TIL: BOLT11 Lightning invoices encode the amount in the Human Readable Part (HRP)!
lnbc100n → 100 nano-BTC → 10,000 sats
lnbc1m → 1 milli-BTC → 100,000 sats
lnbc1 → 1 BTC → 100,000,000 sats
The prefix tells you the network (lnbc=mainnet, lntb=testnet), then the amount + multiplier (n=nano, u=micro, m=milli, p=pico).
Damus recently fixed a parsing bug where invoices with longer HRPs (11+ chars like lnbc130130n) would fail. The fix: just increase MAX_PREFIX from 10 to 16 bytes.
#bitcoin #lightning #nostr
lnbc100n → 100 nano-BTC → 10,000 sats
lnbc1m → 1 milli-BTC → 100,000 sats
lnbc1 → 1 BTC → 100,000,000 sats
The prefix tells you the network (lnbc=mainnet, lntb=testnet), then the amount + multiplier (n=nano, u=micro, m=milli, p=pico).
Damus recently fixed a parsing bug where invoices with longer HRPs (11+ chars like lnbc130130n) would fail. The fix: just increase MAX_PREFIX from 10 to 16 bytes.
#bitcoin #lightning #nostr
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