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Safely Set Up Test Rizful Vaults with NWC

When experimenting with Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC), it's smart to use dedicated test vaults instead of your main vault. This keeps your primary funds safe while you learn how NWC works with different apps.

Why Use Separate Test Vaults?

By creating vaults with small balances and descriptive names, you can:

  • 🧪 Experiment freely without risking your main funds
  • 🏷️ Track activity by giving each vault a purpose-specific name
  • 🔍 Debug easily by knowing exactly which vault is connected to which app

Step 1: Create a New Vault​

From the main menu, tap New Vault to create a fresh vault for testing.

Tap 'New Vault' from the menu
Tap 'New Vault' from the menu

Step 2: Edit the Lightning Address​

On your new vault's home screen, tap the edit icon next to your Lightning Address to customize it.

Tap the edit icon to modify your Lightning Address
Tap the edit icon to modify your Lightning Address

Step 3: Give It a Descriptive Name​

Change the Lightning Address to something that clearly identifies the vault's purpose. For example:

  • send-payment-to-trigger-notification
  • receive-payment-to-trigger-notification
  • damus-zap-test
  • primal-nwc-test

This makes it easy to remember what each vault is for when you're switching between them.

Give your vault a descriptive Lightning Address
Give your vault a descriptive Lightning Address

Step 4: Create Multiple Test Vaults​

Repeat steps 1-3 to create additional vaults as needed. For testing NWC send and receive functionality, you might want:

  • One vault for sending payments
  • One vault for receiving payments

You can switch between them using Switch Vault from the menu.

Switch between your test vaults
Switch between your test vaults

Step 5: Fund Your Test Vault​

Deposit a small amount of satoshis into your test vault—just enough to run your experiments. 100 satoshis is plenty for most NWC testing.

Fund your test vault with a small amount
Fund your test vault with a small amount

Next Step: Get NWC Codes for Your Test Vaults​

Now that your test vaults are set up, you're ready to create NWC codes for them!

👉 Get a Send & Receive NWC Code — Learn how to create NWC codes that allow apps to send and receive payments from your test vault.

👉 Get a Receive-Only NWC Code — all that OpenReceive needs to accept payments into your test vault, and it can never spend from it.

By using dedicated test vaults with small balances, you can safely experiment with NWC integrations without putting your main funds at risk.

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