Wish it worked without alby's backend; I'd love to host the whole Hub myself, auth & everything.
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it works without Alby's backend!
We specifically use NWC in Alby Go as a protocol that directly can talk to your self hosted Alby Hub and in v1.8 you also no alby account is required anymore with the hub. (you might want an account for notifications, ln address, etc. but it is not required.)
So Alby Go talks directly to your Alby Hub wherever you host it.
Hmm, when I bring up a new AlbyHub v1.8 it still asks me to connect my Alby account during the onboarding to get the Authorization code..
(and yes, I tried deleting ~/.local/share/albyhub)
hmm. it says 1.8.0 in the UI for you? during the onboarding you should be prompted about the account and also in settings you can now disconnect.
btw. 1.9.0 was just shipped.