NWC is a protocol that connects apps to wallets and supports paying invoices and paying keysend. Wallets can choose to support one or the other or preferably both.
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/47.md#pay_invoice
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/47.md#pay_keysend
The reason we prefer keysend is because it doesn't require a bunch of extra LNURL/HTTP infrastructure to make it work. Your wallet pays another wallet directly on the Lightning Network and that's it.
npub1gf…kalqc
2026-05-07 15:40:13 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…jgcx
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npub1gfh3zdy07r37mgk4hyr0njmajapswk4ct6anc9w407uqkn39aslqqkalqcPublished at
2026-05-07 15:40:13 UTCEvent JSON
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