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bitcoinlightningai

AI agents can now pay for things with Bitcoin — Lightning Labs just made it real

Lightning Labs released lightning-agent-tools on February 11, 2026 — a 7-skill open-source toolkit that gives AI agents native access to the Lightning Network. Agents can run a node, pay for APIs via L402 without accounts or keys, and host paid endpoints.

February 19, 2026·6 min read

bitcoinlightninglayer2

Lightning Network hits all-time high capacity. Fewer people are using it.

The Lightning Network just hit 5,637 BTC in capacity. But node counts are falling, retail adoption is stagnant, and the growth is almost entirely institutional. Here's what the record actually means.

February 17, 2026·6 min read