Using Zap Desktop Wallet with Coincards.com on the Lightning Network
*Coincards is not partnered or affiliated with Zap Wallet and makes no gaurantees on its software. This tutorial is strictly for information purposes.*
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Zap Desktop — Spending on Coincards
Using Coincards.com with the Zap’s Desktop wallet is super easy. We’ve written this quick how-to guide to get you started!
We’re going to start off by assuming you have Zap Desktop installed on your mobile device and you have successfully funded it and opened a channel with Coincards.
From there, start off by visiting Coincards.com and selecting the country you want to shop from.
Next, Browse our vast selection of products or use the top bar to search for a particular product. In this demo, we will search for an Amazon.com gift card in the USA region.
Once your cart has everything you need, head on over to our checkout page!
Coincards.com checkout and payments are powered by our own BTCPay Server instance.
After hitting the Proceed to BTCPay button, you will be redirected to our payment screen which defaults to on-chain BTC. For this tutorial, we want to use an off-chain lightning transaction.
Select the “Bitcoin” option and a dropdown will appear. Select “Bitcoin (Lightning)” from the menu. You will now have a BOLT11 invoice.
Click the “Copy” tab on the invoice and select the “BOLT11 Invoice” text to copy to your device.
Open your Zap Desktop Wallet up and click the Pay button.
Clicking on the Pay button will bring you to the Send Satoshis screen. This is where you can now paste the invoice details which will then automatically fulfill the payment details and automatically fulfill the memo with your Coincards order.
Click the Send #### Satoshis button to complete the payment!
Switch back to your Coincards.com screen and you will now see your invoice has been paid and accounted for.
Success! Your order is now completed and your order should be instantly processed with an email in your inbox!
Looking for more information on Installation, Setup and Funding?
Check out the following links:
Zap Desktop — Install and Setup
Funding Your Zap Desktop Lightning Wallet and Opening a Channel
Originally published at https://coincards.com on August 19, 2019.
