{"id":"abdelstark-bitcoin-mcp","name":"bitcoin-mcp","af_score":44.0,"security_score":28.2,"reliability_score":36.2,"what_it_does":"bitcoin-mcp is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets AI agents interact with the Bitcoin and Lightning Network ecosystems—e.g., generating keys, validating addresses, decoding raw Bitcoin transactions, querying blockchain data, decoding BOLT11 invoices, and paying Lightning invoices via LNBits.","best_when":"You want an agent to call well-defined MCP tools for Bitcoin/Lightning inspection and (optionally) Lightning invoice payment in a local/controlled environment (Claude Desktop/Goose).","avoid_when":"You need strong, documented authentication/authorization boundaries, audited security around key material, or guaranteed operational reliability/SLA for production workloads.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:52:15.085607+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["No explicit auth described in provided README","Implicit trust via local execution (npx/STDIO) or LAN-local SSE in the described setup"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Lightning payment via LNBits may require careful handling of secrets and could be non-idempotent","If using SSE mode, connectivity and correct endpoint/URL shape are easy failure points (README gives conventions but not concrete server routes)","Key generation tools could lead agents to expose sensitive private key material unless tool outputs are constrained/redacted"],"error_quality":0.0}