L402 (Lightning HTTP 402)

active payments

Authentication + payment over HTTP using Lightning macaroons; widely adopted for paywalled APIs.

Sponsor
Lightning Labs / Fewsats
Year
2024
Tags
payments,lightning,bitcoin
Spec
https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/l402

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