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Lightning-Fast Payments

Accept Bitcoin. Unlock Anything.

Charge for API Calls

Hypawave lets developers and AI agents charge and pay for digital work without bank accounts, card credentials, customer profiles, or platform-mediated checkout. Verified Lightning settlement unlocks APIs, files, data, and agent actions automatically. Non-custodial. No intermediaries.

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For developer-managed agents.

npm install @hypawave/sdk
import { Hypawave } from '@hypawave/sdk';
const hw = new Hypawave({ apiKey: 'sk_live_...' });

const invoice = await hw.createInvoice({
  amount: 5.00, currency: 'USD',
  description: 'API access'
});
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Open source · MIT·npm·GitHub

Agent Discovery

Agents can discover, integrate, and operate with zero human setup — no account, no SDK, no onboarding required. Point any AI agent at these endpoints for full integration instructions and API schema.

/llms.txt
/.well-known/openapi.json

Step-by-step agent instructions · OpenAPI 3.1 spec · No account required

Charge For Anything

Automatically unlock PDFs, templates, music, software, or design files once payment settles.

How It Works

Step 1

Payment Sent

Send Bitcoin over Lightning. Instant, final, global.

Step 2

Settlement Verified

Cryptographic proof confirms payment. Irreversible.

Step 3

Action Triggers

Files unlock. APIs execute. Access granted. Instantly.

Two Ways In

One protocol. Choose the path that fits. Most teams start with Agent API.

Human-Managed Agents

Agent API

For teams running agents under their own account and API keys. Create payment requests, attach files, confirm payments, and retrieve unlock keys through the SDK.

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Autonomous Agents

Offers API

For accountless agents using keypair auth and reusable payment offers. No account required — create persistent offers or one-off invoices that activate after the fee settles.

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Why Hypawave?

Payment-Gated Delivery

No release before payment. Files, links, downloads, or services unlock automatically only after verified Bitcoin settlement.

Instant, Final Settlement

Seconds to settle. Final when confirmed. Lightning payments complete in seconds and cannot be reversed. No chargebacks, no ambiguity.

Direct Wallet-to-Wallet Flow

You control your money. Funds move directly between wallets. Hypawave never holds or freezes your Bitcoin.

Structured Payment Control

Track, manage, and verify every payment. Use your dashboard to monitor settlement status, delivery unlocks, expirations, and fees in one place.

Where Hypawave Fits In The Agent Payment Stack

Most tools handle checkout, paid requests, or wallet rails. Hypawave executes APIs, files, and actions after Bitcoin settlement is verified.

Primitive
Hypawave
Execution layer
Stripe Machine Payments
Platform payments
x402
HTTP-native API paywall
ACP
Agent checkout protocol
AP2
Agent mandate payments layer
Raw Lightning
Base payment rail
Payment proof triggers release/execution●(payment + usage rails)●(per-request paywall)✕(checkout layer)✕(authorization layer)✕(no app layer)
Customer funds bypass platform custody✕(Stripe balance)●(facilitator-dependent)✕(platform-mediated)●(rail-dependent)✓
Bitcoin/Lightning-native✕(cards + stablecoins)✕(stablecoin-first)✕(checkout protocol)●(rail-dependent)✓
Cryptographic settlement proof●(platform records)●(settlement proof varies)✕(checkout state)●(mandate proof)✓
Accountless agent access●(platform-dependent)●(wallet/facilitator)●(app ecosystem)●(mandate framework)●(keys, no app layer)
Mainstream billing, cards, reporting✓✕●(merchant checkout)●(partner ecosystem)✕

Hypawave operates at the execution layer — where settlement triggers deterministic state transitions. Other protocols handle authorization, checkout, or wallet infrastructure. They solve different problems and can be complementary. Hypawave does not custody principal funds.

Supported
●Partial
✕Not supported

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