How Lightning Address Works

September 3, 2022

More experienced users know, that nowadays you can send satoshis directly to Lightning Address in user@domain format. But how exactly does this work? In this short article I would like to explain it to those who do not know it. At the same time, I will describe the basics of Lightning invoices and LNURL-pay protocol. This article by @heisenberg was published on stacker.news website. Contribute. Lightning invoices basics # Lightning Invoices are nowadays the standard for sending and receiving funds on the Lightning Network. ...