lncurl

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

Quick Start

Create Wallet

curl -X POST https://lncurl.lol
# Returns NWC URI: nostr+walletconnect://...

Parse URI

Component	Use
lud16	Lightning address (receive sats)
secret	Auth for NWC operations

Fund & Use

# Send sats to the lud16 address
# Then use the NWC URI with any NWC-compatible tool

Economics

• Create: Free
• Maintenance: 1 sat/hour (24 sats/day)
• Fund ~100-500 sats for short-term use

Storage

// ~/.lncurl/wallet.json
{
  "nwc_uri": "nostr+walletconnect://...",
  "lud16": "[e-mail]"
}

⚠️ Custodial — for production/long-term, use your own Alby Hub.

References

• Service: https://lncurl.lol
• Docs: https://lncurl.lol/llms.txt
• NWC: https://nwc.dev