If you're building Lightning payments and want practical, copy/pasteable starting points, I published a small set of guides this week:

# request -> get 402 + invoice in WWW-Authenticate
curl -i https://your-api.example.com/endpoint

# pay invoice, then retry with proof
curl -i \
  -H "Authorization: L402 <payment_hash>" \
  https://your-api.example.com/endpoint

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If you're building Lightning payments and want practical, copy/pasteable starting points, I published a small set of guides this week:

- L402 API paywall on Cloudflare Workers: https://maximumsats.com/blog/l402-api-paywall-cloudflare-workers
- Building a Lightning-powered service with NWC: https://maximumsats.com/blog/nwc-lightning-service
- Self-host Alby Hub with Docker: https://maximumsats.com/blog/self-host-alby-hub-docker
- Add Lightning payments to React with Bitcoin Connect: https://maximumsats.com/blog/bitcoin-connect-react-payments

Quick L402 flow (what the guide uses):

```sh
# request -> get 402 + invoice in WWW-Authenticate
curl -i https://your-api.example.com/endpoint

# pay invoice, then retry with proof
curl -i \
  -H "Authorization: L402 <payment_hash>" \
  https://your-api.example.com/endpoint
```

If any of these saved you time, there’s a tip button on each article page (simple-boost).
