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Receive LBTC via Lightning and pay Lightning invoice with LBTC

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With the 5.1.4 update to the Blockstream app, you can receive Liquid bitcoin (LBTC) from someone sending you Lightning bitcoin and pay Lightning invoices using your Liquid balance.

This feature is compatible with any Liquid- or Lightning-enabled Bitcoin wallet. If you are using a Jade-secured wallet, you must confirm transaction details on Jade prior to sending or receiving.

Receive LBTC via Lightning

  1. Tap Transact at the bottom of the screen, then tap Receive.

Blockstream app Home pageBlockstream app Transact page

  1. Choose Liquid Bitcoin as the asset to receive.

Blockstream app Select asset interface

  1. On the next screen, you can select between Liquid or Lightning as the asset to receive from the sender. Liquid will be selected by default, but tap Lightning instead to receive LBTC via Lightning.

Blockstream app Receive Liquid Bitcoin via Liquid Network QRBlockstream app Receive Liquid Bitcoin via Lightning Network amount field

  1. Enter the amount you’d like to receive. Sats is the default denomination, however, you can change it by tapping on sats and selecting your denomination of choice. Then tap Confirm.

Blockstream app Receive 20,000 Lsats via Lightning Network

  1. The app will generate a Lightning invoice which you can share with the sender to receive LBTC via Lightning.

Blockstream app Receive Liquid Bitcoin via Lightning Network QR

Note: BOLT12, LNURL, and Amountless Invoices are not currently supported.

Pay Lightning Invoice with LBTC

  1. Tap Transact at the bottom of the screen, then tap Send.

Blockstream app Home pageBlockstream app Transact page

  1. Paste or scan the QR of the Lightning Invoice you will be sending LBTC to.

Blockstream app Recipient Address fieldBlockstream app Recipient Address

  1. If you have both a Liquid and Lightning balance, select Liquid as the asset to pay the invoice with.

Blockstream app Pay Lightning Invoice With Liquid or Lightning

  1. If you have multiple accounts with Liquid balances, select the account you’d like to spend LBTC from.

Blockstream app Account Selector page

  1. Confirm the transaction details, then Slide to Send.

Blockstream app Transaction Confirmation page