Gap note
Wavelength gaps
Wavelength gap note, checked 2026-10-30. It quotes primary pages on settlement, spend controls, revocation, composition, license, governance, cross-company use, and refunds. A not documented line uses the read date. The note does not rank the listing. Omitted means that dimension was not checked for this note.
Last verified 2026-10-30
Sources
Wavelength listing · Protocol compatibility · Spend controls · Gaps JSON · See what changed this week
| Dimension | Status |
|---|---|
| Settlement asset | Documented |
| Spend controls | Mixed |
| Revocation | Not documented |
| Protocol composition | Documented |
| License | Documented |
| Governance body | Documented |
| Cross-company use | Not documented |
| Refunds and disputes | Mixed |
Settlement asset
Documented
Bitcoin over Lightning. The 23 October 2026 post says humans and agents can pay and get paid in bitcoin, with stablecoins coming soon.
Lightning Labs: Wavelength on mainnet, 23 October 2026 · Read 2026-10-30
The Wavelength system page says stablecoin support is on the way through Taproot Assets over the same wallet surface. It does not say stablecoins are live.
The Wavelength system · Read 2026-10-30
Spend controls
Documented
Release limit: the 23 October 2026 post says each mainnet account can hold up to 300,000 sats, and each VTXO can hold up to 50,000 sats.
Lightning Labs: Wavelength on mainnet, 23 October 2026 · Read 2026-10-30
Receive only macaroon: the same post says wavecli bakemacaroon issues a macaroon so a service can receive payments with no ability to sign, recover, or administer the wallet.
Lightning Labs: Wavelength on mainnet, 23 October 2026 · Read 2026-10-30
Not documented
Not documented as of 2026-10-30. A per agent spend limit, budget, or payee allowlist for an agent's sending credential. The 23 October 2026 post states an account holding cap and a receive only macaroon. The bakemacaroon page scopes permissions and can set a client side expiry. Neither states a sending budget or a payee allowlist.
Wavelength docs: bakemacaroon · Read 2026-10-30
Revocation
Not documented
Not documented as of 2026-10-30. Revoking a baked macaroon. The bakemacaroon page can add a client side expiry in seconds. It does not document a revoke command for a macaroon already issued.
Wavelength docs: bakemacaroon · Read 2026-10-30
Protocol composition
Documented
The 23 October 2026 post says wavecli mcp serve lets an agent drive the wallet through MCP tool calls, and L402 lets an API charge sats per request with no signup and no API key.
Lightning Labs: Wavelength on mainnet, 23 October 2026 · Read 2026-10-30
The MCP docs say wavecli mcp serve exposes daemon calls as typed tools, and that wallet create and unlock are not registered as MCP tools.
Wavelength docs: mcp · Read 2026-10-30
License
Documented
MIT. The GitHub license API reported this SPDX identifier for lightninglabs/wavelength on 2026-10-30.
GitHub repository lightninglabs/wavelength · Read 2026-10-30
Governance body
Documented
Lightning Labs publishes the Wavelength repository and the 23 October 2026 mainnet post.
Lightning Labs: Wavelength on mainnet, 23 October 2026 · Read 2026-10-30
Cross-company use
Not documented
Not documented as of 2026-10-30. A second company operating Wavelength. The system page says a Wavelength Operator runs coordination and settlement. It does not name another company.
The Wavelength system · Read 2026-10-30
Refunds and disputes
Who handles a refund when an agent pays
Documented
The troubleshooting page says a Lightning send that times out moves from refunding to refunded, and the funds return to the Ark balance automatically.
Wavelength docs: troubleshooting · Read 2026-10-30
Not documented
Not documented as of 2026-10-30. A dispute or chargeback with the payee. The troubleshooting page describes an automatic refund when a swap times out. It does not describe a dispute with the recipient.
Wavelength docs: troubleshooting · Read 2026-10-30
Questions
- What does not documented mean?
- Not documented means the cited page does not state the fact. The line names that page and the day it was read. It is not a claim that the fact is false.
- What does omitted mean?
- Omitted means this note has no checked source for that dimension. The dimension was left out rather than filled in.
- Does the index rank these products?
- No. The table can be sorted by name, by dimension status, or by checked date. Sort order is not a score.
- Where is the machine readable file?
- GET /data/gaps.json. The file includes every note, the cited sources, and the read dates.