The Project

Lighting Piggy is an electronic cash piggy bank for children that accepts bitcoin sent over lightning, while displaying the amount saved in satoshis.

Our vision is to make Sats the savings’ standard for every child, while creating an educational platform to inspire future generations, not only to save in satoshis, but also to learn to code, and build in a free and open source way.

The Opportunity

In many parts of the world our first encounter with money is when the ‘tooth fairy’ visits, followed by being gifted a piggy bank that gets filled with pocket money for doing good deeds. In short, we’re programmed to save, exchange, account, think and work on the fiat standard, in fiat terms. This money is rapidly loosing its purchasing power, and therefore it is useless at storing value.

The first contact a child has with money should be with Satoshis.

To accelerate global adoption we need to have the educational tools and resources available for bitcoiners of all ages.

The Team

Project Founders: @Bitcoin3us and @BlackCoffee

Thanks to the Adopting Bitcoin 2022 conference in El Salvador, the team quickly grew from two to six people.

New team members include: @djvalerieblove, @JakobFN, @LadyM_BTC, @orangesurfbtc, and @zobroj

Specs, Languages, and Tools

Lightning Piggy is a free and open source project leveraging LNBits.

It is comprised of a low cost ESP32 microprocessor, single board computer, with integrated white paper display; off the shelf basic components include a battery, switch, and button; and a DIY enclosure, made from classroom materials.

Coding has been written in C and C++

Enabling tools include: Software development in GitHub, tasks in Trello, files in Google, meetings on Jitsi, and team chat on Telegram.

Next Steps & Target Dates

January 2023

• Complete code and build development

• Finalise a template for the Genesis Edition ‘piggy body’

• Write assembly and build instructions

February 2023

• Finalise characters and origin story

• Build out website

• Record instructional video with a young bitcoin rolemodel

March 2023

• Publish “Lightning Piggy LNBits” extension

• Engage with first sponsor and community education partner deploy the piggy to local children

• Gather feedback from class and implement improvements

Pertinent Links

✨ Watch our short project presentation here: https://youtu.be/QuwWkfCWUOU ✨

Build with us: GitHub: https://github.com/blackcoffeexbt/lightning-piggy

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lightningpiggy

Read our project vision: https://makers.bolt.fun/project/lightningpiggy

Watch our videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightningPiggyTV

Interaction with the project and sign up for newsletters on: http://www.lightningpiggy.com