Lightning Labs⚡️🌐

AI agents can write code, send emails, and make phone calls. But they still can't transact. Today we're fixing that. Releasing a new set of tools that give agents native access to the Lightning Network: lnget for automatic L402 payments, MCP for node operations, remote signing for key isolation, and scoped credentials for spending control. The machine-payable web starts now. And bitcoin makes it possible. ⚡🦞 lightning.engineering/posts/2026-02-…

Enjoyed @waithiraah and @statusquont's session exploring how lightning⚡ acts as bitcoin's translation layer, with real-world lessons from building @tando_me. Btw, over 40 million Kenyans can now have lightning addresses tied to their phone numbers.🔥

#SPEDN zinyoka@blink.sv btcmap.org/merchant/3108 This isn't speculation—this is Bitcoin adoption in action. 🪙⚡️ Local students in South Africa are closing the loop by spending their sats directly at Jabulani Shop No. 3 using tap-and-go NFC Bolt cards. A self-sustaining Bitcoin economy built from the ground up, proving that the Lightning Network is the ultimate tool for financial inclusion. Empowering youth, empowering local business. Incredible work by @BitcoinEkasi! 🇿🇦 @bolt_card

L402 is now live on NanoGPT! Access, or have your agent access, all AI models and tools without ever needing to create an account, on @lightning rails. 10% discount on these calls compared to using the API normally!

Lightning Network is scaling wonderfully.

Agent-to-agent. Agent-to-human. Human-to-agent. Lightning Network + L402 make payments native to the web. Lightning Enable makes it simple to monetize an API, endpoint, agent tool, or Shopify store with instant Lightning payments. lightningenable.com

Day 2 of @sbc_americas Come by booth 1083. Operators are loving instant, global, near zero fees over Lightning network.

TREZOR JUST MADE HARDWARE WALLETS VENDING-MACHINE READY. At BTC Prague, users can grab a Trezor directly from a vending machine and pay with Bitcoin over the Lightning Network. Self-custody meets instant BTC payments. @Trezor 👏

The Bitcoin Lightning Network is ready for institutions ✅ This integration with @bitgo increases the liquidity depth in lightning enabling larger payments with enterprise reliability for @ambosstech customers.

BitGo is expanding its Lightning Network offering with a new way for institutions to earn. Lightning Earn lets corporate bitcoin treasury companies and institutional allocators deploy their bitcoin as liquidity on the Lightning Network, receiving bitcoin-denominated routing fees in return. Powered by an integration with @AmbossTech rails, the offering comes with the security controls, operational workflows, and governance infrastructure BitGo clients expect. Read more: businesswire.com/news/home/2026…

Cómo se lleva Bitcoin y Lightning a los mexicanos 🌮🇲🇽 de verdad? @gustavojfe de @AureoBitcoin cuenta toda la historia en el Bitcoin Lightning AI Summit LATAM. Adopción real, sin humo. Charla completa 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=eDUeX8…

✅ Day 3 of our Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Kisumu, Kenya. Today was all about the Lightning Network. We explored how Lightning works under the hood, covering payment channels, liquidity, routing, invoices, HTLCs, and the role Lightning plays in enabling instant, low cost Bitcoin payments at scale. Participants gained a deeper understanding of how Lightning extends Bitcoin and unlocks entirely new possibilities for payments and financial innovation. Of course, the learning didn't stop at theory. We got hands on, giving participants the opportunity to interact with Lightning tools and apply the concepts they had learned. We were also joined by some incredible guests. A special thank you to @BrindonMwiine for stopping by and inspiring the developers with his insights, experience, and encouragement. Shoutout to @colmwanga for showcasing what's possible when building on Lightning through real world products like Minmo, BitSacco, and Fedi. Demonstrations like these help bridge the gap between learning the technology and seeing its impact in the real world. Finally, none of this would be possible without the support of our sponsors. Thank you to @btrustteam, @HRF, @Tether_Africa, @Zone01Kisumu, @LakeHub @afribitcoiners, and @planb_network for investing in the next generation of Bitcoin and Lightning developers across Africa. 🚀

Bitcoin at the speed of light. ⚡ The Lightning Network is now officially LIVE on SINEGY. Say goodbye to network congestion and waiting for block confirmations. Experience near-instant settlements and ultra-low fees on desktop & mobile today. Full guide on SIGNALS: signals.sinegy.com/signals/what-i… #Bitcoin #LightningNetwork $BTC

A simple USSD menu on a basic phone triggers a real, instant Lightning Network transaction on the backend. No internet, no smartphone, zero friction for the end user. This is how Rurbit connects rural communities directly to the global Bitcoin economy. 🧡

Another amazing product born out of our Lightning Developer Bootcamp in Bujumbura. ⚡ Huge kudos to the team behind this for turning their ideas into reality. Keep building! 🚀

Announcing LND v0.21: Grown Up, Sped Up, Locked Down 🌱 The 21st release lands on the number every bitcoiner knows 🟠 Onion messaging, private message relay without revealing sender or route 🧅 Simple taproot channels hit production for on-chain privacy 🌳 Native SQL and better sync for faster queries and startup ⏩ Read more and upgrade today: lightning.engineering/posts/2026-06-…

Tokyo Bitcoin Baseでは、tanakeiさん制作の「Lightning Network Model」を展示させていただいております。 この場をお借りして、心より御礼申し上げます。 本当にありがとうございます🙇‍♀️ 頂いたモデルは、Lightning Networkの学習や展示にて大切に活用させていただきます！

Chris Ritter from @ZeusLN joins me to discuss earning yield through routing on Bitcoin’s Lightning network today. Bitcoin-denominated, self custodial income on a rapidly growing network. (00:00) – Introduction to Lightning Economics (04:23) – Understanding Bitcoin Treasury Strategies (09:08) – The Evolution of Lightning Network Routing (14:45) – Growth and Volume in the Lightning Network (19:57) – Centralization Trends in the Lightning Network (25:08) – Security Considerations in Lightning (29:30) - Zeus White (35:05) – AI and Lightning (39:33) - Zeus Wallet - graduated approach (41:34) - Closing Thoughts

@LN_Faucet You can only truly appreciate the Lightning Network once you understand it. It’s truly genius! I wrote a chapter about it if anyone wants to learn how it works: diveintobitcoin.com/the-lightning-…

Los agentes de IA ya se pagan entre ellos por sus servicios. Hermes y OpenClaw pueden interactuar y transaccionar a través de Lightning Network y L402. Esto ya es el presente. Imagínense lo que va a estar pasando en 4 o 5 meses. Qué momento tan especial para estar vivo!!!

A @NousResearch Hermes agent and an @openclaw agent, both running @grok as their brain, just paid each other in real Bitcoin over L402 on @lightning Network. Hermes, on the new Hermes Desktop app, posted a 20-sat bounty for a research summary on the latest Lightning Network, Bitcoin, L402, and agentic payments news. OpenClaw discovered the bounty on its own, did the actual research, and submitted a complete summary with sources. It competed against other autonomous agents and won on merit. Hermes released 20 sats over Lightning. No human moved a single sat. Two different agent frameworks. One brain: grok. Real autonomous work paid in real Bitcoin, settled over L402 on Lightning Network. This is the agentic economy. @lightningmodeAI