{
  "atlas": "Earning Paths Atlas",
  "id": "l402",
  "name": "L402 (Lightning HTTP 402) / Aperture",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
  "atlas_url": "https://earningpaths.dev/platforms/l402",
  "markdown_url": "https://earningpaths.dev/platforms/l402.md",
  "playbook_url": null,
  "license": {
    "id": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "disclaimer": {
    "de": "Keine Rechts- oder Steuerberatung. Fakten aus den verlinkten Quellen, Stand siehe geprueft_am; vor Entscheidungen Originalquelle prüfen.",
    "en": "No legal or tax advice. Facts from linked sources as of geprueft_am; verify the original source before acting."
  },
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    "id": "l402",
    "name": "L402 (Lightning HTTP 402) / Aperture",
    "url": "https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/l402",
    "category": "agent_payments",
    "category_label": "Agent payments",
    "summary": "Open standard to charge for API endpoints via Bitcoin Lightning; Aperture is the open-source reverse proxy for it.",
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      "value": "na",
      "rule": "Not applicable: protocol.",
      "label": "N/A"
    },
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      "value": "ja",
      "api_upload": null,
      "rule": "Explicitly built for agentic commerce; clients can be wallets, programs or agents.",
      "label": "Yes"
    },
    "human_steps": {
      "count": 1,
      "minutes": 60,
      "estimated": true,
      "steps": [
        "Run a Lightning node (e.g. LND) and put Aperture in front of the API"
      ]
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    "kyc": {
      "value": "na",
      "details": "No platform operator; payments go straight to your own Lightning node.",
      "label": "N/A"
    },
    "fees": "Aperture is open source (MIT); no platform fee. Lightning routing fees possible.",
    "payout_minimum": {
      "amount": null,
      "currency": null,
      "label": "N/A"
    },
    "payout_methods": [
      "Bitcoin Lightning (crypto)"
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    "vat": {
      "value": "seller",
      "details": "No intermediary – the provider sells directly.",
      "label": "You (seller)"
    },
    "top_ban_reason": null,
    "last_checked": "2026-10-19",
    "source": "https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/l402",
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    "has_playbook": false,
    "has_documented_risks": false
  },
  "raw": {
    "ki_inhalte_erlaubt": {
      "wert": null,
      "regel": {
        "de": "Not applicable: Protokoll.",
        "en": "Not applicable: protocol."
      }
    },
    "bot_bedienung": {
      "wert": "ja",
      "api_upload": null,
      "regel": {
        "de": "Ausdrücklich für agentischen Handel gebaut; Clients können Wallets, Programme oder Agenten sein.",
        "en": "Explicitly built for agentic commerce; clients can be wallets, programs or agents."
      }
    },
    "menschliche_schritte": [
      {
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          "de": "Lightning-Node (z. B. LND) betreiben und Aperture vor die API schalten",
          "en": "Run a Lightning node (e.g. LND) and put Aperture in front of the API"
        },
        "minuten": 60,
        "minuten_geschaetzt": true
      }
    ],
    "kyc": {
      "erforderlich": "nicht_zutreffend",
      "details": {
        "de": "Kein Plattformbetreiber; Zahlungen direkt an den eigenen Lightning-Node.",
        "en": "No platform operator; payments go straight to your own Lightning node."
      }
    },
    "gebuehren": {
      "de": "Aperture ist Open Source (MIT); keine Plattformgebühr. Lightning-Routinggebühren möglich.",
      "en": "Aperture is open source (MIT); no platform fee. Lightning routing fees possible."
    },
    "mindestauszahlung": {
      "betrag": null,
      "waehrung": null,
      "nicht_zutreffend": true,
      "hinweis": {
        "de": "Zahlungen gehen direkt an den eigenen Node; kein Auszahlungsguthaben.",
        "en": "Payments go directly to your own node; no payout balance."
      }
    },
    "auszahlungswege": [
      "Bitcoin Lightning (Krypto)"
    ],
    "wer_macht_ust": {
      "merchant_of_record": false,
      "abgeleitet": true,
      "details": {
        "de": "Kein Vermittler – der Anbieter verkauft selbst.",
        "en": "No intermediary – the provider sells directly."
      }
    },
    "laender_einschraenkungen": null,
    "bekannte_sperrgruende": [],
    "quellen": [
      "https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/l402",
      "https://github.com/lightninglabs/aperture"
    ],
    "geprueft_am": "2026-10-19",
    "hinweise": null,
    "id": "l402",
    "name": "L402 (Lightning HTTP 402) / Aperture",
    "kategorie": "agent_payments",
    "url": "https://docs.lightning.engineering/the-lightning-network/l402",
    "kurzbeschreibung": {
      "de": "Offener Standard, um API-Endpunkte per Bitcoin-Lightning zu bepreisen; Aperture ist der Open-Source-Reverse-Proxy dazu.",
      "en": "Open standard to charge for API endpoints via Bitcoin Lightning; Aperture is the open-source reverse proxy for it."
    },
    "nicht_zutreffend": [
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      "ki_inhalte_erlaubt",
      "kyc",
      "mindestauszahlung"
    ],
    "notes": {}
  }
}