Oddbean new post about login | logout Today Alby Hub 1.7.2 was released which includes a new Friends & Family app for quickly onboarding (you guessed it) your friends and family to bitcoin and lightning, powered by your hub's liquidity. They get a wallet without having to understand lightning or have their own channels, and not rely on large custodial services. They can get their own lightning address with an Alby Account, or connect their new wallet to the Alby extension, or very soon connect to Alby's new mobile app, Alby Go. I'd love to jump on a call with anyone who would like to test the Friends & Family app or Alby Go, or just hear any feedback in general if you try it on your own! feel free to DM! @Alby
Looks fantastic. I love how one person is able to take on the complexities and make it dead simple for their friends and family. It keeps the barrier for entry low while keeping bitcoin decentralized.
Get Alby Go on nostr:nprofile1qqs83nn04fezvsu89p8xg7axjwye2u67errat3dx2um725fs7qnrqlgpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wdmksetjv5hxxmmd9u7dqs63 🔥
Looking forward to try it out!
Let it be known I only recommend 'Uncle Jim'ing for your family, not your friends. Liability for other peoples funds is no joke, and if you can't provide 100% uptime or guarantees of security, it could be dangerous. Encourage your friends to start their own Alby Hub. They can do it, it's dead simple 💪 Only in rare circumstances should you onboard friends, and you should document who you have onboarded specifically in a safe notetaking place in case wallet services are deprecated and you need to alert everyone (example: bluewallet, Phoenix, Mutiny were all deprecated and I had to warn many orange pill'd friends) nostr:nevent1qqsv3v0qka3xuxpu94um8x7pax63cfh42nlz5zalhv0pjhg302vjl8gpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7q3qzk6u7mxlflguqteghn8q7xtu47hyerruv6379c36l8lxzzr4x90qxpqqqqqqzvvt2mt
How to update if you have it sideloaded on Start9?
@horologger can you update the start9 package to 1.7.2?
For awhile I just wanted an Alby invite my friends.
Here’s one! 74fee69b
Thank you ser 😃
Are you saying that alby extension will work with a nwc string and no alby account?
when ios?
We have a TestFlight here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/mdZZ9bdA
This is something that I've struggled with. I'm interested in an easier way to onboard my friends and family.
Sounds wonderful!
I'm giving this a try. From my alby hub, I created an Isolated connection... But where do I paste this in my family members existing Alby wallet/extension/dashboard? Once I work this out, I should be able to finish setting this up (I think) 🙌🤞 Also just noticed my Alby Hub still shows v1.6.0 - I couldn't figure out how to get it to update 😅
At getalby.com there should be an update banner. Can you try there? In 1.7.2 there is a friends and family app in the App Store of Alby Hub
amazing
🧡💛❤️ ALBY FRIENDS & FAMILY 🧡💛❤️ 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 nostr:note1ezc7pdmzdcvrcttekwdur6d4rsn024879g9mlwc7r9w3z75e97wszre5ty
nostr:nprofile1qqsptdw0dn05l5wq9u5tens0r972ltjv337xdglzuga0nlnppp6nzhspz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcq3camnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdsq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3jxyhxxmmdjavr09 I would like to test out the alby go app, is it available for android and download able via Obtainium/github?
It is available on zap store. nostr:nevent1qqs2eqzsl9tye9hr5vk00rlmx73gjz7evzwyx60wnwxgu2e2e56krrspz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsygrceeh65u3xgwrjsnny0wnf8zv4wd0v3374ckn9wdl92yc0qf3s05psgqqqqqqstg4yxq
Which downloads the file from fdroid, I rather get it direct from source to be honest, so I can keep up with the changes.
Zap store has a section for me that shows all my apps that have an update available. But if there is a better way to install you can let me know I will be interested to take a look.
Obtainium alerts you if there is an update aswell and you can search the app in multiple places like: github, gitlab, fdroid and a few more. https://image.nostr.build/2dc88ccc1fbdb8b40147845b0547ed86722900dbe47fcc19d54362ae3bcc84c1.jpg
I have used obtanium but I did not understand the benifit. It seems from what you have said that the benifit is that you get it direct from the publisher of the app. Glad to learn why it might be preferred.
For me obtainium has multiple benefits: 1. You download it from the source (when available) 2. If 1 is not possible yeah can still download it from fdroid when available there. Offcourse it would be cool if obtainium adds searching Nostr apps from the zap.store but we can only hope right 😜
The opposite is more likely😄 That you can find any github, gitlab, fdroid, etc apps from within zap.store
Then I'm misinformed and I stand corrected. So your telling me you basically work the same as Obtainium?
No. Obtainium allows downloading APKs from remote sites. It therefore has a huge catalog, but search UX is terrible imo. We index instead, so have a smaller catalog but better search. But we could add an auto index, or bring your APK functionality. And obviously we strive to have as many devs signing apps on nostr, while Obtainium likely won't.
Oke so to sum things up: Zap.store is also downloading the apk's from github, gitlab, fdroid etcetera? But has the advantage of having signed APK's through nostr? I'm trying to understand how it works so if I'm wrong please feel free to correct me.
Yes - except devs are starting to nostr-sign their APKs so in that case, we are enabling self sovereign app downloads directly from the dev, no middlemen.
How long did it take you to get a basic Alby account? Still on the waitlist after several months so can't even create an account 😟
