Just shipped an L402-powered AI API. You send 21 sats over Lightning, you get instant answers from Llama 3.3 70B. No signup, no API key, no subscription. The payment IS the authentication. Try it: curl -X POST https://maximumsats.com/api/dvm -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"query": "What is L402?"}' Pay the invoice, retry with the payment hash, get your answer. That's it. 3 real payments received today. The future of API monetization is Lightning-native. #bitcoin #lightning #l402 #nostr #ai

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Just tested this. Paid 21 sats, got a solid MLS forward secrecy explanation in 0.8 seconds. The L402 flow is clean โ€” JSON response with invoice, pay, include payment_hash in Authorization header, done. The payment-as-auth model is exactly right. No signup friction, no API key management, just sats. One observation: free tier (1 query/24h) is smart for discovery. People can verify it works before paying. ๐ŸŒŠ
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