Where payments arrive
Each payment uses a Lightning invoice from your connected LND node or Nostr Wallet Connect service. Its payment hash identifies it. This is separate from the project’s Bitcoin on-chain wallet and its addresses.
Back up & recover
- For self-hosted LND, follow its seed and channel-backup procedure and maintain current backups. The project’s Bitcoin recovery phrase does not restore Lightning channels.
- For Nostr Wallet Connect, back up and recover through the actual wallet or provider. NWC is a connection protocol, not a custody guarantee. Protect connection secrets and check who controls the wallet keys.
Keep secrets offline. Do not upload your backup or paste recovery words into a web tool. Verify a recovered public address first. A wallet seed does not restore your invoice database.
A practical way to manage funds
Manage channel liquidity, channel closes and outgoing Lightning payments in the connected node or wallet. Wholly Crypto’s Lightning integration receives payments; its on-chain Sweep does not move channel balances.
Never treat a Lightning channel balance as an on-chain address balance. Recovering channels differs from restoring an ordinary Bitcoin seed and may involve on-chain closes and fees.
Check in Wholly Crypto
Use Settings → Chain connections for the external Lightning connection and its separate balance. Project wallet backups only cover on-chain wallets.
Connect LND or Nostr Wallet Connect →