Yes, you still have to have Bitcoin core, and LND and the Alby Hub on a node.
A node that is going to be used for a Lightning Node must also have Core and a version of Lightning. Alby Hub uses LND specifically.
But I'm just curious, if you install nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vfwde3x7tnpdenkzmnf9e3k75xqss4 Hub on VPS, don't they let you connect to their Bitcoin Node? Or you gotta pay or what? What's the deal
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Wow! So nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vfwde3x7tnpdenkzmnf9e3k75xqss4 Hub doesn't connect to their Bitcoin Node, and you gotta run your own Bitcoin Node?