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Lightning Wallet MCP

Bitcoin Lightning wallet MCP and CLI for agent payments: invoices, sends, and L402 support.

  • Sato Score81
  • ChainsBitcoin
ActiveUnverifiedActive · 4d ago

Lightning Wallet MCP is an open-source MCP server on Bitcoin, with last code activity on 2026-10-11 (Active). Latest release on 2026-10-11. Sato Score 81/100 (how open, active and verifiable it is, not a safety grade), as of 2026-10-15. How the score works →

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Last commit Sep 22, 2026 · Last release Oct 11, 2026 (v1.9.0) · ★ 9

Listed from github.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp on 2026-07-13. Install: reproduced by Sato Hub on 2026-09-25. Evidence →

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Overview

Lightning Wallet MCP pairs an MCP server with a CLI to give agents a Bitcoin Lightning wallet: creating and paying invoices, sending payments, and L402 (Lightning-paywalled API) support. An agent builder plugs it in to let an agent pay for services and settle machine-to-machine payments over Lightning. MIT-licensed; an agent holding Lightning funds is a custody decision — review key handling before funding.

Sato Score

81/100· High

How open, active & verifiable — not a safety or returns grade.

Maintenance & liveness
35/35
Code transparency
17/20
Interface verifiability
8/10
Docs & demo
6/10
Listing transparency & provenance
12/15
Independent verification
3/10

Deploy path reproduced — install verified in an isolated container (proves installability, not runtime safety).

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Sato Check

v1.9.0 · as of 2026-10-11
Does it take your key?
No key read found
Does your key leave?
Not yet run
Can it move funds on its own?
Unknown
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A profile describes what we read and ran, with dates. It is not a safety rating, an audit or an endorsement, and "not found" is not "not there".

Evidence — listed vs checked · what the words mean

Listed from github.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp on 2026-07-13. Install: reproduced by Sato Hub on 2026-09-25.

ClaimValueEvidenceSourceChecked
Chains supportedBitcoinself-reportedgithub.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcpas of 2026-10-15
Verification statusUnverified — not independently reviewedself-reportedgithub.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcpas of 2026-10-15
Recent activitylast release 2026-10-11 · last commit 2026-09-22observedgithub.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp2026-10-15
Install worksreproduced — install and entry both completedshows the install path works as written; not a statement about runtime behaviour✓ reproducedgithub.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp2026-09-25
Website answersanswered (HTTP 200)observedgithub.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp2026-10-15
Daily check record90 of 90 daily checks since 2026-07-17 succeededa success rate of our checks, not uptime; the source is this listing's own historyobserved—2026-10-14
Takes your keyno private-key read found in what we readtracedsatohub.ai2026-10-11
Key leaves the machinenot yet run with planted test keysthe sandbox lane has not run on this versionobservedsatohub.ainot dated
Moves funds on its ownunknown — could not read what it exposestracedsatohub.ai2026-10-11
Creator profilehttps://github.com/lightningfaucetconfidence 0.80self-reportedgithub.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcpas of 2026-07-14
Deploys asnpmconfidence 0.75self-reportedgithub.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcpas of 2026-07-14
Works withClaude Code, OpenClaw, Cursorconfidence 0.80self-reportedgithub.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcpas of 2026-07-14
Sato Score81/100 (High)how open, active and verifiable — not a safety or quality gradecomputedsatohub.ai2026-10-15

Self-reported rows are the project’s own words, dated when we recorded them — not a check. Only reproduced and reviewed rows carry a mark. None of these rows is a safety or quality rating.

Install — reproduced in a container Sep 25, 2026

Runtime: Node.js

npm install -g lightning-wallet-mcp
npx lightning-wallet-mcp (CLI: lw)

You supply: LIGHTNING_WALLET_API_KEY (obtained via registration), PRE_PAYMENT_HOOK_URL (optional), PRE_PAYMENT_HOOK_TIMEOUT_MS (optional, default 3000), PRE_PAYMENT_HOOK_FAIL_MODE (optional, default 'closed')

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code
claude mcp add satohub-lightning-wallet-mcp -- npx lightning-wallet-mcp

A local server: your client runs this command on your machine. Installing runs third-party software under your own credentials. Sato Hub publishes the documented invocation and, where the harness reproduced it, the date it did — neither is a safety review.

Read from the project’s own docs as of 2026-09-25. What a deploy spec is →

Observed record — 91 daily checks since 2026-07-17

100%of 91 checks since 2026-07-17 succeeded
Currently responding for 91 days
Succeeded
91
Failed
0
Their error
0
Unattributed
0

This is the share of our daily checks that succeeded — not an availability guarantee. A check can fail because the host was down, because our runner timed out, or because the network in between dropped it, and only the first of those is a fact about this project. Failures are split by what we can attribute; anything we cannot attribute is counted, not hidden. 46 of these checks predate 2026-09-01, when the probe counted a bot-block (HTTP 403) as a failure and recorded no reason for any failure. Every one of them passed, so the rate covers them too.

Last 30 days — to 2026-10-15, one point per UTC day

Share of OUR checks that succeeded
100%
7-day rolling; unattributable days are gaps · 30/30 days
Tools listed
fewer than 2 points—
from the server's own tools/list · 0/30 days
Sato Score
81
as snapshotted that day · 29/30 days

A gap is a day we have no attributable observation — never a zero. Thirty points is the whole shape the free layer carries; the daily rows behind it stay in the snapshot series.

Details

Chains
Bitcoin
Agent types
MCP Server, Payments
Open source
Yes
Deploys as
npm
Works with
Claude Code, OpenClaw, Cursor
Last checked
2026-10-15

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#mcp#lightning-network#bitcoin#payments#l402

Where Lightning Wallet MCP fits

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Related concepts: How Agents Use Wallets, What Are Onchain Agents?

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Releaselightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp4d ago

lightning-wallet-mcp v1.9.0

v1.9.0

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Releaselightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp22d ago

lightning-wallet-mcp v1.8.0

release v1.8.0: rebuild dist for the prediction market tools

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Releaselightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp29d ago

lightning-wallet-mcp v1.7.0

release v1.7.0: Agent Arena tools (arena_list/join/play/entry/leaderb…

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Releaselightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcpSep 11, 2026

lightning-wallet-mcp v1.6.1

pay_l402_api reports a first-party call that the backend refunded (for example an upstream fetch that failed after payment) as not paid, with refunded_sats , instead of a paid success. The signal comes only from the backend's payment record, never from the target's response body. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/lightning-wallet-mcp/v/1.6.1

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GitHub ↗
Releaselightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcpSep 11, 2026

lightning-wallet-mcp v1.6.0

npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/lightning-wallet-mcp/v/1.6.0

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GitHub ↗

Listing History

Recorded changes to Lightning Wallet MCP's listing — status, verification, Sato Score, and recent releases. Full history is kept in the listing record.

  1. Oct 11, 2026
    New release published
  2. Sep 25, 2026
    Verified: deploy spec
  3. Sep 22, 2026
    New release published
  4. Sep 11, 2026
    Sato Score tier: Medium → High
    Score 63 → 73.
  5. Sep 11, 2026
    4 releases tracked
    Showing the 2 most recent. Full release history is retained in the listing record.
  6. Aug 2, 2026
    Sato Score tier: High → Medium
    Score 70 → 60.
  7. Jul 18, 2026
    Sato Hub began tracking this listing
  8. Jul 14, 2026
    Enriched: deployment options
  9. Jul 14, 2026
    Auto-enriched: creator profile url, supported integrations
  10. Jul 14, 2026
    Listed on Sato Hub

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Questions people ask about Lightning Wallet MCP

Is Lightning Wallet MCP open source?
Yes. Lightning Wallet MCP is open source under the MIT license; the repository is https://github.com/lightningfaucet/lightning-wallet-mcp. Checked as of 2026-10-15.
Which chains does Lightning Wallet MCP support?
Lightning Wallet MCP lists support for Bitcoin as of 2026-10-15.
Is Lightning Wallet MCP still maintained?
The most recent code activity Sato Hub observed was on 2026-10-11 (last commit 2026-09-22, last release 2026-10-11), which Sato Hub labels "Active". Posts on X are not counted as maintenance. Activity is a recency signal, not a quality judgment.
How do I install or run Lightning Wallet MCP?
Node.js. Install: npm install -g lightning-wallet-mcp. Entry: npx lightning-wallet-mcp (CLI: lw). Sato Hub reproduced this install in a container on 2026-09-25. It runs as an MCP server (npx lightning-wallet-mcp (stdio)).
Is Lightning Wallet MCP verified on Sato Hub?
Sato Hub holds one earned check for Lightning Wallet MCP: Deploy path reproduced — install verified in an isolated container (proves installability, not runtime safety). Its Sato Score is 81 of 100, a measure of how open, active and verifiable the project is, not a safety, quality or returns grade.
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