What a bright year ahead!!! ☀️ ☀️ ☀️
PS Be the guy on the right.
Run your node ;)
Discussion
The only thing annoying about running a node is the last time I checked:
@start9 is only accessible through tor and tor and orbot on iOS are a pain in the ass. Also annoying for say entering an onion address into the Bitwarden password manager.
And
@umbrel can be connected to because of Tailscale but you have to trust google with your vpn and also things like vaultwarden won’t work on Umbrel because it can’t/wont run as https
Maybe these problems have been fixed but my “servers” haven’t served much of anything in months.
But also I’m an idiot normie and not some super strath network hacker.
Use tailscale or zerotier
Tailscale freaked my out, it’s like KYC your node. Apparently there’s an open source thing called Headscale. @Alby what do you think of that? I’m using my Umbrel and the hub relatively well but these things worry me and I’m not an expert in cybersecurity.
Someone tried to tell me Headscale is proprietary but I thought Tailscale was the google proprietary and Headscale was an open source version that never really got developed (though I’ve heard some people recently got it working so maybe they’re still developing it)
Yeah see this is where it gets hard for the non-techy user. We're well into the age of mistrust. Sure I can 'verify the code' however, code may as well be in Arabic (or any other language I don't understand).
How does that work? Tailscale only sees that there are certain devices connected and not what is being sent/recieved by the device, no?
To use Tailscale you need to log into their services, preferably (for them) via g00gle. Luckily I had an old Github burner account I signed up with, otherwise I'd be KYC'ed via g00gle (instead choosing m1cr0s0ft?!).
It feels messy, I'm sure while many here try their best with privacy, the smallest misstep, that the average user may not comprehend, undoes everything.
I use it with a burner github account too.
While there's no 100% clean method, I will stiil look into headscale as an alternative. Thanks for highlighting that.
I don't know to be honest, this is where things start going over my head! Maybe I should forget having a relay until I understand what I'm doing...
Alby Hub can be used on-the-go via the mobile app "Alby Go". Alby Go doesn't need direct inbound access to your node, it communicates with it over Nostr. No VPN. No Tor. Just Nostr.
Really?! Is that why it’s so much faster than Zeus?
likely!
As a mathematician, I appreciate your word choice.
Also as a mathematician, your reply ‘prompted’ me to have a chat with the ai on word choice/certitude ratio:
High Certainty
Yes (100%)
Very Likely (95-97%)
Almost Certain (93-94%)
Moderate Certainty
Highly Likely (90-92%)
Likely (85-89%)
Probably (80-84%)
We Believe (75-79%)
Uncertainty
Chances About Even (50-54%)
Probably Not (45-49%)
We Doubt (40-44%)
Low Certainty
Unlikely (35-39%)
Chances are Slight (30-34%)
Little Chance (25-29%)
Improbable (20-24%)
Very Low Certainty
Highly Unlikely (15-19%)
Almost No Chance (10-14%)
This makes me the happiest boy.
just wanted to add, your Nostr clients all interact with Hub the same way. Just using Nostr wallet connect (NWC) so zapping is also fast and 1click without any direct network access required
Tor is perfectly fine and simple to use for privacy what our home server need the most.
If you think tor is hard to use, just wait what hurdles we will have when they offer us clearnet solutions which are coming in future release (start9)
If you’re saying this is as good as it gets, then I’m saying it doesn’t get good enough 😂
For now it's what we've got, but we'll see what future brings.
I miss clearnet for my home server purely for setting up Lnbits and btcpay server on my clearnet domains.
I can't even use a nostr:nprofile1qqsz9qvwcv7cq78xf9jt2cwg8xm5gvljxu2494l4h44tptejtfulg2gpzdmhxue69uhhwmm59e6hg7r09ehkuef068g9pe because it doesn't like tor.
Clearnet solutions will definitely be welcomed but I don't know how the ease of use and privacy will be combined.
Bitcoiners run nodes 🫡
Set up my Alby Hub yesterday
💯 appreciate your work 🤙
Transferred all my assets into cold storage.
gm! ☕️ what’s the last day I can keep my legacy account?
If you don’t withdraw your funds by January 4, 2025, your remaining balance will be converted into Fee Credits. This means those funds are now stuck in that ecosystem, so if you fail to sweep those funds in time, you might as well use them to spin up an AlbyHub or pay for your first Lightning channel open.
Fee credits are designed to make setting up your self-custodial Alby Hub wallet easier. They can only be used to pay for Alby products and services, such as the subscription fee for Alby Cloud or the fees for opening a Lightning channel on AlbyHub.
[Source](https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/alby-sunset-custodial-wallet/)
Thank you for your answer! I have to check all that Alby hub stuff, but I don’t want to lose my lightning address.
Your address stays intact all you gotta do is pointing your new service/wallet/solution to use that address.
That's the first thing I say here 👀👇
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Great meme 😂💜
Alby Hub and Alby Go are amazing so far.
What to do if someone has two Alby accounts: an Alby Hub and a custodial one? Asking for a friend. 😊
If I don’t have a node, will I lost my Alby lightning address?