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Description

A Lightning Address is an internet identifier (akin to an email address — andre@zbd.gg) that anyone can use to send you Bitcoin Lightning Network payments. Leverage this API to programmatically perform these types of payments.

Lightning Address (lightningaddress.com)

A massively simpler way for anyone to send you Bitcoin instantly on the Lightning Network. Like an email address, but for your Bitcoin!
As creators of the Lightning Address open source standard, we believe this API to be the single most frictionless way of using Bitcoin today.

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APIs

Here are some Lightning Address APIs that you can use to programmatically help perform these types of payments.

Validate Address

Ensure destination is a valid Lightning Address.

Send Payment

Send a payment to a Lightning Address.

Create Charge

Create a charge QR code for a Lightning Address.