diff --git a/src/components/SettingsView.vue b/src/components/SettingsView.vue
index 38bc69b2..0cc84646 100644
--- a/src/components/SettingsView.vue
+++ b/src/components/SettingsView.vue
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
               <a href="https://v2alpha.nutstash.app/" target="_blank">
                 this tool
               </a>
-              > to recover from seed phrase.
+              to recover from seed phrase.
             </q-item-label>
             <div class="row q-pt-md">
               <div class="col-12">
@@ -241,6 +241,45 @@
     <!-- nostr -->
     <div class="q-py-sm q-px-xs text-left" on-left>
       <q-list padding>
+        <q-item>
+          <q-item-section>
+            <q-item-label overline>Lightning address</q-item-label>
+            <q-item-label caption
+              >This is your lightning address. Enable it to check for incoming
+              payments at startup.</q-item-label
+            >
+          </q-item-section>
+        </q-item>
+        <q-item>
+          <q-item-section class="q-mx-none q-pl-none">
+            <div class="row q-pt-md">
+              <div class="col-12">
+                <q-input outlined v-model="npcAddress" dense rounded readonly>
+                  <template v-slot:append>
+                    <q-icon
+                      name="content_copy"
+                      @click="copyText(npcAddress)"
+                      size="0.8em"
+                      color="grey"
+                      class="q-mr-sm cursor-pointer"
+                    >
+                      <q-tooltip>Copy Lightning address</q-tooltip>
+                    </q-icon>
+                  </template>
+                </q-input>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <!-- toggle to turn Lightning address on and off in new row -->
+            <div class="row q-pt-md">
+              <q-toggle
+                v-model="npcEnabled"
+                label="Enable Lightning address"
+                color="primary"
+              />
+            </div>
+          </q-item-section>
+        </q-item>
+
         <q-item>
           <q-item-section>
             <q-item-label overline>Link wallet</q-item-label>
@@ -311,7 +350,7 @@
                 <q-tooltip>Show QR code</q-tooltip>
               </q-icon>
             </q-item-section>
-            <q-item-section>
+            <q-item-section style="max-width: 10rem">
               <!-- <q-item-label
                 caption
                 clickable
@@ -598,6 +637,7 @@ import { map } from "underscore";
 import { currentDateStr } from "src/js/utils";
 import { useSettingsStore } from "src/stores/settings";
 import { useNostrStore } from "src/stores/nostr";
+import { useNPCStore } from "src/stores/npubcash";
 import { useP2PKStore } from "src/stores/p2pk";
 import { useNWCStore } from "src/stores/nwc";
 import { useWorkersStore } from "src/stores/workers";
@@ -666,8 +706,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
       "activeProofs",
       "proofs",
     ]),
+    ...mapState(useNPCStore, ["npcAddress"]),
     ...mapState(useNostrStore, ["pubkey", "mintRecommendations"]),
     ...mapState(useWalletStore, ["mnemonic"]),
+    ...mapWritableState(useNPCStore, ["npcEnabled"]),
     ...mapWritableState(useWalletStore, ["keysetCounters"]),
     ...mapWritableState(useMintsStore, [
       "addMintData",
diff --git a/src/pages/WalletPage.vue b/src/pages/WalletPage.vue
index a12a4bf7..00d343a4 100644
--- a/src/pages/WalletPage.vue
+++ b/src/pages/WalletPage.vue
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ import { useProofsStore } from "src/stores/proofs";
 import { useCameraStore } from "src/stores/camera";
 import { useP2PKStore } from "src/stores/p2pk";
 import { useNWCStore } from "src/stores/nwc";
+import { useNPCStore } from "src/stores/npubcash";
 
 import ReceiveTokenDialog from "src/components/ReceiveTokenDialog.vue";
 
@@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ export default {
     ]),
     ...mapActions(useCameraStore, ["closeCamera", "showCamera"]),
     ...mapActions(useNWCStore, ["listenToNWCCommands"]),
+    ...mapActions(useNPCStore, ["generateNPCConnection", "claimAllTokens"]),
     // TOKEN METHODS
     decodeToken: function (encoded_token) {
       try {
@@ -636,6 +638,10 @@ export default {
     if (this.nwcEnabled) {
       this.listenToNWCCommands();
     }
+
+    // generate NPC connection
+    this.generateNPCConnection();
+    this.claimAllTokens();
   },
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/src/stores/npubcash.ts b/src/stores/npubcash.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a4bbdb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stores/npubcash.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+import { defineStore } from "pinia";
+import NDK, { NDKEvent, NDKPrivateKeySigner } from "@nostr-dev-kit/ndk";
+import { useLocalStorage } from "@vueuse/core";
+import { bytesToHex } from '@noble/hashes/utils' // already an installed dependency
+import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { useWalletStore } from "./wallet";
+import { useReceiveTokensStore } from "./receiveTokensStore";
+import { notifyApiError, notifyError, notifySuccess, notifyWarning, notify } from "../js/notify";
+import { Proof } from "@cashu/cashu-ts";
+import token from "../js/token";
+import { WalletProof, useMintsStore } from "./mints";
+import { useTokensStore } from "../stores/tokens";
+
+type NPCConnection = {
+  walletPublicKey: string,
+  walletPrivateKey: string,
+}
+
+type NPCBalance = {
+  error: string,
+  data: number
+}
+
+type NPCClaim = {
+  error: string,
+  data: {
+    token: string,
+  }
+}
+type NPCWithdrawl = {
+  id: number;
+  claim_ids: number[];
+  created_at: number;
+  pubkey: string;
+  amount: number;
+}
+
+type NPCWithdrawals = {
+  error: string,
+  data: {
+    count: number,
+    withdrawals: Array<NPCWithdrawl>
+  }
+}
+
+const NIP98Kind = 27235;
+
+export const useNPCStore = defineStore("npc", {
+  state: () => ({
+    npcEnabled: useLocalStorage<boolean>("cashu.npc.enabled", false),
+    npcConnections: useLocalStorage<NPCConnection[]>("cashu.npc.connections", []),
+    npcAddress: useLocalStorage<string>("cashu.npc.address", ""),
+    npcDomain: useLocalStorage<string>("cashu.npc.domain", "npub.cash"),
+    baseURL: useLocalStorage<string>("cashu.npc.baseURL", "https://npub.cash"),
+    ndk: new NDK(),
+    signer: {} as NDKPrivateKeySigner,
+  }),
+  getters: {
+  },
+  actions: {
+    claimAllTokens: async function () {
+      if (!this.npcEnabled) {
+        return
+      }
+      const receiveStore = useReceiveTokensStore();
+      const npubCashBalance = await this.getBalance();
+      console.log("npub.cash balance: " + npubCashBalance);
+      if (npubCashBalance > 0) {
+        notifySuccess(`You have ${npubCashBalance} sats on npub.cash`);
+        const token = await this.getClaim();
+        if (token) {
+          // add token to history first
+          this.addPendingTokenToHistory(token)
+          receiveStore.receiveData.tokensBase64 = token;
+          try {
+            // redeem token automatically
+            const walletStore = useWalletStore()
+            await walletStore.redeem()
+          } catch {
+            // if it doesn't work, show the receive window
+            receiveStore.showReceiveTokens = true;
+          }
+          // this.storeUnclaimedProofs(token)
+          // const proofsToClaim = this.getUnclaimedProofs(token)
+          // const proofsStore = useProofsStore()
+          // const encodedToken = proofsStore.serializeProofs(proofsToClaim)
+          // receiveStore.receiveData.tokensBase64 = encodedToken;
+          // const walletStore = useWalletStore()
+          // try {
+          //   // try to receive automatically
+          //   await walletStore.redeem()
+          // } catch {
+          //   // if it doesn't work, show the receive window
+          //   receiveStore.showReceiveTokens = true;
+          // }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    // storeUnclaimedProofs: function (encodedToken: string) {
+    //   const proofs: WalletProof[] = token.getProofs(token.decode(encodedToken))
+    //   const unclaimedProofs = proofs.filter((p) =>
+    //     !this.unclaimedProofs.map((pu) => pu.secret).includes(p.secret)
+    //   );
+    //   this.unclaimedProofs = this.unclaimedProofs.concat(unclaimedProofs)
+    // },
+    // getUnclaimedProofs: function (encodedToken: string): WalletProof[] {
+    //   // get all unclaimedProofs from the same mint as encodedToken
+    //   const mintUrl = token.getMint(token.decode(encodedToken))
+    //   const mintsStore = useMintsStore()
+    //   const mint = mintsStore.mints.find((m) => m.url == mintUrl);
+    //   if (mint == undefined) {
+    //     return []
+    //   }
+    //   const mintKeysetIds = mint.keysets.map((k) => k.id)
+    //   const unclaimedProofsFromSameMint = this.unclaimedProofs.filter((p) => mintKeysetIds.includes(p.id))
+    //   console.log(`unclaimed: ${unclaimedProofsFromSameMint.length}`)
+    //   return unclaimedProofsFromSameMint;
+    // },
+    tokenAlreadyInHistory: function (tokenStr: string) {
+      const tokensStore = useTokensStore();
+      return (
+        tokensStore.historyTokens.find((t) => t.token === tokenStr) !== undefined
+      );
+    },
+    addPendingTokenToHistory: function (tokenStr: string) {
+      const tokensStore = useTokensStore();
+      if (this.tokenAlreadyInHistory(tokenStr)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const decodedToken = token.decode(tokenStr);
+      if (decodedToken == undefined) {
+        throw Error('could not decode token')
+      }
+      // get amount from decodedToken.token.proofs[..].amount
+      const amount = token.getProofs(decodedToken).reduce(
+        (sum, el) => (sum += el.amount),
+        0
+      );
+
+      const mintUrl = token.getMint(decodedToken)
+      const unit = token.getUnit(decodedToken)
+      tokensStore.addPendingToken({
+        amount: amount,
+        serializedProofs: tokenStr,
+        mint: mintUrl,
+        unit: unit
+      });
+      this.showReceiveTokens = false;
+    },
+    generateNPCConnection: async function () {
+      let conn: NPCConnection
+      // NOTE: we only support one connection for now
+      if (!this.npcConnections.length) {
+        const walletStore = useWalletStore();
+        const sk = walletStore.seed.slice(0, 32)
+        const walletPublicKeyHex = getPublicKey(sk) // `pk` is a hex string
+        const walletPrivateKeyHex = bytesToHex(sk)
+        // print nsec and npub
+        console.log('Lightning address for wallet:', nip19.npubEncode(walletPublicKeyHex) + '@npub.cash')
+        // console.log('nsec:', nip19.nsecEncode(sk))
+        console.log('npub:', nip19.npubEncode(walletPublicKeyHex))
+        conn = {
+          walletPublicKey: walletPublicKeyHex,
+          walletPrivateKey: walletPrivateKeyHex,
+        } as NPCConnection;
+        this.npcConnections = this.npcConnections.concat(conn)
+        this.npcAddress = nip19.npubEncode(this.npcConnections[0].walletPublicKey) + '@' + this.npcDomain
+        this.baseURL = `https://${this.npcDomain}`
+      }
+      this.signer = new NDKPrivateKeySigner(this.npcConnections[0].walletPrivateKey)
+      this.ndk = new NDK({ explicitRelayUrls: this.relays, signer: this.signer });
+    },
+    generateNip98Event: async function (url: string, method: string, body: string): Promise<string> {
+      const nip98Event = new NDKEvent(this.ndk);
+      nip98Event.kind = NIP98Kind;
+      nip98Event.content = '';
+      nip98Event.tags = [['u', url], ['method', method]];
+      // TODO: if body is set, add 'payload' tag with sha256 hash of body
+      const sig = await nip98Event.sign(this.signer)
+      const eventString = JSON.stringify(nip98Event.rawEvent());
+      // encode the eventString to base64
+      return btoa(eventString)
+    },
+    getInfo: async function () {
+      const authHeader = await this.generateNip98Event(
+        `${this.baseURL}/api/v1/info`,
+        "GET"
+      );
+      try {
+        const response = await fetch(`${this.baseURL}/api/v1/info`, {
+          method: "GET",
+          headers: {
+            Authorization: `Nostr ${authHeader}`,
+          },
+        })
+        return response.json()
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e)
+      }
+    },
+    getBalance: async function (): Promise<number> {
+      const authHeader = await this.generateNip98Event(
+        `${this.baseURL}/api/v1/balance`,
+        "GET"
+      );
+      try {
+        const response = await fetch(`${this.baseURL}/api/v1/balance`, {
+          method: "GET",
+          headers: {
+            Authorization: `Nostr ${authHeader}`,
+          },
+        })
+        // deserialize the response to NPCBalance
+        const balance: NPCBalance = await response.json()
+        if (balance.error) {
+          return 0
+        }
+        return balance.data
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e)
+        return 0
+      }
+    },
+    getClaim: async function (): Promise<string> {
+      const authHeader = await this.generateNip98Event(
+        `${this.baseURL}/api/v1/claim`,
+        "GET"
+      );
+      try {
+        const response = await fetch(`${this.baseURL}/api/v1/claim`, {
+          method: "GET",
+          headers: {
+            Authorization: `Nostr ${authHeader}`,
+          },
+        })
+        // deserialize the response to NPCClaim
+        const claim: NPCClaim = await response.json()
+        if (claim.error) {
+          return ""
+        }
+        return claim.data.token
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error(e)
+        return ""
+      }
+    },
+    // getWithdraw: async function (): Promise<string> {
+    //   const authHeader = await this.generateNip98Event(
+    //     `${this.baseURL}/api/v1/withdrawals`,
+    //     "POST",
+    //   );
+    //   try {
+    //     const response = await fetch(`${this.baseURL}/api/v1/withdraw`, {
+    //       method: "GET",
+    //       headers: {
+    //         Authorization: `Nostr ${authHeader}`,
+    //       },
+    //     })
+    //     // deserialize the response to NPCClaim
+    //     const claim: NPCClaim = await response.json()
+    //     if (claim.error) {
+    //       return ""
+    //     }
+    //     return claim.data.token
+    //   } catch (e) {
+    //     console.error(e)
+    //     return ""
+    //   }
+    // }
+  }
+});