1) Join the bot https://t.me/LightningTipBot to immediately obtain a (custodial) LN wallet with a LN that match your username (xxx@ln.tips) and an anonymous one useful if you don't want dox yourself; put it in you Nostr profile.

2) Use the "/nostr add" command to link your pubkey and start to register the zaps attached to every post; the bot also notifies every zap with the sender message.

3) Use the "/link" command to get the private lndhub URL; with this you can configure Alby (browser extension) and Bluewallet (Android/IOS/macOS) to have a unique wallet across all devices for an integrated experience.

4) Zap and receive zaps ⚡ and start to think the bitcoin v4v way; if you are a creator you have huge opportunities.

5) Bonus point: tip friends on Telegram and propose them to embrace Bitcoin/Nostr.

Objections:

Why use a Telegram bot instead of go all-in with Nostr?

Simply because a similar bot doesn't still exist for Nostr, even if I'm quite sure #[0] is working on something 👀

Then Telegram attracts people that already realize that there are a lot of possibilities, and quality ones, outside the small fake-golden Meta garden, so it is a perfect place to onboard new aware users.

Plus the bot and lndhub are open source.

Why a custodial wallet?

Today custodial LN is quite hard to start, we have great projects like OBW and Blixt that already permit it, but it's an harder step for a newcomer. To experience the coffee-zapb magic a custodial solution is reasonable. Don't let the perfection kill the excellency.

Shout-out to #[1] to have built it! 🙌⚡

Time to get you zappin' with LightningTipBot (https://ln.tips). This is my personal setup. There are other ways and services to do this. Do you own research. This is just a suggestion.

## 1) Set up LightningTipBot wallet

- Click here: https://LN.tips 👈

- You're done.

## 2) Sending zaps

Let's start with sending. You don't need much. Any Lightning wallet will do. I will describe how to use LightningTipBot to zap with.

### Sending zaps in the browser

- Get the Alby brower extension at https://getalby.com/

- Go to LightningTipBot and enter "/link"

- Copy the details and go to Alby and add a new "LNDHUB" wallet

- Enter your details

- Your LightningTipBot wallet can now be controlled from your browser

- Click on the ⚡️ zap icon for example in iris.to and you'll be able to send zaps.

### Sending zaps on mobile

- You can also "/link" your wallet to BlueWallet

- Get BlueWallet from the App store

- Import a new Lightning wallet

- Enter your credentials from LightningTipBot

- You can now control your LightningTipBot wallet from Bluewallet

- Click the ⚡️ zap icon for example in Amethyst or Damus and open BlueWallet.

- Pay and zap on

## 3) Receiving zaps

You can receive zaps with pretty much any Lightning address provider. There are many options. See: https://lightningaddress.com/

However, if you want the zaps to appear under your posts in Damus or Snort.social, you'll have a few less options (still). Here is how to do it with LightningTipBot:

- Go to LightningTipBot. Enter "/help" if you don't know your Lightning address.

- See your address? Mine is callebtc@ln.tips

- Optional: Enter "/advanced" to get an anonymous address if you don't want to doxx your Telegram username.

- Put your Lightning address into your nostr profile

- In LightningTipBot, register your nostr pubkey with "/nostr add "

- You're done! You'll receive zaps and they will be shown under your zapped posts!

## 3) NIP-57 support

Zaps (those which appear under a note) are formalized in NIP-57. Currently, they are supported by the following services. This is probably not a complete list and tomorrow there might be even more:

### 💜 Sending (Nostr clients):

- Snort.social (https://snort.social/)

- Damus (http://damus.io/)

### ⚡️ Receiving (Lightning wallets):

- LightningTipBot (https://LN.tips)

- VIDA (https://vida.live/)

- Stacker.news (https://stacker.news/)

- strike.army (https://strike.army/)

ZAP ZAP ZAP

Time to get you zappin' with LightningTipBot (https://ln.tips). This is my personal setup. There are other ways and services to do this. Do you own research. This is just a suggestion.

## 1) Set up LightningTipBot wallet

- Click here: https://LN.tips 👈

- You're done.

## 2) Sending zaps

Let's start with sending. You don't need much. Any Lightning wallet will do. I will describe how to use LightningTipBot to zap with.

### Sending zaps in the browser

- Get the Alby brower extension at https://getalby.com/

- Go to LightningTipBot and enter "/link"

- Copy the details and go to Alby and add a new "LNDHUB" wallet

- Enter your details

- Your LightningTipBot wallet can now be controlled from your browser

- Click on the ⚡️ zap icon for example in iris.to and you'll be able to send zaps.

### Sending zaps on mobile

- You can also "/link" your wallet to BlueWallet

- Get BlueWallet from the App store

- Import a new Lightning wallet

- Enter your credentials from LightningTipBot

- You can now control your LightningTipBot wallet from Bluewallet

- Click the ⚡️ zap icon for example in Amethyst or Damus and open BlueWallet.

- Pay and zap on

## 3) Receiving zaps

You can receive zaps with pretty much any Lightning address provider. There are many options. See: https://lightningaddress.com/

However, if you want the zaps to appear under your posts in Damus or Snort.social, you'll have a few less options (still). Here is how to do it with LightningTipBot:

- Go to LightningTipBot. Enter "/help" if you don't know your Lightning address.

- See your address? Mine is callebtc@ln.tips

- Optional: Enter "/advanced" to get an anonymous address if you don't want to doxx your Telegram username.

- Put your Lightning address into your nostr profile

- In LightningTipBot, register your nostr pubkey with "/nostr add "

- You're done! You'll receive zaps and they will be shown under your zapped posts!

## 3) NIP-57 support

Zaps (those which appear under a note) are formalized in NIP-57. Currently, they are supported by the following services. This is probably not a complete list and tomorrow there might be even more:

### 💜 Sending (Nostr clients):

- Snort.social (https://snort.social/)

- Damus (http://damus.io/)

### ⚡️ Receiving (Lightning wallets):

- LightningTipBot (https://LN.tips)

- VIDA (https://vida.live/)

- Stacker.news (https://stacker.news/)

- strike.army (https://strike.army/)

ZAP ZAP ZAP