Can an agent pay satgate with Cashu?
KINDAREADME mentions Cashu mints as a gating option, but the live public instance's /.well-known/l402 lists payment methods ['lightning','lnurlcash'] only (no Cashu/NUT-24). One unpaid chat request with a valid body was served HTTP 200 (documented free tier: 250 credits/day).
Proof
“Without --lightning (or Cashu mints, or an allowlist) satgate runs in open mode”
“"payment":{"methods":["lightning","lnurlcash"]”
Details
- Verdict
- Kinda: partial, early or experimental, or live behaviour differs from the claim.
- Category
- API or middleware that takes Cashu (NUT-24)
- Rails
- l402, lightning, cashu
- Free probe
- POST https://satgate.forgesworn.dev/v1/chat/completions returned HTTP 200; served from free tier; no 402 challenge. Probed 2026-10-18. Nothing was paid, minted or melted.
- Last checked
- 2026-10-18