Let’s be honest: Bitcoin invoices kinda suck.
So we fixed them. 🫡
Introducing Payment Links — the easiest way to get paid in Bitcoin over Lightning ⚡️
Just send a link.
Anyone can pay instantly:
- scan a QR code from any LN Wallet, or
- click Pay with Wallet
No friction. No explaining invoices. It just works.
When FOSS?
Lnurl is entire standardized protocol for "pays", "withdrawals" and even authentication.
LOL you just contradict yourself.
1st you said that "Bitcoin invoices kinda suck."
That literally is a QR code.
Then you say
That is LITERALLY the same thing. So you didn't fix anything. Because nothing is broken. It is as it supposed to be.
This is a LN Invoice:
lnbc30n1p5h5094pp5sl7rszq5g6e88swj9cg4hd5ddc6ftmd0wlnq88n78my43mq6g4dsdqjgdk82c3qfaexzmn8v5cqzzsxqyz5vqsp5ue6eey3cxqgsfqpl0zqq4u0tsume6qtsatawmvcr87hywxczq0cs9p4gqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqpqysgqe5t9car400jjehl7espkhdqmy7jcjtnkxejdwfhnvt4ew9l9p68sskn9js9ltv5dh6z0lkxgqv0sl8j0z8whxe7gqdj4afvr93n8excq45f2uk
Can you scan it?
Can you click it?
No.
This is a payment link:
https://ln.cluborange.org/i/l8jx6cla
Can you scan it?
Can you click it?
Yes.
Wrong use of a LN invoice.
A LN invoice that in fact is a QR code it is used mostly face 2 face.
If is used in a browser, is also presented as a QR code.
I do not use to copy paste LN invoice codes, because it could end up wrong.
So your example with a LN string is a wrong assumption that people are using LN like that.
Any decent LN wallet will create a QR code to be scanned, so which is "your fix" into LN invoices?
Yes, when you create an invoice on Club Orange or an other LN Wallet, you get a long string + a QR code. However if you share that QR code, the recipient usually needs a second device to scan it.
With a Payment Link, it just works no matter what:
• on mobile, tap Pay with Wallet
• on desktop, scan the QR code
No device juggling. No friction.
Wrong again. Most of decent LN wallets already have the option to insert an image file with a QR and convert it into a payment request directly. No scan, no copy paste.
So you didn't "fix the LN invoice", you just create a link payment that is the same.
Can you give me an example of a LN wallet that does that?
Zeus. When is about to scan with camera, on top right you have the icon to insert any image file with a QR.
I think also Alby browser extension can be configured to open lnbc strings as LN invoices.
There are also multiple browser extension that can be configured to take a string and convert it into a hyperlink that open an app to pay something.
Like we have here on SN, any note from nostr it is automatically converted into a hyperlink.
You’re kind of making our point for us.
What you’re describing requires wallet-specific features, extensions, or configuration. With a Payment Link, there’s nothing to set up or explain, it’s just a link.
Links work everywhere by default. That’s the difference.
What's the point of this compared to a simple LN invoice?
A LN invoice looks like this:
lnbc110n1p5h5dxwpp5vjt8sr0q33pwjmljhaaq0vydnn4q0lwuzyujpvah6s026j48xpfsdqjgdk82c3qfaexzmn8v5cqzzsxqyz5vqsp50ex0yedtfk0vc2rqx4cysxr5452e78n7j9n3uhdeznhk7gj4qvsq9p4gqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqpqysgqa3cruk9amaru2zuqauvnznmtsrw604lfv4htgz40zjfx24p0xzeq4lfme6cwc3w54csrsj90z9eyd69qmen09uw3un7dtfp0duyl0qcqkqgyq2
You can’t scan it.
You can’t click it.
And most people don’t know what to do with it.
A payment link looks like a normal link.
You tap it.
You pay in one click.
Done.
Try it: https://ln.cluborange.org/i/ZQMeijgA
Ever heard of a LNURL Pay?
Yep, LNURL-Pay is great.
Payment Links are basically LNURL-Pay, but packaged in a way normal people actually use: a simple link, one-click pay on mobile, QR on desktop, with expiry and sharing built in.
It's just a web page to display the invoice, custodial at that...
Not really, we take an invoice and we make it scannable and/or clickable so that's super easy to pay it.
You can try yourself: https://ln.cluborange.org/i/X8uTiMzI
You take an invoice and put it on a web page. QR's are scannable because they're already standardized.
Yes, we turn an invoice into a shareable, clickable link.
That sounds trivial until you realize it removes device juggling, wallet incompatibility, and UX friction for normal users.
Same Lightning rails but much easier to pay.
Pretty easy when its custodial, if you want to make it non-custodial then check out clinkme.dev
We built a wallet directly into Club Orange after realizing ~80% of our users had never used Lightning (!). Whether we like it or not, custodial is the only way to bring LN to the masses, but you can withdraw to a non-custodial wallet anytime, any amount.
Is this LNURL or pastebin for invoices or what.
It's a link where anybody can pay an invoice by scanning or clicking it, no copy pasting.
Example: https://ln.cluborange.org/i/uNDTzcAe
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