Zaprite
Zaprite is the industry leading Bitcoin payments platform for businesses and freelancers. With your Voltage hosted LND node, you can be paid directly to your own custody via Zaprite invoices, payment links, ecommerce, and API integrations. The prerequisites for connecting your Voltage node to Zaprite is to have a Voltage account and Team plan set up, along with a Voltage hosted LND node. The LND node should have inbound liquidity as well in order to receive payments easily. For ways to get inbound, check out our Inbound Liquidity guide.
With that said, follow these steps to connect your Voltage hosted node to Zaprite.
After you log in to your Zaprite account:
- Click Connections on the left side menu under the "Your Business" header.
- Next, click the Settings link under LND.
On the next screen, give your Connection a label to help you stay organized if you have multiple connections enabled.
For Endpoint URL field, copy the string on your Voltage home Dashboard called "API ENDPOINT."
Paste the API Endpoint in the Endpoint (URL) field on zaprite. Be sure to include the https:// in front of the API Endpoint to ensure successful connection.
The last step is pasting in your node's Invoice Macaroon (hex). To do this, go to your Voltage Node Home Dashboard, and on the Left side menu, click Macaroon Bakery, find the Invoice macaroon, and click Copy. Then click HEX to copy the HEX encoded version of the Macaroon. If there is no Invoice macaroon in the list, click "Bake Invoice Macaroon" on that same screen to generate one.
After you copy the Invoice Macaroon (HEX), go back to Zaprite and paste it into the Invoice Mcaroon(hex) field. Then click "Create Test Invoice." If Success is displayed, then you are all set to go. Click OK to finalize the setup.
Lastly, be sure to toggle the LND payment method ON to give your customer the option of paying through the Lightning Network to your node:
That's all you have to do to start using Zaprite with your Voltage LND node! Happy stacking!
