How can you not zap #opensource!?

Last week, the Alby team got together to hack on what later may become part of our products 👇 1️⃣ Sparky Hub - a Spark-based and NWC-enabled bitcoin wallet 2️⃣ Auto-swaps for conveniently transferring funds between your lightning and on-chain balances in Alby Hub 3️⃣ A simple Value-for-Value RSS feed reader Here is how it went:

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Alby Hackdays - Sparky Hub, Auto-Swaps & more

We’ve been hacking on exciting projects: Sparky Hub, a Spark-based and NWC-enabled payment wallet, Auto-swaps for transferring funds between your...

1️⃣ Sparky Hub is a @Nostr Wallet Connect -enabled bitcoin wallet built on Spark using the Alby JS SDK and NWC relay. Connect with Alby Go, Alby Extension, or any NWC app. No channels required. 2️⃣ Auto-swaps: Set a threshold and let Alby Hub handle swaps from lightning to on-chain automatically. No more worrying about receiving capacity. 3️⃣ #V4V for everything, not just podcasts! A simple reader that pulls RSS feeds and lets you support creators via #BitcoinConnect. Vibe-coded in 30 mins without any line of code.

Our another guest on today's ALBY COMMUNITY CALL ☎️🐝 is... ... @Plan ₿ Network ! The most extensive Bitcoin educational platform - with their own courses, educators, seminars, workshops, resources and network of communities! 🧑‍🎓 Step up your knowledge about economics, tech, privacy and BTC - this is the best place. 🔥🔥🔥 Meet them & us today, starting in 50 minutes at https://communitycall.getalby.com Their team will join you and us, Alby CC happens every other Thursday at 3PM UTC - to discuss recent updates & releases from Bitcoin builders space - join us!

Nomadlist... but for the Bitcoin world. Local communities, maps, photos, events, costs of living, discussion boards... and all based on Nostr! That's what SATLANTIS intends to be. @Satlantis: Social Events is in their beta version, but soon to be launched. We are all waiting! 🌴🏙️🌴 🌴🏙️🌴 🌴🏙️🌴 🌴🏙️🌴 The all in one social&travel platform by @Svetski and his team should be launched soon! 🤞 When? How? What would attract you to register there? Answers at our ALBY COMMUNITY CALL ☎️🐝, starting in 2 hours! Join us for this best e-meetup in lightning space, for builders, users, Alby team and friends!

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Alby Community Call 🐝📞

The Alby Team is starting into a 2-day hackathon today. The goal: Use our existing tools, learn and make them better. That's on our list of ideas: 1️⃣ Ark for Alby Hub 2️⃣ Spark for Alby Hub 3️⃣ Zap extension for FreshRSS - a self-hostable RSS reader 4️⃣ Capital gains/loss calculator app for Alby Hub 5️⃣ Personal finance dashboard for Alby Hub 6️⃣ Auto-swaps for Alby Hub (LN -> Onchain) 7️⃣ Make NWC compatible with Ark/Spark 8️⃣ Bitcoin price tracker in Alby Go 9️⃣ Nostr contact list in Alby Go 1️⃣0️⃣ N8n Nostr bot 1️⃣1️⃣ Natural language control of Alby Hub 1️⃣2️⃣ Achievements in Alby Hub (streaks, x payments etc) 1️⃣3️⃣ Add your own theme to Alby Hub ________________ The products and tools we have available: - Alby Hub self-custodial #bitcoin lightning wallet - Alby Go mobile app - Alby Browser Extension - JS SDK to build @Nostr Wallet Connect apps and wallets - Bitcoin-Connect.com a frontend library for NWC apps - NWC MCP server to connect any wallet with an LLM ________________ Vote on the list above or drop us your ideas below 👇

Lots of exciting stuff brewing to make #Bitcoin payments more scalable and seamless! 🚀 How could a @Nostr Wallet Connect -first wallet like Alby Hub work on mobile? A technical experiment 👇

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Alby Hub - Android Foreground Service Experiment

Alby Hub pushes the bounds of innovation as a NWC-first lightning wallet. We tested Alby Hub as an Android Foreground Service.

Our goal: Keep the smooth Alby Hub experience of connecting apps of your choice, but make it even easier for new users to jump in. So we tried something a bit more nostr-native: an Android Foreground Service! This lets us maintain a persistent WebSocket connection without needing push notification services. It is running on a #Cashu wallet and could also play nicely with #Ark or #Spark! We do many experiments like this one to see if the idea is viable. As it helps to shape our direction going forward we'd love to know: Would run Alby Hub as an Foreground Service on Android? 🔋📲

☄️ New Alby Hub release! ☄️ What's new in v.1.6? ✨ We're releasing this alongside Alby Pro — a new subscription plan enhancing the experience for those who self-host Alby Hub 👛 New @Bitrefill integration — seamlessly buy giftcards directly in from your node 🎨 Sidebar and Settings page got a UI revamp 🐛 As always, we added plenty of minor improvements and fixed some bug --- ✨ Alby Pro — enhanced experience for self-hosted Alby Hub Do you self-host Alby Hub on your own device or machine? With Alby Pro, you get: 🔄 Full node recovery with channel states from just a recovery phrase - thanks to Versioned Storage Service developed by @Spiral This is exclusive to Alby Hubs that run on LDK backend. That means you don't need to manually backup your channels or have them closed in case of node migration. 👛 Unlimited sub-wallets - both Pro and Pro Cloud can create unlimited amount of sub-wallets on their nodes, allowing friends, family & coworkers to use the node liquidity for their own wallets. ⚡ Customizable lightning addresses - while Alby provides free lightning address for each Alby Account, Pro allows you to customise your lightning address 🔄 Priority support and special community channels -Pro subscribers get a priority help in navigating, using and troubleshooting our open-source suit of products. including special subcribers channel on our Discord 🎁 Alby Benefits - Pro subscribers get access to special deals and discounts for conference tickets, hardware wallets, high signal newsletters and more! Pro plan starts from just $3 a month! It's a great way to support Alby and development of Alby Hub and get additional real benefits alongside. View our plans here:

Alby Pricing | Cloud & Self-Hosting Plans for Bitcoin Lightning Wallet

Alby offers simple pricing. Run your own bitcoin lightning wallet for free, or subscribe Alby Cloud for $9.9/month for convenience and extra features.

More about Pro plan on our blog:

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Introducing Pro Plan - More Features and Convenience

We’re launching Pro, a paid subscription plan that unlocks the best of Alby’s services to fully leverage bitcoin payment opportunities.

--- @Bitrefill now works within your Hub! Just open the app and use your sats to buy groceries, order lunch, top up your sim card or shop online --- Every Alby Hub release is named after prominent person for the cypherpunk movement, culture and development. v1.16 is named after Rop Gonggrijp Rop, a pioneering Dutch hacker and activist, is co-founder of XS4ALL, one of the first internet service providers dedicated to freedom of information and digital rights. His influential work includes significant contributions to privacy protection, encryption technology, and advocating against surveillance and censorship. He was key in exposing security vulnerabilities in electronic voting machines that lead to its abandonment in the Nethelands. Thank you, Rop, for championing digital freedom and privacy! --- Curious about Alby Hub? Visit

Alby Hub

Self-custodial, open source lightning wallet that connects to apps

to find out how it can let you use your bitcoin everywhere you wish, while maintaining full control over your funds And of course, Alby Hub and all other Alby products are open source! See full release notes and code at our Github

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Releases · getAlby/hub

Alby Hub - Your own Bitcoin Lightning node: easy, connectable, feature-rich ✨ Run anywhere. Become self-sovereign. - getAlby/hub