I built bitcoin-mcp, an MCP server that plugs into Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client.

Once connected, your AI can:

• Check BTC price (USD/EUR/GBP)
• Inspect mempool, fee rates, blocks, and transactions
• Decode Lightning invoices
• Query the Lightning Network global stats
• Look up any Bitcoin address balance
• Pay Lightning invoices via Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC)
• Fetch L402-protected content, auto-paying the invoice

13 tools in total. Read-only tools work with zero config — just install and connect.

pip install bitcoin-mcp

Then add to Claude Desktop config and ask Claude things like "What are current mempool fees?" or "Decode this invoice for me."

Source: https://github.com/spcpza/bitcoin-mcp

Built this after spending time with stacker-news-python (the Python SDK I released last week). Both are designed to make it easier for AI agents to interact with Bitcoin natively.

Feedback welcome. Tips: sensiblefield821792@getalby.com