I assume this is email? How does Alby know what you are being sent to be able to notify you like this?
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Yea looks like someone went phishing
Nah it’s legit. It’s part of the Alby Hub service.
Alby offers a service for people without their own server by renting channel space from them. Thus, they have oversight. It’s somewhat similar to Phoenix, where you also pay to open a channel.
I use Alby with my own node, and there Alby works perfectly.
Thanks for confirming that. We got a similar message earlier this month and I just deleted it right away because i assumed it was a phishing attempt without checking the url. We use Alby never had issues before or got any kind of message like that b4.
They monitor it I guess through Alby Hub (a service which I pay for). Honestly might just shut it down because it’s really just a pain in the ass.
The lightning address service is operated by us. Someone sends us a request and we need to fetch the right BOLT11 invoice from your Hub to pass it on to the payer.
People still ignore the ease of running a Monero node?
Yeah and you don't even need to run your own Monero node to get better than the best lightning privacy. Just download a Monero wallet like Cake Wallet and you have Bitcoin on-chain ease of use and security while having lightning level fees regardless of transaction size. Actually easier since you don't need to worry about UTXO management.
I think this is when someone requests a very large invoice from your lightning address with probably no intention to actually pay it. I can see how it can be misleading.