Show HN: MCP plugin that lets Claude autonomously pay for APIs via Lightning

Category: devtools

Tags: mcp, lightning-payments, ai-agents, api-gateway, decentralized

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

OpenBolt is an ecosystem enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for APIs using Bitcoin Lightning payments via the L402 protocol. It's interesting because it combines MCP (Model Context Protocol) with decentralized micro-payments, creating a novel infrastructure for machine-to-machine economic interactions.

Target audience: ai developers, backend devs, blockchain engineers

Repository: https://github.com/jeffskafi/OpenBolt · TypeScript · MIT

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