Create inbound liquidity
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To create inbound liquidity on an existing channel (to be able to receive payments) can simply pay a merchant accepting Lightning and receive the product or receive the sats back on-chain.
To pay for various gift cards with lightning check out .
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lightning liquidity marketplace
Buy a sidecar channel through Voltage Flow from Lightning Pool
Pay for incoming channels.
Post an advert and pay satoshis for incoming channels.
Pay with Lightning for an inbound channel of up to 16 000 000 satoshis.
Claim your node on LN+ and join a channel swap for free
Opens a channel for free funded with 2 000 000 satoshis. Need to have 10 channels open already to use this service.
Add their node as a peer if connecting from behind Tor:
$ lncli connect 03bb88ccc444534da7b5b64b4f7b15e1eccb18e102db0e400d4b9cfe93763aa26d@138.68.14.104:9735
Pay with Lightning and receive onchain.
Lightning Loop is a non-custodial service offered by Lightning Labs to bridge on-chain and off-chain Bitcoin using submarine swaps.
In the current iteration of the Loop software, two swap types are supported:
Loop Out: off-chain to on-chain. The Loop client sends funds paid on Lightning to a Bitcoin address.
Loop In: on-chain to off-chain. The Loop client sends funds paid on-chain to a Lightning channel.
Max swap amount: 4 200 000 sats
Example usage for lowest cost (leads to longer confirmation time (estimation for 25 blocks) and higher failure rate (max routing fee 500 sats) - adjust the numbers accordingly):
loop out --conf_target 25 --max_swap_routing_fee 500 4200000 [optional external address]
Fee: 0.5% both ways
Swap instantly to get inbound liquidity.
Get the terms for testnet:
Pay the returned invoice to make a testnet swap:
Lightning cryptocurrency exchange Fee: 0.5 - 1% both ways
An exchange that accepts Lightning payments. Max 4M sats Commission ~ 2%
A Lightning to onchain swap market with batched transactions. Fee: 0.5%
Most can send to an onchain address afterwards for a fee (swap out).
Run a separate LN node on your phone or desktop where you can move some funds, so remote balance/ inbound liquidity is created
A mobile wallet which creates a 1 million sats incoming channel automatically, so funds can be moved over in minutes after setting up.
Easy to use mobile wallet from Acinq.
A non-custodial open-source Lightning Wallet for Android and iOS with a focus on usability and user experience.
The Open Bitcoin Wallet (OBW) is an Android Bitcoin and Lightning wallet, a fork of Simple Bitcoin Wallet focused on providing a pleasant and simple experience with advanced features.
An easy-to-use cross platform ochain wallet capable of swapping in an out to lightning.
Pay yourself via LN and benefit from the inbound liquidity created.
The drawback is that you don't control the keys of your custodial wallet.
Examples:
https://cointastical.medium.com/exchanges-with-support-for-bitcoin-lightning-network-payments-739829bcb7bc Exchanges with support for bitcoin Lightning network ⚡ payments
https://x.com/Synonym_to/status/1747615808010752199 can also works through Bitfinex, video
Buy incoming channels on a permissionless marketplace:
Usage notes:
Buy incoming channels from
Rings of Fire
API:
A non-KYC (if not used for fiat) exchange supporting Lightning deposits (free) and withdrawals (100 sats). Withdrawal onchain costs a fixed 40000 sats. Find it's nodes at
Sending the funds out to a bitcoin address on-chain costs 0.5% with
List of exchange services to make coin swaps LN <-> onchain & more