it’s funny/sad that these calamities in the market are so expected/inevitable these days. I will admit I was lulled to sleep with the relative calmness over the past few months
impressive that you have found your way to the alby waitlist.
fastest way on mac that I know is this:
1. go to npub.cash
2. login (nsec (aka your nostr private key) login would probably be easiest for you but note that copying and pasting your nsec to different places on the internet risks having it leaked/stolen and your account compromised. it’s safer to have your private key in a key manager like alby and then login with nip-07, which you can do with the free version of alby, but this is getting more complicated and you asked for quick so i digress)
3. create a password
4. claim a username (i think this costs 5000 sats, if you want, you could share the QR code as a comment to this post and I will happily pay it)
5. go to the settings of whatever nostr client you are using and copy the username from previous step to the “LN address” field
Boom. you can now receive zaps
lmk if you run into any issues
PS i wouldnt keep more than 20,000 sats on this type of wallet personally because it is still a work in progress
also, if you don’t mind giving your identity away and you have an iPhone then you could just download the Strike app. Each strike account comes with a LN address
when you take a step back and realize where we are, how far we’ve come, in a few short years, it is absolutely awe-inspiring. We are here! Where we said we would be 5 years ago — we have lightning, we have bitcoin ETFs, we have nostr — and they are all working… now! Sometimes it feels like we are a small group living in the future. I know it is all stuff that people had predicted, but to have it play out exactly as predicted, and to be using these freedom technologies, and to have them WORK! its just an incredible feeling — it wells me up with gratitude😌
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