Benefits and Features

Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) enables seamless, secure communication between bitcoin wallets and a growing ecosystem of apps. By integrating NWC, your wallet becomes instantly compatible with any app that supports the protocol—unlocking new use cases, more transactions, and better user engagement.

NWC provides a clean, event-based interface that lets apps request actions such as sending or receiving payments from your wallet in real-time. It’s open, lightweight, extensible and widely used.

Benefits for Wallet Developers

• Access Instantly connect your wallet to the expanding universe of bitcoin-enabled apps—without building custom APIs or SDKs for each one.

• Secure Rely on end-to-end encrypted communication and proven public key infrastructure.

• Simplicity One standard interface to support all app types: mobile, web, desktop, and even backend services or bots.

• Service Become your users' go-to wallet for interacting with the bitcoin economy. Power everything from tipping to in-app purchases to automation.

Benefits for Wallet Users

• Grow Enable your users to spend and receive bitcoin across more contexts—games, websites, marketplaces, tools—driving higher transaction volume.

• Safety NWC can be combined with granular permission management and budget settings to protect users if needed.

Features

• Receive Payments Let apps request invoices or payment addresses directly from the wallet.

• Send Payments Support sending single or multiple payments—manual or automated—based on app requests.

• Show Wallet Balance Return the current balance to apps for display or logic control.

• List Payments Expose incoming/outgoing transaction history to connected apps.

• Check Payments Enable apps to verify the status of specific payments (pending, confirmed, failed).