It's the mobile interface for your Alby Hub.
it uses the NWC protocol so it also works with other wallets that use NWC.
imo LUD21 or maybe even better just relying on NWC (Which has the lookup invoice function or also notifications https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1164 )
it's the most easy mobile app to pay and receive bicoin on the Go. It connects to your Alby Hub. - The sats are on the Hub but you use the mobile app to send/receive on the Go.
sadly not, yet. There is still some work to do for this.
Alby Go is the perfect wallet to use with your own nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vfwde3x7tnpdenkzmnf9e3k75xqss4 Hub, however, I would like it to have two more options:
- the lock screen when opening the app
- notifications when receiving sats
Thanks 🙏🫂🎨
Both is on the roadmap. I think for the lock option there is already a pull request open. Notifications will still take a bit of time but we're on that.
You don't have to pay for each function/limit. But in lightning you have those "channel" and those channels have a certain capacity of how much you can receive/send. So you need to make sure you have enough capacity.
If you have onchain bitcoin (e.g. on your ledger) you can go to the "node" page and deposit into your savings balance.
From there you then can open a channel (Topup your sending balance)
Just make sure that you use a big enough channel. Small channels economically don't make sense.
let us know if you have more questions.
As an update on this. in v1.8.0 the account is now optional in the Alby Hub.
Captchas should only be required during signup and login and should be just a checkbox for most users.
Sadly the cloudflare solution has shown to be not enough and also is quite an annoying additional page also showing captchas to actually more users.
but once you logged in you will not be bothered esp. if you "remember" the login and use the same device.
awesome, I really appreciate your feedback here and before and it has great points on where we can improve.
a few comments:
If you run LND already you should probably not use the windows app. Just run Alby Hub similar as your LND node. It's a simple executable. If possible run the server version, it will always be easier and more reliable as the Desktop app. That said I hope we can improve the Windows installation and update process soon.
Which captchas do you refer to? We only have those during signup and login and it should be just a checkbox for most users. Sadly it's still the best option to protect accounts and prevent many malicious requests.
We have build features like email notifications, channel suggestions, etc. which should help running the node and improve the experience. Those features have been enabled by default just because we didn't get to making those optional. It has nothing todo with logging. Also since version 1.8.0 The Alby account is now optional. So if you don't want those features it's optional now.
Would be awesome if you can checkout v1.8. looking forward to hear from you if we're moving in the right direction.
It's a lot of work that we're putting in this and it's still a long way. we are still missing many things and we're grateful for every user who goes with us on this journey.
what's not working for you? would love the hear about the issues.
why don't you try alby hub? 🤔
Thanks, I managed to set everything up automatically, I also updated Alby Hub to version 1.8.0
Instead, for the opening of the channel I asked for help from nostr:nprofile1qqs0h7ec2h2scduxdtcqfp9xgangpts79lcye6uamzfkge0hp5u32zcpp4mhxue69uhhjctzw5hx6egpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdu46puj5 who was really kind 🙏
ok, good to know. thanks.
where do you run that hub again?
I just updated to 1.8 but now can’t seem to connect my Alby account to my hub anymore. It lost connection after updating and when trying to reconnect I get the attached message. No other hubs are linked. Any idea how to solve this? nostr:npub1xv8mzscll8vvy5rsdw7dcqtd2j268a6yupr6gzqh86f2ulhy9kkqmclk3x nostr:npub1zk6u7mxlflguqteghn8q7xtu47hyerruv6379c36l8lxzzr4x90q0gl6ef
#asknostr 
what do you see in your account wallet configuration: https://getalby.com/node
can you unlink there and try again?
but no change should be needed after an update. How did you get there?
that's the main feature that we work for!! Do we achieve it?
"Yep.. very very basic. But it works!"
oh thanks. that needs to be updated:
https://github.com/getAlby/hub/blob/63cd230159c26ee5bad00d538fb29241cdd8bb5a/config/models.go#L28
we run this and also have some optimizations in there, e.g. for fee estimates to mitigate unexpected channel closure potential.
we also try to use internal tools where possible that users by default only (if not chosen otherwise) interact with us.
let me know if I can help. I am also happy to walk you through the setup.
I got an email notification it was down… for some reason it logs me out of the session after a while and it stops working.
nostr:npub1xv8mzscll8vvy5rsdw7dcqtd2j268a6yupr6gzqh86f2ulhy9kkqmclk3x is it possible for the Alby Hub to automatically relog after it loses internet connection?
where do you run it?
If you run it at home and know what you do there is the `AUTO_UNLOCK_PASSWORD` env variable that you can set:
https://github.com/getAlby/hub?tab=readme-ov-file#optional-configuration-parameters