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io.github.lightningfaucet/mcp-server

lightning-faucet

Is the io.github.lightningfaucet/mcp-server MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-10-31.

Give AI agents a Bitcoin wallet with Lightning Network payments and L402 support.

alive probed 2026-11-14 · unchanged since 2026-10-31

37tools
5.2ktokens in Claude Opus 5.5
2.6 %of Claude's 200k window
2.0×the median server
312 msto initialize
9 msto list tools
Run it
npx -y lightning-faucet-mcp@2.0.5 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
Host
npmjs.com
Reports itself as
lightning-faucet 1.0.0
Capabilities
tools
Instructions
none
Of a 1M window
0.5 % of a 1M context window
Count
5.2k tokens in Claude Opus 5.5, exact, measured 2026-10-17. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 5.5k. The o200k_base estimate is 2.7k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
Repository
https://github.com/lightningfaucet/mcp-server
Registry
active, updated 2026-01-16 · registry entry

Most expensive tools

The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.94×.

Tool≈ Claude tokenso200k estimateShare of this server
pay_l402_api3251686 %
register_webhook2131104 %
pay_lightning_address2051064 %
keysend2051064 %
export_transactions2011044 %

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