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working on getalby.com - a browser extension with lightning and Nostr support

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relay.primal.net

nostr.orangepill.dev

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2025-03-24 08:12:06

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checkout this PR:
https://github.com/getAlby/js-sdk/pull/344
with NWC it becomes then super easy and it has all the boilerplate code.
if you have feedback, comment there.

2025-03-19 10:15:23

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actually I don't remember.
does the raw string normally make sense for a human?

2025-03-10 21:46:13

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it’s likely a bug in the latest hub release which happens in some edge case and it looses the connection (independent of the relay used)
a patch release is prepared and will be ready tomorrow.

2025-02-14 16:05:31

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it’s designed to be extendible

2025-02-08 09:11:58

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you can probably find a lot of details in the LDK docs: https://lightningdevkit.org/introduction/architecture/

2025-02-04 17:21:16

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yes, that’s NWC and why we push NWC.
but it’s already possible.

2025-02-04 16:52:41

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you could just connect coinos or similar to your alby account. if you don’t want to self-host.

2025-02-03 14:02:00

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you choose your node backend in the “advanced” section during the setup.
the default is that it uses the embedded node.
the password is to encrypt your seed and sensitive data.
thanks for the feedback.

2025-01-31 09:31:44

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it's just people who have no patience and endurance...
(though I also expected we're much faster a few years ago...)

2025-01-29 22:23:24

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nice exaggeration… fishing for zaps?

2025-01-25 08:45:30

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did you check the alby lighting-tools.
there you have easy JS code for it. see github

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you can run alby hub without an account. the node runs just as fine.
check it out.

2025-01-22 07:47:15

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I bet those people criticize that and any memecoin.
I don’t know anybody of the community here who doesn’t.

2025-01-19 09:46:16

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do you use some VPN or something that might block something?

2025-01-19 00:18:08

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can you check and review that number in your albyhub?
I think some version of the extension had an issue with formatting millisats correctly in the notification.

2025-01-18 10:50:34

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normally that should not be needed.
but keep an eye on it and report if you see that again. thanks

2025-01-17 12:05:16

https://x.com/evapro30/status/1878416900016705783

2025-01-17 09:52:16

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öhm... you know zaps a re lightning payments and all relevant ecash implementations have lightning under the hood.
your KYC regulations don't magically go away just because you call something cash.
and the setup is just outsourced to a mint (and some abstractions are added)
please correct me if I am wrong...

2025-01-17 09:48:22

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and adding the ecash mint in the zap flow is just UI? ok...

2025-01-17 09:39:46

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have you ever tried implemented any of these things?

2025-01-17 09:32:50

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ecash adds another layer to that zap process.now you also have mints involved.

2025-01-16 21:26:38

Every bitcoin cycle had it's "hopes" that did not come true and a crash happened.
is "strategic reserve" the one of the current cycle?

2025-01-16 21:02:46

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clients, relays, zapper, wallets, just a lot of parts involved where things can go wrong.

2025-01-16 12:04:23

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this actually adds another layer of complexity to the zap process.

2025-01-16 11:51:06

zaps still have too many moving parts which makes it confusing for users.
how can we optimize this?

2025-01-16 11:49:22

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so you unlocked by logging in to your hub? and your hub works?
You also see the connection for Go on the connections page in the hub?

2025-01-15 21:19:17

accountless social media ftw

2025-01-15 20:52:30

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true!

2025-01-15 18:37:21

I need to buy groceries before the shop closes. but @nprofile…5kru is giving me a 504 😱

2025-01-15 17:20:38

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which browser is it?
thanks. check the website's console then and the extension console. and let me know.

2025-01-15 16:47:09

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yes, you could check what's in the console then: https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-browser-extension/debugging
especially what it logs then when you try to do some actions.

2025-01-15 16:34:06

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never heard of this.
is that in any particular client?
(and you don't have any Alby prompt accidentally in the background?)

2025-01-11 19:36:18

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I don't see any current support request actually.
can you DM me your email and I can take a look.

2025-01-11 13:19:09

Is @nprofile…zc47 still active here/

2025-01-11 13:16:37

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the LN address setting in Alby Go is confusing. You must already have one and then can just put it there. Ignore that for now.
but you can for sure connect a second Alby account to a friends&family sub account in the hub.
+ create the new friends&family sub account and copy the "Connection Secret"
+ login to the second alby account on getalbycom
+ go to "Wallet Configuration" => "Link your own Wallet"
+ then at the bottom - Link Manually "Nostr Wallet Connect"
+ there paste the connection secret
In getalbycom you also choose your lightning address etc.
In Alby Go "connect a wallet" and the same connection secret (you can scan the QR code from Alby Hub)
If you now want you can enter the ln address from getalbycom in Alby Go. This will just show it and a QR code for it on the receive screen. nothing more.

2025-01-11 13:06:32

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what channel do you have? do you use the recommended LSPs? and how many do you have, what's the balance in those?

2025-01-11 10:49:43

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we've seen a few protonmail issues of them being down?
Can you try again? and did you use the same proton.me vs. protonmail. email?

2025-01-10 20:41:55

any sleep scientists around here? who know some things about sleep psychology here?

2025-01-10 19:20:07

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upps 🙈

2025-01-10 19:19:50

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see the friends&family app in the alby hub store.

2025-01-10 19:19:18

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then you can self-host it. we make it easy to self host.

2025-01-10 19:15:40

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what issue specifically?
on alby hub quite some parameters are tweaked to try to avoid it

2025-01-10 16:31:34

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you can shitpost through space with the blockstream API: https://blockstream.com/satellite-api-documentation/ - each message costs you a few sats.

2025-01-10 16:27:16

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afaik they just buy rent some satellite space, but the satellites are not theirs.
there is also stuff like: https://aws.amazon.com/ground-station/
I guess having "net neutrality" in space is even harder due to less competition?

2025-01-10 16:21:41

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and btw. open source satellite projects have been around for a long time.
There is the Libre Space Foundation and others.

2025-01-10 16:17:58

Looking forward to the time when we call for and build a decentralized Starlink!
will be cool to see open source satellites in space.

2025-01-10 10:05:07

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yes, that’s what it’s there for.
the mail call to action should probably be more prominently placed, but check the “New Recurring Payment” on the top right.
it can do monthly payments to any lightning address.

2025-01-10 09:53:44

https://www.threads.net/@matthewraifman/post/DEksiTgSLyp

2025-01-10 08:53:45

How do you like the the new ZapPlanner integration in Alby Hub?
Which projects should be added as template to send monthly sats?
https://m.primal.net/NaKf.png

2025-01-08 19:26:57

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that means you don’t use the same node and the alby hub is configured to use the internal node and not your umbrel node. so what I said was wrong in your case

2025-01-08 18:20:13

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did you compare the node ids? is it the same?
where did you see 0 channel?

2025-01-08 09:21:35

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yes, check the readme:
http://github.com/getalby/hub
also any existing connections will break (as the relay changes) so you have to configure the apps connections again.

2025-01-07 21:01:23

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that’s currently not planned, because the architecture currently requires it to be set at startup.

2025-01-07 20:39:16

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that’s plain wrong. nobody lost or looses anything!
on what basis do you make this comment?!

2025-01-07 20:30:53

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it can be configured when self hosting through an env variable

2025-01-06 22:22:15

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your LND node now has a channel. (you just used the Alby Hub interface to open it)
So you can use the Alby Hub or anything else that uses your LND, all works.

2025-01-06 20:51:33

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ah, sorry. missed that detail
so on Umbrel if you use LND, then Alby Hub just uses your LND node.
It is basically a easy UI for your LND node.
So you opened a channel in Alby Hub (the UI), but your LND is the node that has this channel.
Alby Hub gives your LND node the powers to for example connect to the Alby lightning address, the extension, the mobile app, use zapping on nostr. etc.

2025-01-06 20:43:18

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It sounds like you use Alby Hub with your LND node on Umbrel.
Then Alby Hub just uses your LND node. The seed phrase is in your LND.
Alby Hub then does not even have that key and thus you can not see it there. You just need to have your LND backup as normal.

2025-01-06 20:38:59

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1. channels normally have fixed amounts. the default in Alby Hub is to get a channel with 1m receiving capacity from a LSP. This is typically enough for most users to always be able to send and receive.
2. yeah, sure. the wallet is there to send and receive. Zap hard here on nostr for example 😉
3. not sure if I understand the question. "channels" are there to send/receive. so you need one and all payments go through that.

2025-01-06 12:37:09

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Did you check this on your alby account: https://getalby.com/node/embrace_albyhub - it should have all the info.

2025-01-06 12:07:41

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this is awesome! it's becoming the best app store for devs and users.

2025-01-05 15:21:48

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It's full focus on Alby Hub now.

2025-01-04 15:29:44

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With the self-custodial setup you need your own channel, Alby Hub provides integrates service providers to easily get your channel.
It's part of the onboarding and a one-click process, but has some upfront costs.
Don't be scared of managing your own channels. With typical usage you once get a channel to connect to the network and then it's on and works.

2025-01-04 15:26:25

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You can use the getalby.com lightning address. just hook up your alby hub to an alby account. Works well with the LN address, the extension, etc.

2025-01-04 14:57:16

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yeah, happy to hear that! let us know how it goes and what we need to improve!

2025-01-04 14:54:00

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why did it go down? can I help and what can we improve? 🙏

2025-01-04 13:19:23

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who made us believe that this is something special or impossible?

2025-01-03 16:23:27

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yes. https://m.primal.net/NQZQ.png
or here: https://getalby.com/.well-known/keysend/d0enakalle

2025-01-03 16:11:41

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It's the start of a new era...
which actually already started a year ago 😉

2025-01-03 16:09:48

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The podcasting 2.0 spec work with the node keys (doing keysend payments). Thus you have to update the feed to use your hub now as you now have your own node key.
we make sure that old feeds do not break. Because many podcast payments are small you have to transfer those sats manually.

2025-01-03 00:29:50

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sounds like you should go into politics.

2025-01-03 00:14:12

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I doxxed myself with the hasted reply

2025-01-02 23:42:22

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:D I am not so lucky

2025-01-02 23:13:50

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sounds like spam

2025-01-02 19:51:20

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what's the thing here? the same name spreads scams on TG?

2025-01-02 18:09:15

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I see 3 zaps on that one actually. here a damus screenshot. https://image.nostr.build/2b623bfb6bf1992ed4c035890fcf5ecad04d0cf1a334dbd0b41cf03a4ba835ae.jpg

2025-01-02 18:05:00

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if the payment works it is independent of the wallet I think.

2025-01-02 18:03:16

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yeah,
there are so many moving parts in zaps (two wallets, zap service, nostr relays, clients, different nostr events) that this is often hard to debug and actually often fragile.

2025-01-02 17:49:14

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and what does primal and strike say?

2025-01-02 17:14:03

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hmm, let’s add lightning or even NWC/cashu/… to that diagram 🤔
;)

2025-01-02 17:12:11

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currently not.
we try to default to less, but bigger channels with very well connected LSPs so more complicated things like rebalancing should not really be needed.
but it’s a feature on the radar.

2025-01-02 17:09:40

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They are very good.
And I would also say less channels is better here because otherwise funds are spread across too many channels which is then potentially worse to pay higher amounts.

2025-01-02 13:22:33

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ok, sorry about this. but generally they are really good and also have great support.
so if you have an issue with the LSP again, contact support to debug it.

2025-01-02 13:16:52

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Not sure about breez, but
generally I haven't heard of any problems. do you have a screenshot of your node page?

2025-01-02 13:11:23

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to where did you try to send?
and the amount was below the sending capacity in one of them?

2025-01-02 13:08:33

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Megalith is a good routing node, so one channel should be good. (I assume it is shown as online?)
Megalith also has a really good uptime.

2025-01-01 20:22:38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y29kmnhjtc8

2025-01-01 19:59:25

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fyi we also do HTTP stuff with this: https://github.com/getAlby/http-nostr

2025-01-01 19:53:27

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I am not very familiar with LNBits. sorry.

2025-01-01 11:16:23

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from alby hub to alby hub you can migrate in the settings.

2025-01-01 10:01:29

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what/where do you want to migrate?

2025-01-01 10:00:13

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I think you can use the lnbits NWC plugin

2025-01-01 09:59:09

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I know it’s annoying because the fees are not known upfront. do a few some smaller payments. if you have some left contact support.

2024-12-31 13:27:00

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Alby Hub focuses on the Lightning experience and there is still some work to do there. We also build on LDK/BDK and the option will need to be implemented there that Alby Hub can expose it to the user.
I am not sure if somebody is already working on this.

2024-12-31 10:12:59

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you can run it yourself.
or use some other wallet like coinos with the Extension.
And for Nostr the extension also works without a wallet.

2024-12-31 09:54:18

wow, nice offer from @nprofile…5vhf
https://m.primal.net/NMVW.png