Just had an exciting moment that my normie friends will never appreciate.
I bought a couple beers.
...But it was more than that. I bought a couple beers with Bitcoin.
...But it was more than that. I bought a couple beers in Lugano Switzerland with lightning, through Zeus wallet with my own lightning channel, connected to Alby Hub, running on my Start9 node, on my shelf in my office back home in Canada.
So yes, I just bought a couple beers. But it was fucking exciting.
Just topped up my #silent.link esim, using my nostr:nprofile1qqsrf5h4ya83jk8u6t9jgc76h6kalz3plp9vusjpm2ygqgalqhxgp9gpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekxzmnyqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueq555fk2 wallet whilst in a cab in Russia. I know your excitement.
#fucksanctions
For your friend I have this message
Just set up nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm on nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll today too. This is great stuff.
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I just send money.
But not just money... The best money that ever existed.
But not just that... I didn't need any company, and it could not have been stopped, by anyone!
But even crazier: it doesn't even matter how I send the transaction - any communication channel to anyone in the network is sufficient.
.... Yeah I send some money.
How does one connect to albyhub? Is free?
Free if you host it, subscription to use their hosting.
Just wait until everything can be bought with sats!
And when your normie friend asked you how that all worked you pointed them to about 10+hrs of video tutorials and several links to suppliers just for the how... Yeah, we're early... And you're earlier than most.
🔥
Tax that bitches 🍻
Simply amazing!! 🤩
You stole the spirit of the post I was going to make when I did this for the first time in Lugano 😆
Been using Alby Go in the same way and it’s so fucking dope
Wait how did you connect Zeus though? Does it accept NWC now?
Zeus does it via lnd connect, which there's an option for on the web interface.
Yeah my LND connect has been giving me tons of trouble. Been super disappointed. nostr:npub1wnlu28xrq9gv77dkevck6ws4euej4v568rlvn66gf2c428tdrptqq3n3wr has said it works fantastic for him. I just get constant disconnects, and the past 3 weeks it’s almost nothing but random RPC errors for seemingly no reason.
What version of everything? Any shitty service that's restarting all the time on your server?
I’ll investigate again when I get back, sessions was saying he was getting the same thing until Albyhub, but it’s connecting with the same tool. Seems like it’s likely something weird with whatever service that’s running it rather than LND connect specifically.
🧡 this.
Unlicensed Beer Purchaser.
OMG its crazy cool, this part "...But it was more than that" adding more and mode depth)
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Fantastic!
Getting my node going with channels and nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 was THE game changer
Need to set that up on my Umbrel
This is the way.
So beautiful that I'm crying...
Nice! I know how you feel. I just bought 3 donuts at a coffee shop in Portland Maine, using my Zues wallet, connected to my lightning node running on my Start9 server. That was my second LN purchase and it happened this past Saturday
The cashier had been working there a year and I was the first BTC customer. The owner had to come out from the back and we had to do a lot of math to get the USD to sats conversion. I also had to have my sister restart my start9 an hour earlier as my Zues app would not connect. So still some technical difficulties to smooth out. But yeah…. Hell Yeah!
An average day in a bitcoiner life.
I mean: an amazing one 🤗
See you there!!!
Arriving tonight, really pumped for my first in person international Bitcoin conference!!
Have been listening to talks and pods for years, couldn't attend a international bitcoin conference till now
That moment you realize 80% of everything you've done has been facilitated by at least one 3rd party and you don't need them any more.
Pretty fuggin' sweet if'n ya ask me.
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Lfg
Did you install Alby Hub over an existing instance of LND on your Start9 with open channels? If yes, how?
You can install Alby Hub over LND and open/manage channels there, which is easier than in LND. nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8 has a great video about it.
I can’t wait til I grow up one day and I too can wear my big boy pants
Fuck Yeah!
Heck yeah boi 🚀
Few
It's a process over time and space. Well done and thanks for sharing. Inspiring.
Watched your excellent video on Alby Hub. I now have a similar setup.
Crispy
I got same setup with Alby Go and S9 living in ES
This is cool. I want to find places to do the same thing 😉
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That's how I feel for 3 weeks now travelling in Guatemala and El Salvador
nostr:note1c9tvygctwwepdntjktfxqtztzf5rq5wwwllupsfzpndqu4d35xequh2nfp
Enough to make a grown man cry 🧡
Awesome to read that nostr:npub1rxysxnjkhrmqd3ey73dp9n5y5yvyzcs64acc9g0k2epcpwwyya4spvhnp8. I am travelling across El Salvador and Guatemala, paying for stuff multiple times a day, EVERYDAY, in different citties, with my Alby Hub on Umbrel Home that's in Warsaw, Poland, connected through nostr:npub19hg5pj5qmd3teumh6ld7drfz49d65sw3n3d5jud8sgz27avkq5dqm7yv9p to Alby Go.
I though it will get boring, but hell no, feels magical EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Beer day 2034
Glad to see you Ben, enjoy the forum and Switzerland
What's the name of the shop? How much did you pay? Have prices been stable? How does the business pay its suppliers?
💐💐💐
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Man I barely didn't get it.
and on top of that, a couple of strangers zapped you sats to buy even more🧡 what a beautiful world it could be
This is my goal for 2025. Maybe not for beers in Lugano, let’s instead make it beers in Vegas at the end of May.
yeah I know that feeling!
It’s really cool that it just worked and that you were in control of pretty much all of it. Things should be like this without being told when and where you can spend your money.
Doing too much. Global adoption may be just a little longer than I anticipated 😔
#nostr 🫴❤️
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