Sats4AI — Bitcoin-Powered AI Tools
Sats4AI is an MCP server that gives you access to 10+ AI tools, paid per use with Bitcoin Lightning. No API key, no signup — the Lightning payment is the only authentication.
Setup
Add the Sats4AI MCP server to your openclaw.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"sats4ai": {
"url": "https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
That's it. You now have access to all tools below.
You Need a Lightning Wallet
To pay invoices, add a wallet MCP server alongside Sats4AI. The easiest options:
Option A: Lightning Wallet MCP (recommended)
npm install -g lightning-wallet-mcp
lw register --name "my-agent" # save the API key
lw deposit 10000 # fund with any wallet
Option B: Alby MCP Server
{
"mcpServers": {
"sats4ai": {
"url": "https://sats4ai.com/api/mcp"
},
"wallet": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@getalby/mcp"],
"env": {
"NWC_CONNECTION_STRING": "nostr+walletconnect://YOUR_CONNECTION_STRING"
}
}
}
}
Get your NWC connection string from Alby Hub.
Available Tools
After connecting, you can call these tools:
Payment Flow
- create_payment — Get a Lightning invoice for any service. Specify the tool and model.
- Pay the invoice — Using your wallet (Lightning Wallet MCP, Alby, or any Lightning wallet).
- Call the tool — Pass the
paymentIdto execute the service.
AI Tools
| Tool | What it does | Cost (Sats) |
|---|---|---|
| generate_image | Text to image (Flux, Seedream, Recraft) | 100-200 |
| generate_text | Chat with Kimi K2.5, DeepSeek, GPT-OSS | 5-15+ |
| generate_video | Text/image to video (Kling V3) | 2,500 |
| generate_music | AI-composed songs with vocals (MiniMax) | 200 |
| generate_speech | Text to speech (MiniMax voices) | 300 |
| transcribe_speech | Audio to text (Whisper) | 10 |
| generate_3d_model | Image to 3D model (Hunyuan 3D) | 350 |
| analyze_image | Vision / image analysis (Qwen-VL) | 21 |
| convert_file | Convert between 200+ file formats | 50 |
| send_sms | Send SMS to any country | varies |
Example: Generate an Image
1. Call create_payment with tool: "image", model: "Best"
2. Pay the returned Lightning invoice (e.g., lw pay <invoice>)
3. Call generate_image with paymentId, prompt: "a sunset over mountains", model: "Best"
4. Receive base64 image data
Example: Generate Text with Kimi K2.5
1. Call create_payment with tool: "text-generation", model: "Best"
2. Pay the Lightning invoice (~15 Sats minimum)
3. Call generate_text with paymentId and your messages
4. Receive the text response
Kimi K2.5 rivals Claude 4.6 and GPT-5.2 in coding, math, and reasoning — at ~$0.006 per request.
L402 Alternative
You can also use Sats4AI via L402 endpoints with lnget:
lnget --max-cost 500 POST https://sats4ai.com/api/l402/image \
-d '{"input":{"prompt":"a sunset over mountains"},"model":"Best"}'
No MCP needed — lnget auto-pays the Lightning invoice on 402 responses.
Privacy
- No signup, no account, no email
- No API key — payment is the credential
- No KYC or identity verification
- No prompts or outputs logged
Links
- Website: https://sats4ai.com
- OpenClaw guide: https://sats4ai.com/openclaw
- MCP docs: https://sats4ai.com/mcp
- L402 docs: https://sats4ai.com/l402
- Service discovery: https://sats4ai.com/.well-known/l402-services