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title: "x402 adds a Bitcoin Lightning scheme | Agent Ready Checkout"
description: "23 Sep 2026: The x402 Foundation merged an exact payment scheme for Lightning (lnbtc) into the x402 specification on 23 Sep 2026."
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# x402 adds a Bitcoin Lightning scheme | Agent Ready Checkout

> 23 Sep 2026: The x402 Foundation merged an exact payment scheme for Lightning (lnbtc) into the x402 specification on 23 Sep 2026.

Source: https://agentreadycheckout.com/news/2026-09-23-x402-specification-adds-an-exact-scheme-for-bitcoin
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Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

News, 23 Sep 2026

# x402 specification adds an exact scheme for Bitcoin Lightning

In short

The x402 Foundation merged an exact payment scheme for Lightning (lnbtc) into the x402 specification on 23 Sep 2026 (PR #2861), alongside exact schemes for EVM, Solana, XRPL, Stellar and other networks. The matrix entry to read next for this 23 Sep 2026 item is x402 on Stripe, which is live as of 4 Nov 2026.

## What was reported

The x402 Foundation merged an exact payment scheme for Lightning (lnbtc) into the x402 specification on 23 Sep 2026 (PR #2861), alongside exact schemes for EVM, Solana, XRPL, Stellar and other networks.

Primary source: [github.com](https://github.com/x402-foundation/x402/blob/main/specs/schemes/exact/scheme_exact_lnbtc.md), read 4 Nov 2026.

## Where it sits in the matrix

-   [x402](https://agentreadycheckout.com/protocols/x402): 3 live, 0 pilot, 1 announced and 0 not supported in the matrix.

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## Sources

1.  [x402 exact scheme on Lightning (lnbtc)](https://github.com/x402-foundation/x402/blob/main/specs/schemes/exact/scheme_exact_lnbtc.md), read 4 Nov 2026

Last reviewed 4 Nov 2026

## Edition

Matrix edition of 4 Nov 2026.

Reviewed 4 Nov 2026, [1 sources](#sources-h).

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