, or network maps, have been termed 'visualisers' by the LN community.
reksplorer was among the first LN visualiser tools.
https://github.com/chemicstry/recksplorer
Example sites:
https://bl.ocks.org/tyzbit/e41587d241b0ab0f38273dc4b8dd571e
View with a VR viewer for full effect. 3D force maps in VR.
https://bl.ocks.org/tyzbit/d1c83732d2767bb955125d41f5921888
There are two visualisers at Robtex:
A. Animated paths
https://www.robtex.com/lightning/path/
B. Robtex Visualizer
https://www.robtex.com/lightning/visualize/
Top 314 channels
https://www.robtex.com/lightning/visualize/?num=314
Historical view, example early January 2018
https://www.robtex.com/lightning/visualize/?ut=1516040305
bitcoinexchangerate.org has a network map of the Lightning Network.
https://bitcoinexchangerate.org/lightning
The Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine mainnet has a visual component.
https://1ml.com/visual/network
This is a web-based tool for interacting with your node, but it also has a new map view now.
Lightning Network Daemon Explorer http://lndexplorer.com/
Lightning Network Daemon Explorer Map https://graph.lndexplorer.com/
Github:
3d rendering from a single node on the mainnet network, in Africa
https://lnd3.vanilla.co.za/graphs/index.html
3d rendering from 4 nodes on the mainnet network
https://lnd3.vanilla.co.za/multinodegraphs/index.html
Blockchaincaffe has a mainnet view of the network over a geographical map, similar to the original ACINQ Explorer.
https://blockchaincaffe.org/map/
Graphviz output, takes a while to render, or a very wide SVG image, shown below with considerable zoom on a section.
lncli describegraph --render
Unfortunately not a map view yet; a measure of network capacity in BTC
https://p2sh.info/dashboard/db/lightning-network
Unfortunately not a map view yet; visual metrics relating to the Lightning network
https://bitcoinvisuals.com/lightning
Unfortunately not a map view yet; visual metrics relating to the Lightning network
Unfortunately not a map view yet; general node explorer site
Lighting Network: Import the topology to the Neo4j Graph database
Here we describe how to export a node's local view of the network topology to a Neo4j database.
Jason Wong has customised Recksplorer for LTC mainnet
Another implemention is available at https://ltc.roska.life/
3d rendering from a single node on the LTC mainnet network, in Africa
https://lnd4.vanilla.co.za/graphs/index.html
https://bl.ocks.org/tyzbit/ade826eb5363e02196c0940b2bf15d03
https://bl.ocks.org/bretton/4a51ab6aeba8e7a836840aed727566ad
2018-01-31
Playing about with the output of lncli describegraph. Each dot is a node that my node has seen in the last 48 hours.
The size of the dot is the amount of inbound connections it has open.
http://graph.ln.eightsquared.co.uk/
Rstudio script to grab the latest describegraph state from my server and create a simpleNetwork graph. Easier to viz as html export
http://rpubs.com/callmekurisu/lnd
Code:
#LND Network Graph
#By @callmekurisu
library(rjson)
library(networkD3)
library(igraph)
json_data <- fromJSON(file="http://adwatcher.hopto.org:7777/graph/")
#intialize source and target variables
src <- json_data$edges[[1:1]]$node1_pub
target <- json_data$edges[[1:1]]$node2_pub
#interate through node data
for (i in (2:length(json_data$edges))){
src <- append(src, json_data$edges[[i:i]]$node1_pub)
target <- append(target, json_data$edges[[i:i]]$node2_pub)
}
graphData <- data.frame(src,target)
# Plot
simpleNetwork(graphData)
This is a web-based tool for interacting with your node, but it also has a map view and is being included here on that basis.
Lightning Network Daemon Explorer http://lndexplorer.com/
Demo Page Network View: http://demo1.lndexplorer.com/network
Github: https://github.com/altangent/lnd-explorer
This a visualizer for the Bitcoin Lightning Network. It can apply to mainnet or testnet depending what mode LND is running under.
https://github.com/altangent/lightning-viz
The Lightning Network Search and Analysis Engine for testnet has a visual component.
https://1ml.com/testnet/visual/network
University project visualiser using LND and vis.js.
https://www.reddit.com/r/lightningnetwork/comments/8s7z5o/my_lightning_testnet_visualisermonitor/
Less an active explorer mapping view, more an example of a snapshot as art piece.
"Measuring 24"x36" inches, the Lightning Network Testnet as of February 25th featured 2832 nodes and 15747 channels. This is a showcase of the early adoption of the Lightning Network which makes for a wonderful conversation piece!"
https://lynxartcollection.com/collections/crypto-artwork/products/lightning-network-testnet
Graphviz output, takes a while to render, or a very wide SVG image, shown below with considerable zoom on a section.
lncli describegraph --render
