Lightning coverage connects software releases with the practical questions of channels, routing, liquidity and payments. A conceptual channel diagram is an illustration, not a measured map of the network.
The notebook / 01
Releases keep their own clock
The daily issue records the upstream LND release and publication timestamp. Its beta suffix is retained when present in the official version name; draft and release-candidate records do not pass the stable-release parser. The label is not a certification of safety.
The notebook / 02
Capacity is not payment volume
Publicly visible channel capacity cannot establish private-channel capacity or the value of payments routed over an interval. A useful chart must describe visibility, sampling time and method. Do not turn a public capacity sum into a revenue or adoption estimate.
For community and artist payments, invoices, expiry and payment-state reconciliation matter. The magazine introduces those questions without activating an invoice service or controlling funds.