Rails Yield
Access yield on Bitcoin without giving up custody. Rails Yield routes payments and leases liquidity on your behalf so your sats earn — no lending, no counterparty risk.
Access yield on Bitcoin without giving up control.
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Rails Yield deploys your Bitcoin into productive Lightning Network activity (routing fees and liquidity leases) while you keep full custody. There's no lending, no rehypothecation, and no counterparty risk. Everything you can do from the dashboard is also available through a single GraphQL endpoint at https://rails.amboss.tech/graphql.
Capabilities
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Self-custodial | Maintain control of your Bitcoin at all times. Your keys, your node, your funds. |
| Automated revenue operations | Deployed assets are allocated across liquidity leases and payment routing to generate yield. |
| No lending, no rehypothecation | Yield comes from Lightning Network activity (routing fees and liquidity leases), not from lending. |
| Performance reporting | Track node performance, earnings, and revenue opportunities programmatically via the monitoring API. |
| GraphQL API | Monitor balances, manage Taproot Assets, and initiate withdrawals from your backend (node creation runs in the dashboard - see Deploy a Node). |
Expected APY (~4.5%) and CAGR (~5%) figures are estimates and not guaranteed.
How it works
Create an account
Manage your funds through Rails while maintaining custody of your Bitcoin.
Deploy and fund
Spin up a Lightning node and send on-chain Bitcoin to it. See Deploy.
Activate and earn
Channels open automatically; yield begins accruing within 24-48 hours.
Monitor and withdraw
Watch earnings via Monitor and pull funds back on-chain via Withdraw.
Built for developers
The Rails Yield API is GraphQL at https://rails.amboss.tech/graphql. The full schema is browsable on Apollo Studio. See API Reference for endpoints, authentication, and per-resource docs.
Get started
Quickstart
Deploy your first node and monitor earnings via the API.
Setup Options
Compare Fully Managed, Third Party Hosted, and Intelligence API.
API Reference
Endpoints, authentication, rate limits, and per-resource docs.
Integrate
End-to-end walkthrough with GraphQL examples.
Yield Sources
Where the routing and liquidity revenue comes from.
FAQ
Custody, security, control, and developer Q&A.