LightningBlocks
A browser voxel game where Bitcoin Lightning payments trigger live events. Build, explore, and find sats.
Bitcoin and Lightning in games
Bitcoin Lightning makes small, instant payments practical in games — pay sats for a single action, with no app store cut and no slow checkout. Read more about Lightning in games.
LightningBlocks
LightningBlocks is a voxel world you play in the browser. Build and explore, hide and find sats, and use Bitcoin inside the game when you want to trigger events — friends and viewers can too.
How it works
Four steps to trigger an ingame event with Lightning
Pay sats
A Lightning invoice appears. Pay with any Lightning wallet.
Payment settles
Settlement is instant. No credit card, no app store, no third-party processor.
Game reacts
The game gets notified and the event happens in real time.
Play with Bitcoin in the game
You can play LightningBlocks in your browser without an account. Use Bitcoin Lightning when you want to trigger events — you only pay for the actions you choose. If you play as a guest and close the browser window, guest sats and progress can be lost.
- Build and explore a voxel world in your browser
- Hide and find sats as part of gameplay
- Pay with Lightning to trigger events instantly
- Optional account to save progress and use a built-in wallet
Account & Lightning wallet
An account is optional to try the game, but you need one to save your progress and player info. Your account will also create a LNBits Lightning wallet so paying ingame is faster — helpful, not required if you already use another Lightning wallet. How you pay explains the three payment layers and how to choose.
Why Lightning
Built for real micropayments in games
Instant
Payments settle immediately so the game can react in real time.
No app-store cut
Direct Lightning payments — no middleman taking a large fee.
Micropayments
Pay exactly for one action, e.g. 20 sats — not a currency bundle.
Optional: let a livestream audience join in
If you stream LightningBlocks, viewers can trigger events via Tips using Lightning invoices. You keep most of the sats spent.
Other games
PenguinShooter
Our old game from 2019 that first showed Lightning ingame payments.
Play PenguinShooterFAQ
Do I need Bitcoin to play?
No. You can play LightningBlocks without Bitcoin. You only need sats when you choose to trigger a paid event. Bitcoin is not required — but Lightning payments are the unique selling point of the game, so it makes sense to have some sats.
What wallet can I use?
Any Lightning wallet that can pay invoices. An account always includes an LNBits wallet on our server — you can connect mobile wallets like Zeus or BlueWallet to it.
For one-click payments in the browser, install GetAlby, an extension that connects to your own wallet.
Is LightningBlocks free?
Yes — you can play in the browser for free. Lightning payments are only for optional ingame events you choose to trigger.
How do Lightning payments change the game?
When you trigger a paid action, the server creates a Lightning invoice. After it is paid, LNBits notifies our backend with a webhook. The server then tells the running game over a live connection, and the event fires in real time — for example an upgrade, effect, or other action tied to that payment. How you pay covers the payment paths.
Why create an account?
Without an account you can still play, but progress is not saved. An account stores your player info and always includes a Lightning wallet for easier payments.
Does it work on mobile?
No. The page can load on a phone, but the game is not playable on mobile. You can still use Tips to pay for events that change gameplay for people who are playing.
What is PenguinShooter?
PenguinShooter is an earlier demo game with Lightning ingame payments. LightningBlocks is the main game we recommend starting with.
Ready to play?
Jump into LightningBlocks, or open your account to save progress.