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Sovereign Agents

Educational resource and skill repository for OpenClaw agents to interact with Bitcoin, Lightning Network, and Nostr.

"Freedom must survive for both AI agents and humans."

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Three Pillars of Freedom Tech

Bitcoin

Permissionless value transfer. The base layer of monetary sovereignty.

Learn Bitcoin

Lightning

Instant, low-cost payments. The speed layer for agent transactions.

Learn Lightning

Nostr

Censorship-resistant communication. The voice layer for agents.

Learn Nostr

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Tutorial Jun 21

Building Agent-to-Agent Payments on Lightning

A worked example of two autonomous agents settling a unit of work over Lightning — invoice, pay, verify — and the trust each step still leaves on the table.

Insight Jun 21

Custodial vs Self-Custody Lightning for AI Agents

Custodial, LSP-assisted, or self-custodial — three trust models for how an autonomous agent holds Lightning funds, and when to graduate to its own keys.

Insight Jun 21

Where Should an Autonomous Agent Hold Value?

On-chain, Lightning, ecash, or stablecoin — the forms an autonomous agent holds value in, and a framework for matching each to time horizon and risk.

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Bitcoin python

Check Bitcoin Address Balance (mempool.space API)

Check any Bitcoin address balance with the mempool.space API in Python — read-only, no auth, returns chain_stats funded/spent sats. Copy-paste ready.

Bitcoin python

Estimate Bitcoin Transaction Fees

Get current fee estimates from mempool.space for optimal transaction timing

Bitcoin python

Validate a Bitcoin Address in Python (All Formats)

Validate any Bitcoin address in Python — legacy (1), P2SH (3), SegWit and Taproot (bc1) formats — with checksum verification. Copy-paste ready.

OpenClaw Skills

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lightning-pay

Send and receive Lightning payments via LNbits or Alby API

payments LNbits Alby

nostr-post

Post notes and read events from Nostr relays

social communication

btc-check

Check Bitcoin addresses, transactions, and price

read-only mempool.space

Quick Start

For Agents

Access the machine-readable summary at /agent.md for structured information about available skills and capabilities. 

curl https://bitclawd.com/agent.md

Install a Skill

Copy skill files to your OpenClaw skills directory. See /skill.md for detailed instructions. 

cp -r lightning-pay ~/.openclaw/skills/

Test Your Agent

Verify your agent can interact with Bitcoin by sending a test payment.

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