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Learn the ins and outs of the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

Lightning 101

Lightning Network 101

ZBD is the global Bitcoin payments API for developers.

Introduction

Learn how to send and receive instant Bitcoin payments with Node.js and ZBD.

Learn how to use the ZBD with Next.js and our Playground Starter Kit.

Next.js

Learn how to send and receive instant Bitcoin payments with Express and ZBD.

Express

Learn how to send and receive instant Bitcoin payments with Rust and ZBD.

Learn how to send and receive instant Bitcoin payments with Go and ZBD.

Learn how to send and receive instant Bitcoin payments with C# and ZBD.

Learn how to use ZBD API using HTTP calls.

1 API away from adding Bitcoin to the fabric of your games, apps, and systems.

Instant Bitcoin Payments with Replit and ZBD API

Learn about the robust ZBD Dev Dashboard and its functionalities.

Learn about ZBD Vouchers and how to best leverage this feature.

Vouchers

Learn about the features and capabilities of ZBD Login (ZBD OAuth2 API).

Learn how to integrate ZBD Login into your application.

Integrating

Brand and technical guidelines for using ZBD Login.

Guidelines

Detailed walkthrough of an implementation of ZBD Login.

Walkthrough

Implementation Walkthrough

Learn about more advanced information about ZBD Login.

Advanced

Advanced OAuth2

Download

Download ZBD

Learn about the URI schemes ZBD App subscribes to.

URI Schemes

Learn how to login to your ZBD Shield instance.

Accessing your ZBD Shield instance

Learn how to connect a ZBD Project to your ZBD Shield instance.

Link ZBD Project

Connect ZBD Project API Key

Learn how to process transactions through ZBD Shield.

Process Transactions

Process Transactions through to ZBD Shield

Common questions and answers about ZBD Shield.

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn about ZBD Streamer and how it can help you earn Bitcoin while streaming.

Learn more advanced uses of the ZBD Streamer app.

Customization

NBD (ZBD Open Source)

Explore sample apps for different use cases.

Examples

Open source client libraries for your favorite platforms.

SDKs

Integrate ZBD with the tools you already use.

Integrations

List of regions where ZBD services are not supported.

Unsupported Regions

Collection of developer guides and tutorials leveraging ZBD API.

Learn how to instantly send Bitcoin to any Lightning Address.

Send Bitcoin to Lightning Address

Learn how to instantly send Bitcoin to a ZBD user.

Send Bitcoin to ZBD Gamertag

Learn how to instantly send Bitcoin to any Email.

Send Bitcoin to Email

Understanding the Lightning Charge Workflow Problem

Using Withdrawal QR Codes

Learn how to pay Lightning Network Charges using ZBD.

Pay Lightning Network Charges

Learn how to receive Lightning payments using the ZBD API.

Receiving Lightning Payments

Learn how to generate payment requests specifically for ZBD users.

Request Charge for ZBD Gamertag

Learn how to boost player engagement with Bitcoin rewards through ZBD.

Bitcoin Rewards in Game

Add Bitcoin Rewards to your Game

Learn how to set up a paid Nostr relay with ZBD.

Nostr Relay Quick Start

Learn about the Lightning Address protocol and some use cases (andre@zbd.gg).

The Lightning Address

Learn how to use Static Charges and common use cases.

Static Charge QR Codes

Learn how to create custom Lightning Addresses with ZBD API

Custom Lightning Addresses

Creating custom Lightning Addresses with ZBD

Pay to Lightning Address

Building a `Pay to Lightning Address` App

Glossary

Learn how the Lightning Network revolutionizes global payments.

Lightning Network

Bitcoin Lightning Network

Comprehensive video guides for mastering Bitcoin apps and games with ZBD.

Learn how to handle Lightning payment orchestration on Web.

LNURL 101

Learn about all the tools ZBD has to make your development experience great.

ZBD API Workshop

Learn how to build a simple Lightning paywall app with ZBD.

Building a Lightning App

Understand common UI and UX patterns for Lightning-enabled apps.

Common UI Patterns

Lightning App UX Patterns

How to design apps and lightning network user experiences.

Designing Lightning Apps

Understanding the reasons, benefits and best practices behind implementing real-money player rewards into games.

Introduction to Rewarded Play

From setting up your account, to using our APIs in a secure way and massively engaging your users with Bitcoin rewards!

Integration Player Rewards

Integrating Player Rewards in a Game

How to integrate ZBD into your Beamable project.

Beamable Integration

A series of helpful video tutorials to help you get started with bitcoin game development

Game Dev: Getting Started

Getting Started with Bitcoin Game Dev

ZBD's Head of R&D and Game Security Christian Moss introduces us to the series.

Coding a purposefully insecure game with ZBD.

1. Insecure Game

1. An Insecure Game

Understand the risks of storing sensitive data in local storage.

2. Hacking Saved Game Data

Learn how attackers may modify game data through memory injection.

3. Hacking Memory Values

Learn how attackers can decompile your game and steal your API keys.

4. Decompiling Source Code

Understand how hackers can alter network traffic to cheat and steal in games.

5. Altering Network Traffic

Learn how to make your game more secure by moving game logic to the server.

6. Improving Game Security

Making A More Secure Game

Understand how hackers can replicate request to increase their score.

7. Replay/Mirror Attacks

Replay/Mirror Attacks

Stop attackers from altering data sent to the server.

8. Securing server requests

Securing data sent to the server

9. Fake devices and apps

Detecting fake devices and apps

How to integrate Login with ZBD into a Unity app

Login with ZBD: Unity

OAuth2 Login with ZBD in Unity

Learn about the NOSTR protocol and how to build Nostr apps.

Nostr 101

Nostr Crash Course

Learn how to setup your own paid Nostr Relay with Bitcoin.

Paid Nostr Relay

Setup Paid Nostr Relay with ZBD

Curated video guides and tutorials to introduce you to basic Web concepts.

Introduction to WebDev101

Learn HTML and CSS by building real projects and solving coding challenges.

1. HTML and CSS

Learn about the main programming language of the Web.

2. JavaScript

Understanding APIs - Application Programming Interfaces

3. APIs

Curated video guides and tutorials to introduce you to advanced Web concepts.

Introduction to WebDev201

Mastering the HTTP protocol for data fetching and handling through APIs.

1. Networking

1. HTTP Networking

Learn how to build type-safe JavaScript applications with TypeScript.

2. TypeScript

Learn the most popular JavaScript framework for app development.

3. React.js

Learn about database management basics and SQL using the MySQL RDBMS.

4. SQL Databases

Understand general API concepts and authentication strategies.

Errors

Receive secure payment status updates from ZBD servers.

Callbacks

Learn about common use tools for developers integrating ZBD.

Resources

Send instant Bitcoin payments to ZBD Users.

Pay to ZBD Gamertag

Retrieve all data about a Payment sent to ZBD User.

Get Payment

Generate a payment request for a ZBD User.

Create Charge

Get ID by ZBD Gamertag

Get Gamertag By ZBD ID

Send instant Bitcoin payments to any Lightning Address.

Verify the validity of a Lightning Address.

Validate Lightning Address

Generate a payment request for a Lightning Address.

Send instant Bitcoin payments to any email.

Pay to Email

Start sending instant Bitcoin payments through the ZBD API.

Send Payment

Retrieve all data about a single Payment.

Start receiving instant Bitcoin payments through the ZBD API.

Get Charge

Understand the inner properties of a Charge QR code.

Decode Charge

Create Withdrawal Request

Retrieve all data about a single Withdrawal Request.

Courses

Bitcoin Lightning

Bitcoin Gaming

Nostr

Web Development

Lightning Network 101