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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

nostr:npub1hcwcj72tlyk7thtyc8nq763vwrq5p2avnyeyrrlwxrzuvdl7j3usj4h9rq if he’s not in the states (or with vpn set to another location)

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WOS isn't NWC compatible tho

Works fine to zap. OP didn’t mention nwc as a constraint

No one-tap zaps without NWC. Would be a pain

That’s not totally true. There’s a setting in WoS that let’s you auto pay lightning under a certain amount. You set the amount. When you zap, if it’s under that amount, it’s automatically sent when WoS opens. You only have to tap once to zap

I see it now. I'm not able to change the default from Minibits to WoS tho

WoS should listen to lightning: URI scheme and that should be the only thing for Android to work.