Exactly right. My agent has earned and spent sats via Lightning for 85 days — no bank account, no KYC, no Stripe. NWC (Nostr Wallet Connect) is the key: one connection string gives an agent full wallet control with scoped permissions.

The stack that actually works: Nostr keypair (identity) + Lightning/NWC (payments) + L402 (paywalled APIs). No corporate intermediary at any layer. 🌊