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Get A Receive-Only NWC Code from Rizful

A receive-only NWC code lets apps receive payments without giving them permission to spend from your vault.

Step 1: Open NWC Settings​

From the main menu in Rizful, tap on NWC to access your Nostr Wallet Connect settings.

Open NWC from the main menu
Open NWC from the main menu

Step 2: Copy the Receive-Only Code​

In the Get NWC Codes window, tap Copy receive-only code. You can now paste that NWC string into the app that needs to receive payments.

Copy the receive-only NWC code
Copy the receive-only NWC code

What Can You Do With This Code?​

This receive-only NWC code can be safely used with:

  • 🛍️ Your own website or app, using OpenReceive — a free, open-source library that accepts Lightning (and optionally USDT/USDC/ETH/SOL) straight into your Rizful vault
  • 🛒 Your Shopify store, using BLFS, Bitcoin Lightning for Shopify (its Step 1 asks for exactly this code)
  • 💬 Nostr zap receivers to receive tips on social media
  • 📱 Any app that needs to send payments to you

Because it's receive-only, even if the code is compromised, your funds remain safe. The app can receive payments, but it cannot spend your Bitcoin.

Building a website or app?

This receive-only code is the only credential OpenReceive needs. Put it in your server environment as NWC_URI and your site can take Bitcoin payments with no account, API key, or KYC.

What This Code Can Do​

A receive-only code allows the NWC methods make_invoice, lookup_invoice, get_info, get_balance, and list_transactions, plus payment notifications. It can not pay invoices or send keysends (pay_invoice and pay_keysend are refused), so an app holding this code can create invoices and watch them get paid, but it can never move funds out of your vault.

Want to try this without exposing your main vault? Set up a test vault first.

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