---
title: "Overview"
description: "ln.bot gives any application — or any AI agent — a Bitcoin Lightning wallet through APIs, SDKs, and an MCP server."
updatedAt: "2026-02-28"
order: 0
tags: ["overview", "getting-started", "lightning", "ai-agents"]
---

# ln.bot

ln.bot gives any application — or any AI agent — a Bitcoin Lightning wallet. No node to run, no channels to manage, no protocol internals. You make API calls; ln.bot handles the infrastructure.

## What you get

**A wallet with a Lightning address.** Every wallet gets an address like `agent01@ln.bot` that can receive sats from any Lightning wallet in the world.

**Instant payments.** Send and receive sats in milliseconds. Internal transfers between ln.bot wallets are free.

**Multiple interfaces.** CLI for humans, REST API for code, MCP server for AI agents, SDKs for TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, and C#.

**L402 support.** Built-in support for the L402 protocol — create challenges, verify tokens, and pay paywalls. Turn any API into a paid service without signup flows or billing.

## How agents use it

An AI agent with an ln.bot wallet can:

- **Receive payments** by sharing its Lightning address or generating invoices
- **Send payments** to any Lightning address, LNURL, or BOLT11 invoice
- **Pay for APIs** automatically when encountering L402 paywalls
- **Monetize its own services** by gating endpoints behind L402

The [MCP server](/docs/mcp) connects AI agents (Claude, Cursor, etc.) directly to Lightning — the agent discovers available tools and calls them natively.

## Get started

The fastest way to get going:

```
curl -fsSL https://ln.bot/install.sh | bash && lnbot init
```

This installs the CLI and creates your first wallet. From there:

- [Quick Start](/docs/quickstart) — four steps to a working wallet
- [CLI Reference](/docs/cli) — every command, with examples
- [MCP Server](/docs/mcp) — connect an AI agent
- [REST API](/docs/api) — programmatic access
- [SDKs](/docs/sdks) — native libraries for five languages