<p>Their <a href="https://strike.me/en/faq/fees/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FAQ</a> makes it clear they mean no <em>added</em> fees. Their customers do pay any Bitcoin or Lightning fees.</p>
<p>Others have suggested that, to pay its employees, shareholders etc, Strike (Zap Solutions Inc) earns money from running Lightning nodes and from the spread between buying and selling prices it offers to its customers.</p>

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So that means, because of spread, if I was to use Strike to buy something in dollars for 10 dollars, I'd have to spend more than 10 dollars....or am I missing something? Im struggling to see why this is a good proposition...
Mark
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<p>I was watching Strike's announcement that their API can transfer money by converting from fiat money to BTC, transferring that over the Lightning Network and converting back to fiat at the merchant. The video is here <a href="https://youtu.be/o73fWsqJDdY?t=304" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://youtu.be/o73fWsqJDdY?t=304</a></p>
<p>But given the spread when buying and selling BTC, how is this possible? Won't the consumer have to spend more to buy the BTC that will then be converted back to fiat at the merchant?</p>

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Strike says its free to send money via Lightning - how is that possible?
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# Strike says its free to send money via Lightning - how is that possible?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-04-27)

I was watching Strike's announcement that their API can transfer money by converting from fiat money to BTC, transferring that over the Lightning Network and converting back to fiat at the merchant. The video is here <https://youtu.be/o73fWsqJDdY?t=304>

But given the spread when buying and selling BTC, how is this possible? Won't the consumer have to spend more to buy the BTC that will then be converted back to fiat at the merchant?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2022-04-27. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Their [FAQ](https://strike.me/en/faq/fees/) makes it clear they mean no *added* fees. Their customers do pay any Bitcoin or Lightning fees.

Others have suggested that, to pay its employees, shareholders etc, Strike (Zap Solutions Inc) earns money from running Lightning nodes and from the spread between buying and selling prices it offers to its customers.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: So that means, because of spread, if I was to use Strike to buy something in dollars for 10 dollars, I'd have to spend more than 10 dollars....or am I missing something? Im struggling to see why this is a good proposition...  

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