Mutinynet CLI

Interact with the Mutinynet Bitcoin testnet faucet. Get testnet bitcoin on-chain, pay lightning invoices, open lightning channels, and generate bolt11 invoices. Use when the user needs signet/testnet bitcoin, wants to test lightning payments, or mentions Mutinynet.

Mutinynet Faucet CLI

A CLI tool for interacting with the Mutinynet Bitcoin testnet faucet.

Install

Download a prebuilt binary from GitHub Releases, or install from source:

bash

cargo install mutinynet-cli

Commands

Login

Authenticate with GitHub via device flow. Required before using commands that need a token.

bash

mutinynet-cli login

Send on-chain bitcoin

Send testnet bitcoin to an address. Default amount is 10,000 sats. Accepts Bitcoin addresses or BIP21 URIs.

bash

mutinynet-cli onchain <address> [sats]

Examples:

• mutinynet-cli onchain tb1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kxpjzsx
• mutinynet-cli onchain tb1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kxpjzsx 50000

Pay a lightning invoice

Pay a lightning invoice. Accepts bolt11 invoices, LNURL, lightning addresses, and nostr npubs.

bash

mutinynet-cli lightning <invoice>

Examples:

• mutinynet-cli lightning lnbc1...
• mutinynet-cli lightning [e-mail]

Open a lightning channel

Open a lightning channel from the faucet node to your node.

bash

mutinynet-cli channel <pubkey> <capacity> [--push-amount <sats>] [--host <host:port>]

Examples:

• mutinynet-cli channel 02abc...def 100000
• mutinynet-cli channel 02abc...def 100000 --push-amount 50000 --host localhost:9735

Generate a bolt11 invoice

Generate a bolt11 invoice from the faucet node. Omit amount for a zero-amount invoice.

bash

mutinynet-cli bolt11 [amount]

Examples:

• mutinynet-cli bolt11 5000
• mutinynet-cli bolt11

Configuration

Option	Environment Variable	Default
--url	MUTINYNET_FAUCET_URL	https://faucet.mutinynet.com
--token	MUTINYNET_FAUCET_TOKEN	Loaded from ~/.mutinynet/token

Common workflows

1. First time setup: Run mutinynet-cli login to authenticate with GitHub.
2. Fund a wallet: Use mutinynet-cli onchain <address> to receive testnet sats.
3. Test lightning: Use mutinynet-cli lightning <invoice> to pay or mutinynet-cli bolt11 <amount> to receive.