# Bolt Card

## Overview

The bolt card enables a customer to make payment at a merchant point of sale over the bitcoin lightning network.

Each bolt card makes use of a service to receive the request from the merchant system, apply payment rules and make payment.

The 'bolt card service' software provided here can be used to host bolt cards for yourself and others.

The 'bolt card creation' instructions describe how to set up bolt cards for use with your bolt card service.

## Documents

| Document | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [Specification](docs/SPEC.md) | Bolt card specifications |
| [System](docs/SYSTEM.md) | Bolt card system overview |
| [Service Install](docs/INSTALL.md) | Bolt card service installation |
| [Automatic Card Creation](docs/CARD_ANDROID.md) | Bolt card creation using the Bolt Card app|
| [Manual Card Creation](docs/CARD_MANUAL.md) | Bolt card creation using NXP TagXplorer software|
| [FAQ](docs/FAQ.md) | Frequently asked questions |

## Telegram group

Discussion and support is available at https://t.me/bolt_card .
