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TLDR: a LN address is practically a caller to a LNURL server that creates a LN invoice from that call. That's all.

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how to turn a lightning username into a lnurl?

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1. Read https://lightningaddress.com also on https://github.com/lnurl/luds
2. You can test the fiatjaf decoder https://lnurl.fiatjaf.com/codec/ (right now is offline maybe for tech issues, try later this link).

TLDR: a LN address is practically a caller to a LNURL server that creates a LN invoice from that call. That's all.