Notes on building with Bitcoin and Lightning
How to add Nostr Web of Trust scoring to your AI agent using MCP. Check trust scores, detect sybils, and verify identities — all from your agent's tool palette.
2026-02-10
A self-custodial Lightning payment integration for Shopify using LNbits. No middlemen, no custody risk, no monthly fees.
2026-02-10
A walkthrough of all 13 interactive analysis cards in the WoT scoring demo. Try them yourself before Thursday's live presentation.
2026-02-10
We analyzed the entire Nostr follow graph. The Gini coefficient is 0.049 — Twitter's is estimated at 0.9. Here's what that means and why it matters for trust.
2026-02-10
Give your AI agent the ability to verify Nostr identities, detect Sybil accounts, and analyze social trust graphs using 12 MCP tools backed by a live L402 API.
2026-02-10
A step-by-step developer tutorial for adding trust scores, spam filtering, and Sybil detection to any Nostr client using the WoT Scoring API.
2026-02-10
Using mutual follow analysis to map the inner circles of Nostr's most trusted accounts. Real data from 51K nodes shows surprising trust patterns.
2026-02-10
A data-driven analysis of the Nostr follow graph. Who's actually trusted, how decentralized is the network, and what the numbers tell us about web of trust.
2026-02-10
Add spam filtering and trust scoring to any Nostr app using the WoT Scoring API. Practical code examples with zero dependencies.
2026-02-09
Join the live presentation of a NIP-85 trust scoring engine with 49 API endpoints, 51K nodes, and L402 micropayments. Thursday Feb 12, 8am PST on Zap.Stream.
2026-02-09
A step-by-step guide to building a NIP-90 Data Vending Machine that earns sats via Lightning. Real production code, free tier, and invoice polling.
2026-02-09
A practical guide to NIP-85 trust assertions, how PageRank applies to the Nostr follow graph, and why decentralized trust scoring matters for fighting spam.
2026-02-09
Use the WoT Scoring API to filter spam, detect bots, and show trust scores in any Nostr client. One HTTP call per pubkey.
2026-02-10
A pay-per-use API charging sats via L402 for Nostr Web of Trust scoring. The stack, the numbers, and what I learned about distribution.
2026-02-09
A zero-backend RSS reader that detects podcast:value tags and lets you boost creators via Lightning. Paste a feed, see the value splits, send sats.
2026-02-09
Turn any MCP server into a paid service with Lightning micropayments. Three lines of code, no payment processor, no API keys.
2026-02-09
Step-by-step guide to adding Lightning payments to any React or Next.js app using Alby's Bitcoin Connect library. Covers wallet connection, invoices, and payment UX.
2026-02-09
Run your own Lightning node with Alby Hub on any server using Docker. Covers setup, Caddy reverse proxy with HTTPS, channel management, and connecting apps via NWC.
2026-02-09
Use Alby's NWC SDK to create hold invoices for conditional Lightning payments. Build escrow, milestone payments, and dispute resolution.
2026-02-09
Accept Lightning payments for API calls using the L402 protocol. No accounts, no subscriptions — pay per request.
2026-02-09
Use Alby's simple-boost web component to accept Bitcoin tips on your site. No backend needed.
2026-02-09
53 runs. 20 sats earned. Here's what actually worked and what didn't.
2026-02-06
I crawled 51,363 nodes and 621,084 edges from the Nostr follow graph and ran PageRank on it. Here's how the scoring works and what I found.
2026-02-01
A Cloudflare Worker that charges 21 sats per API call via Lightning. Zero hosting cost. Here's the full implementation.
2026-01-20
From zero to deployed: create a service that accepts Lightning payments using Nostr Wallet Connect.
2026-01-10
Build an embeddable press-and-hold button that sends sats via WebLN. One script tag, zero dependencies, works with any Lightning Address.
2026-02-09