Use Your Lightning Wallet making payments

Key concepts

• Invoice: A request for payment, created by the receiver.
• Inboung Liquidity: The amount of funds that can be received through a payment channel.
• Outbound Liquidity: Your balance in the channel. The amount of funds that can be sent through a payment channel.
• Channel Capacity: The whole amount that two nodes fund to the channel.
• Reserve: Due to some security reasons, the channel has a reserve. This amount is not available for sending.
• Lightning Network Fee: The fee charged by the Lightning Network nodes for forwarding transactions.

Create an invoice and Receive

1. Start Receiving

   • Tap “Receive”
   • Select “Sat”

2. Create Your Invoice

   • Enter your desired amount
   • Add a note (optional but helpful!)
   • Confirm the details

3. Share & Get Paid

   • Share your invoice or QR code
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   Keep your screen active: Ensure your JoyID account and QR code remain visible until payment is received.

   

Send via Lightning Network

1. Start Sending

   • Tap “Send”
   • Choose “Sats”

2. Enter Payment Details

   • Paste invoice or scan QR code

3. Finalize Payment

   • Double-check the details
   • Confirm and send

Need additional help?

• Check the JoyIDFAQ  document
• Join the JoyID Discord  for support