As I've registered with Alby a few months ago I told a friend (who complained about the current toxicity of twitter/X) about this new social media Nostr and told him he could get rewarded for posting here.
The deal was that I would help him to create his nostr account and get a wallet, https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/alby-account-and-browser-extension
downloading the extension, creating the nostr account was a breeze, and then .... As I wanted to send him a few sats to get started, that is when the whole thing went down.
Alby is now forcing its users to get a hub (and a channel), this was not my experience when I started back in March 2024 and I was surprised of this new direction Alby is taking.
Opening a channel costs ~25K sat -- and that was not expected, for a brand new user
Now my friend thinks that this whole new social media and bitcoin stuff is all a big scam.
What can I do?
Is there a way to open a wallet (compatible with Nostr) elsewhere?
https://stacker.news/items/768090/r/alashazam
#asknostr #getalby #hub #help
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2024-11-14 20:41:48
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2024-11-14 20:41:48Event JSON
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