JAjanandonly·Apr 5, 2026Submission
Satsgate: Monetize AI Agents and APIs with Lightning L402
2 points · Open discussionMike-io-hash
satsgate
Python2026–2026
Mike-io-hash / satsgate
satsgate
Let AI agents and apps pay per request in sats. Drop-in Lightning L402 paywall for any API. Payments go straight to your Lightning Address, no accounts, no KYC, no custody. Self-host or use the hosted API.
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5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
7GitHub stars
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What it is
Let AI agents and apps pay per request in sats. Drop-in Lightning L402 paywall for any API. Payments go straight to your Lightning Address, no accounts, no KYC, no custody. Self-host or use the hosted API.
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What Hacker News says
5 sourcesUsers pay your Lightning Address; satsgate verifies the unlock (non‑custodial)
1 points · Open discussionMonetize AI Agents and APIs with Lightning L402 (HTTP 402)
1 points · Open discussionSatsgate: A Lightning L402 paywall and prepaid credits for APIs/AI agents
3 points · Open discussionHi HN — I've been hacking on satsgate, an open-source FastAPI service to charge per API call using Lightning and the L402 (HTTP 402) flow.
The basic idea: your endpoint returns a 402 challenge with an invoice + macaroon; the client pays, gets the preimage, and retries with `Authorization: L402 <macaroon>:<preimage>`. satsgate handles invoice creation/verification and adds a simple credits layer (1 credit = 1 successful verification), plus a ledger and basic usage forecasting for operators.
Hosted beta: https://api.satsgate.org (docs: https://api.satsgate.org/docs). It's also self-hostable (Docker compose is in the repo).
I'm looking for 3–10 beta operators to integrate it into a real endpoint and tell me what’s missing. If you're up for it, open a “Beta Operator (Hosted)” issue:
https://github.com/Mike-io-hash/satsgate/issues/new/choose
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ould love feedback on the API shape and whether the credits model makes sense.