BitBanana: Bitcoin & Lightning

Michael Wünsch

About this app

⚡️ Superpowers for you and your Bitcoin Lightning node! Use and manage your node wherever you are. ⚡️

BitBanana is a native Android app for node operators focused on user experience and ease of use.
While it is not a wallet on its own, BitBanana works like a remote control, allowing you to use your node as a wallet wherever you go.
The app is designed with an educational approach, providing the user with guidance on every aspect of node operation.

BitBanana is open source and fully self-custodial, which means you are in full control of your funds.

Features:
- Manage multiple nodes
- On-chain transactions and lightning payments
- Channel management
- Routing summary
- Contacts
- Sign/Verify
- NFC support
- Tor support
- 100% open source
... and many other features to explore!

The source code can be found at:
https://github.com/michaelWuensch/BitBanana

Ratings and reviews

I was struggling with Zeus working consistently and displaying my core lightning node info accurately. This app however just works. Displayed all node info accurately as well. Also no struggles with routing failures caused by fee limits. It makes core lightning node use easy.

Maybe coders and software engineers can set this up for themselves but I tried and too complicated for most people. A lot of commands for what software that GitHub lists in all files instead of the program itself with more subsections to top that. Tried binaries but that makes no sense, more commands to run on what program????? You see, without prior experience with setting up nodes or a computer science degree, people won't make sense of this mess. Not worth the headache.

Loving this app. I was always a Zap fan over other wallets and I'm thrilled that it's being supported again. It's such a friendly interface. 6 months later on, I have to say the updates are great.

What’s new

- Receive funds via NFC on a generated LN invoice (LNURL-withdraw)
- Read NFC text tags
- Fixed CLN connect string cert/key parsing
- Fixed missing RoutHints in edge cases
- Added full Persian & Spanish translations
- Updated translations