Moritz

working on Alby - enabling consumers and developers to interact with the Bitcoin Lightning Network - the protocol of money – everywhere: in apps and the real world ⚡moritz@getalby.com

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moritz@getalby.com

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2026-02-19 06:13:36 UTC

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If the agent starts with non-fiat like stablecoins or other cryptocurrencies, that's totally possible. Starknet did this showcase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4rCr6AKA8g&list=PLZHgyCrvuPvABW0aaDlqoWZ-vAXPBO7ll&index=5
I’m also interested in exploring the path from fiat to bitcoin.

2026-02-15 20:56:30 UTC

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Awesome 👏. Super important project for the ecosystem.

2026-01-15 19:37:34 UTC

Earn #Bitcoin mining rewards directly in Alby Hub ⚡️
Set up payouts from Nice Hash and receive rewards seamlessly into your self-custodial on-chain or lightning wallet. 🚀
https://getalby.com/blog/how-to-earn-bitcoin-mining-rewards-from-nicehash-with-alby-hub

2026-01-15 15:05:14 UTC

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There is a version of Hold-invoices implemented in NWC. It is not part of the official spec yet.
https://getalby.com/blog/build-conditional-payment-logic-into-your-app

2025-12-15 10:42:31 UTC

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Install the Alby Extension, connect an Alby Account to get started. There is no need to configure a lightning wallet. You can't receive zaps though. But signing into Nostr apps works perfectly like this.

2025-12-15 10:41:15 UTC

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Alby has a freemium offering. You can use the wallet for free without a subscription or if you prefer more services with a subscription.

2025-11-12 06:06:57 UTC

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The best routing nodes are profitable but there are also plenty that do it to help the network grow.
It is really hard to say something about liquidity and profitability because it very much depends on your focus as a node. For instance: If you become a default LSP selling channels in LSP, you'll have a constant demand of people buying channels from you. But there are also other strategies.

2025-10-22 06:47:35 UTC

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If you really want you can get in touch with Alby anytime using the chat widget on support.getalby.com and I bet you'll receive a reply within 12 hours from a human, not a bot.

2025-10-04 14:22:25 UTC

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Great team efforts to bring Alby's new visual identity to life.
#nevent1q…wavt

2025-10-03 10:14:31 UTC

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Let's go!!!

2025-09-22 06:06:38 UTC

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So cool!
You can also create a sub-wallet on Alby Hub and let her use Zeus or Alby Go as a mobile app interface. Your family stays in control .

2025-09-08 17:07:23 UTC

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Ups. testing...

2025-09-08 17:06:22 UTC

Hey Nostr community, I am working on a new guide for the Alby Extension.

2025-09-04 09:27:48 UTC

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an update of this awesome @nprofile…x6g9 Hub video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z1BzwxdP4I
12 months later there are:
- sub-wallets
- one-click app connections to NWC apps (no more handling of connection strings)
- seamless in-app lightning <->on-chain swaps
- auto swap-outs to maintain receiving capacity
- redesigned app store
- enriched lightning transaction history
- improved on-chain wallet
- lightning routing stats

2025-08-07 07:08:12 UTC

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Thanks for the feedback. 👍
I think it is tracked here: https://github.com/getAlby/ZapPlanner/issues/81
If not, could you file a new issue?

2025-07-14 06:56:03 UTC

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Could you contact the Alby support at support.getalby.com. They respond quickly.

2025-07-13 06:20:48 UTC

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It's like saying the whole world needs to drink from one fountain. There are different fountains.
But I would be quite happy when we reach the mentioned block space problem in the next 3 years.

2025-07-03 18:49:23 UTC

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Amazing. I feel super pumped after this song!

2025-06-20 18:17:08 UTC

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Alby Hub subscriptions work based on NWC. The client receives an NWC connection secret with a pay_invoice permission and sends a pay_invoice request to the wallet.

2025-06-18 06:13:10 UTC

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Numerous emails have been sent, announcements published and banners displayed over the last 18 months to inform users that the legacy Alby shared wallet is no longer operated. Instead users can move to Alby Hub which is a self-custodial wallet.
Hope you could be more precise in your article. Only users of the legacy wallet without any payment activity over the last 12 months are affected. User's of the Alby Hub, self-custodial wallet enjoy freedom and control.

2025-06-17 16:09:43 UTC

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2025-06-17 07:10:30 UTC

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That's not unexpected. User have been informed for over 1.5 years to withdraw remaining funds to their Alby Hub self-custodial wallet.
The have been informed via many email campaigns, banners and public announcements.

2025-06-17 06:38:53 UTC

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Why do you want to use NWC with Bolt12 offers?

2025-05-28 10:52:08 UTC

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I use Fly.io. Super easy to set up: https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/alby-hub/alby-hub-flavors/other-cloud-options

2025-04-22 11:34:14 UTC

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And there is Alby Jim to let people create sub-wallets on your Hub in one click https://github.com/getAlby/jim

2025-04-22 11:32:43 UTC

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There is one: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bitcoin-lightning-publisher/
No faucet though.

2025-04-22 11:30:55 UTC

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You can migrate quickly if you installed the default Alby Hub with the integrated LDK lightning node.

2025-04-19 07:38:04 UTC

Incredible what the @nprofile…fy4z team has been hacking away the last 2 days! @nprofile…g5jd , @nprofile…qu7d, @nprofile…4nqz , @nprofile…gc6z , @nprofile…qy3m and @nprofile…7nyx built a brand new @nprofile…uuxc wallet and a super useful Alby Hub feature.
So cool to be part of it — can’t wait to share more next week! 🚀

2025-04-16 13:17:30 UTC

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Is it already settled? Do you see an amount incoming on the Node page of your Hub right below the on-chain balance?
Could you text us at support.getalby.com? I'll have a look asap.

2025-04-11 11:51:54 UTC

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There is also FinCEN and their Money Service Business rules: https://www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/2019-05/FinCEN%20Guidance%20CVC%20FINAL%20508.pdf
According to them custodial wallets are money transmitters

2025-04-08 16:39:50 UTC

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We'll post a video later today with the prompt.

2025-04-07 06:09:22 UTC

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Thanks for reaching out. I sent 2 test payments without routing problems.

2025-04-05 09:03:36 UTC

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I am very much at the beginning. My colleagues have tried a lot more so far.
Cline in VSCode with Gemini 2.5 pro; let's you build a website that accepts lightning payments with a bitcoin-connect.com button in 2 lines in one shot.
Do you what tooling AI hackathon participants prefer to use, so we can get familiar with that.

2025-04-04 20:05:29 UTC

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1000%

2025-04-04 20:04:32 UTC

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Are you using VS Code with the Cline extension? How does your Vibe code setup look like?

2025-03-26 20:17:09 UTC

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That's not needed. You just cannot create more sub-wallets without the Pro plan.

2025-03-21 17:09:23 UTC

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Coinos supports an HTTP flow. No copy & paste needed 😊
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1818

2025-02-23 07:03:09 UTC

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In case you need any resources of a dedicated NWC relay, feel free to use https://github.com/getAlby/http-nostr

2025-02-18 07:30:54 UTC

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It is the combined work of a great team:
@nprofile…qu7d
@nprofile…4nqz
@nprofile…g5jd
@nprofile…ct3f
@nprofile…7nyx
@nprofile…qy3m
@nprofile…3ykv

2025-02-16 08:11:33 UTC

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An often mentioned feature request in Alby Hub which could serve as NWC interface for CLN.
https://feedback.getalby.com/-alby-hub-request-a-feature/posts/add-support-for-cln-as-backend

2025-02-11 07:12:01 UTC

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At Alby we answer emails regularly and promptly. It might be that one email slips through. If that happens we are sorry.
Please resend your email or tell us your email address and we look for fit.
By the way Zeus' LSP is Olympus and they are available in Alby Hub, too.

2025-02-10 20:59:28 UTC

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Could go into a dedicated NWC design guide. @nprofile…w76a

2025-02-08 23:24:59 UTC

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for the app (receive NWC strings) or wallet (create NWC strings) side?

2025-02-07 08:50:29 UTC

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Connection Secret in Alby Hub is likely the same as Nostr Wallet Connect URL in Olas.
In Alby Hub --> Connections --> Add Connection https://m.primal.net/OUUb.png

2025-02-06 23:10:37 UTC

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You can create a NWC connection string in your Alby Hub and paste it into Olas. What step doesn't work for you?

2025-02-04 13:44:24 UTC

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Sent you an email.

2025-02-02 03:46:19 UTC

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🚀

2025-01-26 06:01:27 UTC

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Are you holding a workshop in Floripa?

2025-01-23 19:30:44 UTC

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I would love to connect my wallet to Primal iOS via NWC.

2025-01-23 08:57:02 UTC

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It's in beta and possibly coming in the next version of Alby Hub 🙂

2024-12-20 07:57:56 UTC

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🙏

2024-12-16 06:58:32 UTC

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It must work 24/7 🙂
Could you send an email with your Alby account email address to support@getalby.com and describe your setup and when the timeouts happen?

2024-12-11 16:35:33 UTC

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Take your time. But I am eager to find out what's actually happening as you say.

2024-12-10 18:54:51 UTC

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Sounds good. Waiting for your email. A screenshot of the Node page would be helpful, too. 🙏

2024-12-10 14:31:25 UTC

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The paid fees are visible in the blockchain explorer. There are no additional fees charged.
I expect that you opened anchor channels which require a reserve to leave room for bumping the fee of the closing transaction. The reserve is not part of the onchain/ savings balance.

2024-12-10 10:11:11 UTC

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Do you have other channels that you've opened before with your on-chain balance?

2024-12-10 10:09:16 UTC

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Go to "Node" --> "Advanced" --> "Withdraw Savings Balance"

2024-12-09 20:25:10 UTC

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Can you send an email to support@getalby.com with the link to the funding transaction? 🙏

2024-12-09 15:46:14 UTC

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If you opened the channel with your own on-chain funds, you only paid the fees for the opening transaction. You can calculate the paid fees by viewing the funding transaction on the Node page.
Own channel also require a reserve of on-chain funds to close the channel again. In Alby Hub these funds are omitted from the balance to avoid that the user spends them accidentally. If you send us an email to support@getalby.com I can research more details https://m.primal.net/MrJv.png

2024-12-05 20:10:31 UTC

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Did you get it working? Could you send some details to support@getalby.com so that we can look into it for you?

2024-12-05 20:08:50 UTC

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Here: https://getalby.com/node/embrace_albyhub
or just reach out to support@getalby.com

2024-12-05 20:07:00 UTC

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How can we help setting up Alby Hub. There are personal onboarding sessions if you have time: https://cal.com/getalby/alby-hub-onboarding

2024-11-26 11:58:27 UTC

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This applies only to Alby accounts. Products like the Alby Browser Extension and Alby Hub, are free, open-source software available to everyone—even without an Alby account.
Alby is promoting and building on open protocols such as @npub19hg…yv9p
https://blog.getalby.com/an-open-payment-api-for-podcast-apps/

2024-11-23 05:45:47 UTC

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It is replaced by Alby Hub (albyhub.com) which means more control, better connections to Nostr apps and Alby Go 📱

2024-11-19 10:36:39 UTC

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Sorry for that. We are working on a fix. It should be back soon.

2024-11-18 15:52:30 UTC

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For now it is not possible unfortunately. For example Strike cannot send boosts or boostagrams to podcasters for value 4 value payments.
So the easiest way is to deposit sats from Strike into your Alby Hub.

2024-11-18 09:27:09 UTC

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Is running Alby Hub for free on your own machine an option? There are many ways: https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-hub/alby-hub-flavors

2024-11-18 09:25:11 UTC

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Right. For people that don't want an Alby lightning address and payment notifications, they can use Alby Hub without an Alby account. 👍

2024-11-18 09:24:04 UTC

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The cool thing is that everybody even users of the shared wallet can keep using their Alby account and the Alby Extension for free.
We encourage everybody to take control over their bitcoin and start their own Alby Hub (getalby.com). It is easier than one might think.
We'll also publish more information this week.

2024-11-18 09:21:13 UTC

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There is no ending of Alby.
You can keep using your Alby account and the Alby Extension.
We encourage you to take control over your bitcoin and start your own Alby Hub (getalby.com). Some users still have an internal shared wallet, which is phased out.

2024-11-18 09:19:29 UTC

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It will work without Tor. You'll need the lnd connect string and the certificate.

2024-11-18 09:17:32 UTC

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Happy to help anytime. There are also personal onboarding sessions for #albyhub which are quite fun: https://cal.com/getalby/alby-hub-onboarding

2024-11-16 06:56:44 UTC

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Calculating lightning fees upfront is tricky. People exploited 0% reserves. That's why had to introduce it too, like many other wallets.
Let us know how much is stuck in your wallet and we'll reimburse the rest.

2024-11-16 06:54:33 UTC

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We recommend users to move over to Alby Hub which is available for free or as paid version if you prefer more convenience.
You can keep your Alby account. We'll publish more information about what users can do now. The Alby Extension will remain and there will be a way to use it for all things Nostr.

2024-11-16 06:50:40 UTC

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Danie, let us know if we can help with anything.
We also offer personal onboardings just in case: https://cal.com/getalby/alby-hub-onboarding

2024-11-16 06:49:15 UTC

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Did you change something your side? I just sent 2 zaps from Alby's and my wallet.

2024-11-16 06:34:58 UTC

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There will be more information about what you can do now. No need to rush. Offering a simple to use wallet is very important for us.

2024-11-16 06:31:38 UTC

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When the bitcoin prices rises, we can adjust the prices when denominated in bitcoin. That's the cool thing when it comes to a deflationary currency like bitcoin.
Have you looked into these options to run a Hub? https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-hub/alby-hub-flavors
or you find someone who creates a subaccount for you on their own Hub.

2024-11-16 06:27:31 UTC

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There are so many possibilities how you can combine Alby and Zeus.
- Open a channel in Zeus and zap
- Zap with Alby Extension or Alby Go + Alby Hub and a Olympus Channel
- Connect an Alby account + Alby Hub to Zeus and zap

2024-11-15 22:09:12 UTC

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Things might change. But this how we plan to adjust prices.
https://m.primal.net/MXPP.png

2024-11-15 21:53:43 UTC

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Right Alby Hub is still early. All the APIs remain working.
For businesses it is a blessing because they have more control. For the individual consumer we can still improve a few things.

2024-11-15 21:47:38 UTC

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There will be an option for people with seed money. We'll publish details soon.

2024-11-15 21:28:22 UTC

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There are many options to run Alby Hub without Alby Cloud.
https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-hub/alby-hub-flavors

2024-11-15 21:24:52 UTC

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You can use an LND node as a funding source for Alby Hub. I don't know if Zeus allows allows such connections.

2024-11-15 21:15:40 UTC

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Thanks for the feedback, Jan.
A transaction fee based model could become an option. For now #albyhub is available for free if you run it on your own machine. Alby Cloud costs 10.5k the first 3 months with a money back guarantee for the first month.

2024-11-15 20:58:29 UTC

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Good feedback. Alby Hub is a new product. We are still figuring out to make the first steps for users easier. Once set up you Hub works really well with the Alby Extension, Alby Go and all Nostr apps.

2024-11-15 20:55:05 UTC

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We'll be more than happy to lower the subscription prices to reflect bitcoin's increased value. We all should get the best value for our sats.

2024-11-15 20:50:55 UTC

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Sorry for not answering earlier. Right the future of Alby is Aby Hub but there will be a very easy to use solution for first-time Nostr users, too.
Ah and we are regularly available at support@getalby.com :-)

2024-11-15 20:44:09 UTC

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I could zap you from my Alby Hub.

2024-11-15 20:43:15 UTC

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Both 💛

2024-11-15 20:41:54 UTC

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No worries. The Alby Browser Extension will have an easy to use solution for first-time Nostr users.

2024-11-15 20:40:31 UTC

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Right. Self-custodial bitcoin payments will unleash more use cases. Alby Hub is early but already an improvement. It's cool to see how nicely it works well together with so many Nostr apps.

2024-11-15 20:38:08 UTC

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Alby Hub replaces the legacy shared wallet. You now also have a mobile app with albygo.com. All three Hub + Alby Go + Alby Extension work well together.
#albyhub

2024-11-15 20:34:30 UTC

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Sure. Also give Alby Hub a try if you are looking for a zap-able wallet + browser extension + mobile app

2024-11-15 20:28:21 UTC

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We put a lot of work in making it easy for everybody to take control over their own bitcoin with Alby Hub. More improvements coming soon. Zeus is a great LSP in Alby Hub.

2024-11-15 20:26:29 UTC

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Exciting. Alby Hub is so much better for interacting with Nostr apps.
We'll publish further information how we make it easy for first-time Nostr users.

2024-11-15 20:23:22 UTC

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CSB I like you for your direct feedback. @npub1yvs…wzdu is right on that one.

2024-11-15 20:17:26 UTC

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#albyhub (albyhub.com) solved offline receiving which is great for receiving zaps 24/7.
You can use it for free on Umbrel or Start9. You can connect your Alby account to Zeus and use Zeus to pay on the go.

2024-11-15 20:14:00 UTC

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Did you add your lightning address to your profile on Nostr. Alby or any other zap-able lightning address works.

2024-11-15 17:36:27 UTC

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The Alby Browser Extension is there and gets even better. You can use it with many lightning wallets such as Alby Hub.