Oddbean new post about login | logout 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. https://image.nostr.build/49abde134e31b5a4d25b8d029402d771184a46a2699fe0ae45721acb1ad83d32.jpg
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 https://m.primal.net/LgrW.jpg
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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?
You can self host on your own node for free or you can cloud host for a monthly fee. If you have start 9 or umbrel just download the app on it and follow the steps 👍
Free if you host it, subscription to use their hosting.
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. @GrassFedBitcoin 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.
OMG its crazy cool, this part "...But it was more than that" adding more and mode depth) nostr:note1c9tvygctwwepdntjktfxqtztzf5rq5wwwllupsfzpndqu4d35xequh2nfp
Be your own bank. nostr:nevent1qqsvz4kzyv9h8vske4et95nq9393y6ps28880l7qcy3qeksw2kc6rvspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsygqe3yp5u44c7crvwf85tgfvap9prpqkyx40wxp2rajkgwqtn3p8dvpsgqqqqqqszwvv4c
Fantastic!
Getting my node going with channels and @ZEUS was THE game changer
Need to set that up on my Umbrel
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 🤗
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. nostr:note1c9tvygctwwepdntjktfxqtztzf5rq5wwwllupsfzpndqu4d35xequh2nfp
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. @BTCsessions has a great video about it.
Initially I did it with my existing lnd but my channels were pretty wonky so I started from scratch and it works WAY better now
Heck yeah boi 🚀
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Bitcoin is not for buying beers
Bitcoin is for buying everything and anything
Do you understand how insanely complicated that is?
Do you understand how insanely self sovereign it is? Also the main point is that all this will be automated and obfuscated for the average user.
“Sacrifice convenience. Until then, you are not free.”
Sure. But 99% of the population will never go through this. Most can’t even understand it.
It's not though...
It is and 99% of the population will never go through this
They don't need to.
They don't need to.
Watched your excellent video on Alby Hub. I now have a similar setup.
Crispy
This is cool. I want to find places to do the same thing 😉 nostr:note1c9tvygctwwepdntjktfxqtztzf5rq5wwwllupsfzpndqu4d35xequh2nfp
That's how I feel for 3 weeks now travelling in Guatemala and El Salvador nostr:note1c9tvygctwwepdntjktfxqtztzf5rq5wwwllupsfzpndqu4d35xequh2nfp
Awesome to read that @BTCsessions. 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 @NWC to Alby Go. I though it will get boring, but hell no, feels magical EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
It’s a sublime feeling. Had that in 2021 when paying at McDonalds and the beer tap at the Sheraton in El Salvador. The setup, however, was more simple with a Raspiblitz connected via Tor through a @Fulmo ⚡ Lightning-Node. Felt like a pioneer.
Beer day 2034
Glad to see you Ben, enjoy the forum and Switzerland
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I know this feeling. At the 4 day German BTC Event "Zitadelle" me and my son paid everything with Zeus connected via LNC restricted accounts from our home node. Only bad internet connection was annoying sometimes.
I can imagine how happy you were. But somehow I got tired just thinking about how much work it was for you to do this. The energy you used, which could have been used on other projects. It makes me think that it's not scalable, which makes it very difficult for the community to get on board. It would be much easier to just use #Monero.
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!
