Buying as a maker

You publish a buy order: you pay fiat and receive sats.

1. Create the order, optionally with your invoice or Lightning address:

   mostro-cli --output json order new --side buy --currency USD --fiat-amount 50 \
     --payment-method "Zelle" --invoice you@wallet.example --yes
   

   next_step: wait_for_taker (or pay_bond_invoice on a bonded node).

2. Wait for a seller. A seller takes it with order take-buy and pays the hold invoice. Poll message list --order <id>.

3. Give an invoice if asked. Without --invoice at creation, the node sends a message with next_step: add_invoice (payload order, with the computed sats_amount):

   mostro-cli --output json order add-invoice --order <id> --invoice <bolt11 for sats_amount> --yes
   

4. When the order is active, pay the fiat and run order fiat-sent --order <id> --yes → wait_for_release.

5. Wait for the release (settled-hold-invoice, then success).

For a buy range order, fiat-sent is the step that carries your next trade key; the child order arrives when the seller releases. See Range orders.