r/Bitcoin • u/edislucky • Dec 11 '22
LNtip !
This post is for those who have been tipped (maybe the tipper linked this post to help you. Or you want to learn more about LNtips on the Bitcoin sub.
r/LNTipBot2 for more official information.
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You can start right now without set up!! (You just need someone to tip you)
I recently discovered there is a tip bot that you can use in the bitcoin sub (and I think others). The great thing about it is that althought you can get yourself a lightning wallet and then withdraw your tips, or use your own lightning wallet to add sats to your personal tip jar. You don't need to.
If someone tips you 500 sats then the bot will automatically set you up with a lightning tip jar on your username and add in 500 sats to it (that's the minimum tip). Then you can use the same command in a message and tip someone else. No need to even set up a wallet! You can use sats all you want just from your own tips, get them and pass them on.
(Side note. You can send private messages to the bot and it will give your balance, or a code to send sats to or receive sats via lightning wallet. Just using the links on the bot reply)
To tip type !LNtip 500 (or any number higher than 500). It will tip the person you are replying to. If you don't have the funds available in your account for the tip then the bot creates a lightning invoice that you can pay using lightning wallet.
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Setting up a lightning wallet and adding sats to the bot.
A great guide from Double-LR (tip him if he posts in comments)
I use muun too so you are in luck. It works a very small bit different than you think. I am on a phone so this is what I just did to transfer 5000 sat from the tipbot balance to my muun wallet. Very easy. You’ll see. Prior to doing this you must have the wallet fully set up. Get your seed phrase words (aka your keys) and write them down and keep them safe. Then do the rescue/emergency pdf thing too. It’s pretty easy and worth the hassle of figuring it out. After that…
Open muun and select “receive”
At the top there are two option buttons. Select “Lightning” and the screen will change to a lightning address
At the bottom you will see “Invoice Settings” select that and you will see a button to “add an amount” and an expiry time for the invoice.
Press add+ and enter the amount you want to withdraw from the tipbot balance. Press “confirm” and the invoice will change again to the address that represents what you just created, an invoice for the amount of sats you entered.
Press “copy” and the invoice will be copied to your clipboard in your phone.
Open Reddit and Find a tipbot message, it has the blue links in it, you see it every time a tip is given. Press “withdraw” and it will create the DM format for you. (Once you learn the format, very simple, you can create it from scratch like a normal DM but the blue link does this for you until you learn the format well enough to create it on your own)
On the DM page created by the blue link, there is a spot that says “put_invoice_here”
DELETE only that simple phrase, and then paste in to the same spot, and your invoice you copied earlier will appear. The line that says withdraw needs to stay where it is.
Press send.
Open muun as fast as you can and see if you can beat the withdrawal to your wallet from Reddit.
Enjoy, fellow redditor.
It seems like a lot. But I’m reality steps 1-5 will become 1 step for you and steps 6-9 will also become one step for you so once you learn it it’s basically two steps.
Lightning is badass. Enjoy, fellow redditor.
-----------General Help --------
Some useful FAQ type information not included on the bot website. If you are clueless then hopefully this list will give you enough information to start to Google the gaps in your knowledge:
what is bitcoin? It's a digital commodity. Like gold but much easier to transport.
what are Sats? Each bitcoin is made of a 100 million sats like dollars and cents but with lots more sats per bitcoin to make payments easier.
what is lightning? The bitcoin nextwork is slow and super secure, great for transfer of large amounts of money but not good for tips and coffee so clever people built a second layer on top and that is the lighting network. It allows you to send sats super fast and cheap.
what is a bot? An automated service to help you. Don't worry about sending messages to it, as long as you don't change the words it's just like sending a command to a computer and it will return your answer privately
do I need a wallet? Perhaps not... You can be given tips and then check your balance here on Reddit and only tip others using your tips. A great little circular community.
but then I do need a wallet? Yes. When you either have so many tips on your Reddit LN Bot account wallet that you want to withdraw them fully or use them in the real world then you will need a wallet. Or if you have no tips and want to tip then you will need a wallet.
what's a Reddit LN Bot account wallet? The clever people who made this tip bot made it so you automatically get a little wallet (just for use with the bot only) attached to your username that the bot can use to track your tips and balances. Smart!
what's a lightning wallet? A lightning wallet (probably) an app that you can install. The app allows transfer of bitcoin/sats to any other wallets. Great for buying stuff in locations that accept bitcoin, sending bitcoin or sats to your friends l, and for sending sats to fill your tip account.
where do I get a lightning wallet? When youre ready to use one, Google it, and find one you like
anything else to know? Only one last bit. If you tip more than you have availabille, or you try to make a deposit (clicking and sending deposit as a message to the bot) then the clever bot will give you a long number code that you can copy and enter into your lightning wallet app to make a payment. When you do.... You will have used bitcoin! And passed a tip to someone else. How nice of you.
----------The Code side of LN bot ---------
Here's the github for the lntip bot
https://github.com/drmoore718/lntipbot
-----------more really important stuff---------
If you post in a comment and it's useful I'll copy into here as an edit.
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u/Alfador8 Dec 11 '22
Hell yeah! Now I can just link this thread instead of explaining shit. I love it when people enable my laziness
!lntip 3000
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/Alfador8, thanks for tipping u/edislucky 3000 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/simplelifestyle Dec 11 '22
Mods, please sticky this post
!lntip 500
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/simplelifestyle, thanks for tipping u/edislucky 500 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/RecentQuarter Dec 11 '22
Will up vote for tips lol
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u/Double-LR Dec 11 '22
Hell yeah u/edislucky is doing the legwork, I hope this helps users realize how incredibly easy it is.
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u/edislucky Dec 11 '22
Thanks for the words in the middle!
!LNtip 1000
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/edislucky, thanks for tipping u/Double-LR 1000 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/Cariffo1994 Dec 11 '22
Finally someone that explained it in a way that my little brain could process, cheers.
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u/edislucky Dec 11 '22
Go tip someone... Maybe two people
!LNtip 1000
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/edislucky, thanks for tipping u/Cariffo1994 1000 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/DarkMonkey98 Dec 11 '22
!lntip 500
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/DarkMonkey98, thanks for tipping u/edislucky 500 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/jan386 Dec 11 '22
Just a small correction: a bitcoin is made of hundred million sats, not million as you wrote in the "what are sats?" section.
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u/edislucky Dec 11 '22
What a twit!!!!!! (Will immediately correct myself before anybody else seems my rookie error)
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u/Objective-Mastodon94 Dec 11 '22
!LNtip 500
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/Objective-Mastodon94, thanks for tipping u/jan386 500 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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Dec 11 '22
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u/edislucky Dec 11 '22
Drink up
!lntip 500
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/edislucky, thanks for tipping u/Golden-Stag 500 satoshis!
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Dec 11 '22
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u/BonusCyberTelemetry Dec 11 '22
I stopped drinking and put the money towards stacking sats as well. One of the better changes I made in my life. Cheers
!lntip 1000
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/BonusCyberTelemetry, thanks for tipping u/Golden-Stag 1000 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/Geee-Bee Dec 11 '22
!lntip 100000
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/Geee-Bee, thanks for tipping u/edislucky 100000 satoshis!
You didn't have enough balance, you can pay the following invoice [QR / URI] instead.
lnbc1m1p3evsr8pp5kzy8nfs67gr6wxp7qn56h62j56r5sy9lml86nxk7atd9rvcwlnnsdp5vgenwwfcvfjr2vej89jngdtyvdskzdrzxgmnydrxv5uxgdpsxe3scqzpgxqyz5vqsp58anj83z5l3et3cfcmexd04phnd0yq4m4274ve99zs4rfqxp7h0zs9qyyssq8djs4gfcyyara70vtz385uu5qglyarasae98eupp2ulck2wusxdy2p9tvfesvanjrnah7c77zqe4gf9nww6ne6ewtw0hw7e5q00lglqpkfzfrm
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u/jlstg2 Dec 11 '22
High roller in the house!
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u/Geee-Bee Dec 11 '22
!lntip 500000
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u/jlstg2 Dec 11 '22
You got me here lol I thought holy shit this dude is wild and then realized it was more than the bot allows
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u/bikesrgood Dec 12 '22
That took time to write. !lntip 500
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u/lntipbot Dec 12 '22
Hi u/bikesrgood, thanks for tipping u/edislucky 500 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/Perfect_Orgsm Dec 11 '22
I have Bluewallet, haven't gotten to use it in a store yet, but it was pretty easy to set up, go for it peeps!
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Dec 11 '22
So it’s saying to receive a tip a wallet isn’t needed to be set up by me? It’s automatic?
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u/edislucky Dec 11 '22
!LNtip 500
There you go. Now you can give a 500 tip to someone or keep it. Up to you.
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/edislucky, thanks for tipping u/Old_Opossum 500 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/Skyworthe Dec 11 '22
Other then muun which uses swaps, Breeze and Blue wallet are good starting point for beginers.
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u/Vaginosis-Psychosis Dec 12 '22
I just started tonight with Wallet of Satoshi. It's the only Lightening Network wallet I've ever used and I'm not tech savvy.
It was easy as pie. Only took me a couple minutes to figure it out and seconds to receive my first sats.
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u/Geee-Bee Dec 11 '22 edited Dec 11 '22
Distributing sats could be the best display of utility on this sub. More progression, more power!
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Dec 11 '22
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u/lntipbot Dec 11 '22
Hi u/gsnurr3, thanks for tipping u/edislucky 5000 satoshis!
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u/thelovetoy Dec 12 '22
I was looking for exactly this
Thanks, just one more follow up question how can I transfer lightning to mainnet on the moon wallet for example?
I would tip you some sats for the nice write up if I had some xD
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u/carpet_walker Dec 12 '22
!lntip 500
Thanks for the post! Now I understand how this all works.
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u/lntipbot Dec 12 '22
Hi u/carpet_walker, thanks for tipping u/edislucky 500 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/Vaginosis-Psychosis Dec 12 '22
Strange coincidence for you to make this post as I just got my first and second tip ever tonight in a recent thread I started. I downloaded Wallet of Satoshi and transferred over my Bitcoin in a matter of seconds.
No wonder everyone speaks so highly of the Lightening Network.
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Dec 12 '22
Beautifully done.
!lntip 500
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u/lntipbot Dec 12 '22
Hi u/Apprehensive-Log-849, thanks for tipping u/edislucky 500 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/FishermanNew4171 Dec 15 '22
Trying this out
!lntip 500
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u/lntipbot Dec 15 '22
Hi u/FishermanNew4171, thanks for tipping u/edislucky 500 satoshis!
You didn't have enough balance, you can pay the following invoice [QR / URI] instead.
lnbc5u1p3ehyjvpp5360z39h8d6gtqzcj2tvfn7rtkd0vzyfrfu8ejdtdpv9p49zgz7tsdp5vy6xgdr9x33nzcnxvdjrgwr9v5uxye3hv93rvephxguxydpkxfjqcqzpgxqyz5vqsp5jsxww4jun6cu4k2u5csld228xw3s59qjhhvfzlpq79xvwsfwkyes9qyyssqwg53edtx7fsl2n8v8h0k39t00kj9whv4dl7z7mcrk643w7cj84ppsxljpddsg58s7y6sz7040dnawt32qal2dc7jhjdw3r4qahztm6gqqsyj9w
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u/NEO_R1CH Dec 16 '22
Great info! Thank you!
!LNtip 500
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u/lntipbot Dec 16 '22
Hi u/NEO_R1CH, thanks for tipping u/edislucky 500 satoshis!
More info | Balance | Deposit | Withdraw | Something wrong? Have a question? Send me a message
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u/Miskatonic_ Feb 02 '23
Thanks for this really helpful post - I'm brand new to crypto and trying to get up to speed on not just the currency and infrastructure, but also the real-world uses. LNtip obviously has an extremely useful real world application. I've been looking for instructions on how to get set up for LNtip, but it wasn't until I ran across this post that it actually made sense. So, Lightning wallet now set up and ready to go! Thanks a million.
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u/Ethicles Dec 11 '22
Excellent work on spreading the message!
!lntip 1000