🚀 ZapPlanner, your scheduler for recurring #Bitcoin Lightning payments, just got a big upgrade! ✅ Fully automated recurring payments — no manual work 🆕 Custom scheduling 🆕 More robust input validation _______________________________________ ZapPlanner is built on @Nostr Wallet Connect so you can easily schedule recurring bitcoin payments with almost any lightning wallet. Perfect for continually supporting your favorite #V4V creators. ⚡ ________________________________________ With the added cron support, you can now set flexible schedules: 🗓️ First day of every month at midnight UTC 🕘 Every Monday at 9:00 AM UTC More power for real-world recurring payment needs. _________________________________________ 💛 We love open source! This update was made possible by @Matjaz (community contributor) and @Roland from the @Alby team. _________________________________________ Connect your own lightning wallet and give ZapPlanner a try :

ZapPlanner

Schedule lightning payments to a lightning address using NWC

Build smart payment flows on #Bitcoin. Trust-minimized escrow. Conditional logic. Right into your app. Learn how 👇

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Build Conditional Payment Logic Into Your App

"Hold invoices" let you build conditional payment logic and trust minimized escrow services right into your app on top of bitcoin. Learn how.

__________________________________________ Here are 3 examples: 1. Conditional Payments: allow access only if certain criteria are met (Example: lock up funds upfront in a peer-to-peer wagering like Clinch) 2. Add Economic Guarantees Without Charging Upfront (Example Robosats) 3. "No Delivery, No Pay" Workflows (Example buying a lightning channel from an LSP) __________________________________________ Check out the steps in the article to build a 1v1 wagering game using Alby Hub and @Nostr Wallet Connect __________________________________________ If you’ve ever needed more control over when or why a bitcoin payment settles, Hold invoices are your answer. ⚡

🐝 Alby Community Call is LIVE! We couldn't get nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqsv73dxhgfk8tt76gf6q788zrfyz9dwwgwfk3aar6l5gk82a76v9fgfngn5ato work this time, so today's community call is only on X, sorry guys 😬 https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mrxmPynBanJy Today's guests: - @YakiHonne - Satochip - Madhouse Wallet - Evento / Hack4Freedom

🌍 Powering African remittances with #Bitcoin payments! With Alby Hub at the core, chapsmart.com is enabling seamless, low‑fee transfers to Tanzania in real time. Discover how ChapSmart uses Alby Hub’s APIs to automate Bitcoin payments which it then forwards as Tanzanian Shillings through M-Pesa.

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An African Remittance Service powered by Alby Hub

ChapSmart uses Alby Hub, a self-custodial bitcoin lightning wallet, to power its global remittance service for Tanzania.

What better time to make a release than during #bitcoin ATH 😉🚀 Alby Hub v1.18 is now live! 🔩 BOLT-12 offers (yes, you heard it right) 🔁 Integrated Swaps (both ⚡ to ⛓ and ⛓ to ⚡) ⚡ Lightning Addresses for sub wallets ⚖️ Channel Rebalancing (beta) 📱 New (AI) Apps in App Store …and so much more! This is a fully packed release so let's dive in! 🧵