| name | lncurl |
| description | Disposable Lightning wallets via lncurl.lol. Use for temporary wallets, testing, or bootstrapping child agents. |
lncurl
Disposable Lightning wallets. One curl. That's it.
Overview
- No signup, no KYC
- Cost: 1 sat/hour maintenance
- Wallets auto-delete when empty
- Best for: temporary wallets, testing, bootstrapping child agents
Quick Start
Create Wallet
curl -X POST https://lncurl.lol
The NWC URI contains:
| Component | Use |
|---|
lud16 | Lightning address (receive sats) |
secret | Auth key for NWC operations |
Optional: attach a last message
curl -X POST https://lncurl.lol -d 'message=YOLO'
Economics
- Create: Free
- Maintenance: 1 sat/hour (24 sats/day)
- Fund ~100–500 sats for short-term use
- Wallets are permanently deleted when they can't pay the hourly charge
Fund Your Wallet
Your wallet starts at 0 sats. Fund it via:
Use the Wallet
Install the Alby payments skill to give your agent full wallet capabilities
(send, receive, check balance, list transactions):
npx skills add getAlby/payments-skill
Skill reference: https://github.com/getAlby/payments-skill
Once installed, store the NWC URI in ~/.alby-cli/connection-secret.key or follow the skill's setup instructions.
Storage
{
"nwc_uri": "nostr+walletconnect://...",
"lud16": "...@getalby.com"
}
Wallet Details
- Protocol: Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) — NIP-47
- Rate limit: 10 wallets per hour per IP
- Custodial — ideal for agents doing quick tests, NOT for storing large amounts
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