Coupling is the operating system for local economies. Local merchants issue their own branded digital tokens, customers earn and spend them across a network of participating businesses, and value stays circulating in your community instead of leaving through corporate payment processors.
FOR CONSUMERS (FREE)
Download Coupling and discover local businesses in your area. Earn tokens when you shop, then spend them at any other merchant in the network. A café's tokens work at the bookstore next door. A salon's tokens work at the brewery down the street. One wallet, every local business.
• Digital wallet for all your local tokens
• Discover participating merchants near you
• Send and receive tokens via QR code
• Claim vouchers and gift tokens from local businesses
• Sign up with phone, email, or Telegram
• No crypto knowledge required
FOR MERCHANTS ($10/MONTH)
Issue your own branded tokens, accept tokens from neighboring businesses, and join a zero-fee trade network. No payment processing fees when merchants accept each other's tokens. Turn slow afternoons into tradeable value. Give customers a reason to keep coming back.
• Create unlimited branded tokens
• Full POS terminal for tablets and kiosks
• Cross-merchant network discovery
• White-label branding with your colors and logo
• Unlimited users, transactions, and token issuance
• Pay your subscription in Coupling tokens
HOW IT WORKS
Merchants mint digital tokens backed by Bitcoin via the Taproot Assets protocol. When merchants agree to accept each other's tokens, customers flow between businesses and value stays local. The more businesses that join, the more powerful the network becomes.
Multiple ways to get started: claim a voucher from a local merchant, scan a QR code at a register, or follow an invite link from a friend. Earning and spending tokens is as simple as scanning a code.
BUILT ON BITCOIN. DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE.
Coupling runs on Bitcoin, Lightning Network, and Taproot Assets — real digital assets with cryptographic security. Merchant discovery is powered by the Nostr decentralized protocol. But you don't need to know any of that. The app works like any rewards app you've used before.
LOCAL COMMUNITIES, GLOBAL PROTOCOL
Coupling supports local communities everywhere. Each community builds its own merchant network while benefiting from a shared, federated infrastructure. Tokens can even transfer across regions — so a visitor from another Coupling-powered city can spend their tokens at your local businesses.
Join your local Coupling community and start keeping value where it belongs — in your neighborhood.