Lightning Network opens a new era of digital services. Bitcoin is not just about storing money - but using it. And using it is now possible in ways not even imagined before. Thanks to a growing ecosystem of creators, developers, designers, and users, now it is possible and useful to perform programmatic microtransactions in bitcoin, receive loyalty rewards, exchange values in social networks, pay for content directly to the authors (without intermediaries or ads), send 'fair spam', use AI in a pay-per-request models, earn donations on streams and many more. All 24/7, without a bank account, credit card details, political gatekeepers or forfeiting your data. Thousands of possibilities.
On getalby.com/discover, we are curating the most comprehensive list of appz - Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr mobile and web applications that you can use with Alby. This is your place to collect and discover what you can do today with your bitcoin on the Lightning Network. The list of possibilities and usecases grows. Bitcoin on the web can be used for shopping, music, podcasting, finance, social media, gaming… the limits are yet to be discovered.The latter category - gaming - is actually one of the earliest Bitcoin usecases in webapps, quite rapidly evolving month by month. The Lightning Network is a perfect method to add real stakes to the game and enable digital, programmatic transfer of value. Below, let’s explore 6 platforms - unique examples, proving that there is and grows an interesting industry in cyberspace: Bitcoin Lightning Gaming.
  • Chainduel
  • Clinch
  • Tic-tac-toe
  • Zappy Bird
  • Bitcoin Scratchcards
  • Satoshi’s Place
  • The result is not yet final