Man, having Alby Go plugged into my Start9 with Alby Hub is just the coolest and cleanest implementation.
The wallet is so basic, and having one tap zaps finally on iOS even is just awesome. It works fast. It stays connected and I haven’t gotten any errors yet. And I can read everyone’s Nostr zap notes because I get zaps straight to my sovereign Lightning wallet.
If this is a preview, the future is gonna be lit AF. 🔥
Bitcoin has never been more off the shelf than today!
It wasn't even an app on the start9 marketplace before I was thinking about throwing my direct deposit into the thing with something like bitwage. I was losing my mind talking about NWC bill pay and lightning node checking accounts.
Love to hear that it's working for you really well!
Looking to implement the same setup. Are you accessing it from a distance well?
Yeah it uses NWC to talk. Was using it without trouble in Lugano. (Until my power blinked off at home 😅😭)
I think it is one of the easiest self-custodial setups I can think of these days..
Channel balancing is still too hard IMO.
Thinking about it. What’s your top benefits of owning a start9
Actually owning it.
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I believe he’s alluding to the fact that we don’t own our devices or what we can do on them these days. I mentioned iOS so figured that triggered the thought. Could be wrong tho 😆
Yeah, having Start9 on a mini PC I control is the best benefit.
Love that I appreciate it
Best thing was just remote wallet use and then my own personal mempool.space
But using it while away from the house has always been frustrating and slow. But with NWC and then with Holesail having the full app soon I think that problems gonna be solved.
I use my Start9 a lot but I can easily see my frequency if using it double very quickly with these new tools integrated.
Been an Alby addict since they released their web extension.
One of the best bitcoin/LN outfits ever.
….and if you have problems or need help they are there for you. They are helpful and patient, even with my dumb ass!
This is the set up I want. Need to order a new Start9 Pure though first.
What are you ordering? Is it recommended or the only way to go with the Server Pure?
My other Start 9 is only 1 TB and is almost full with just Bitcoin Core, etc.
Alby Hub/Alby Go makes it so much easier to run a lightning node than it was two years ago.
I agree, was reluctant to setup a LND node, seemed complex. Setup Alby hub on my Start9, works great and love the simplicity.
Man I just read this and got all excited to download it on my start9 implementation only to relive the sadness of having to pack up my node last week. Why god why!!!!!
😢😭
Do you guys use the server one or server pure? Curious to look into this. Seems achievable for me now without a ‘hundreds of hours learning curve’.
i have the pure i believe, but i guessing that the lower price server has all the firepower you need for most applications on start9
It took me just 10 minutes to have Alby Hub ready for use. Awesome!
What do you use to read the zaps?
One of things I disliked was the lack of self-domain support for zapping addresses (they want you to only use getalby it seems) and the multiple sub-accounts can't have zap addresses assigned to them (likely due to tbe limitation on the previous point).
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