AI

Creating Paid MCP Servers with PaidMCP

Alby releases PaidMCP, an easy to use SDK for creating paid Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, built entirely on open protocols. Developers can now expose their services to AI assistants and charge for their use, opening up new revenue streams in the AI space. Understanding MCP The Model Context Protocol

Building Bitcoin’s Payment Layer: An interview with Moritz on creating Alby

In an interview with Bitcoin News, Moritz, co-founder of Alby shared a compelling vision about the future of bitcoin on the web and how Alby is leading that transformation.  Moritz together with the whole Alby team are working every day to make bitcoin more usable and intuitive for everyday users

Partnership

Alby Hubs for Librería de Satoshi Students

About Librería de Satoshi The mission of Librería de Satoshi is to make bitcoin technical education accessible to all, enabling each bitcoiners to become a Bitcoin Core contributor, bitcoin technical educator or an entrepreneur in the ecosystem. Students progress through a series of courses and seminars covering everything from the

Alby Bitcoin Payments MCP Server – Payments for Your AI Agent

Bringing Payments to Your AI agent The Alby Bitcoin Payments MCP server enables seamless bitcoin payments directly within AI chat interfaces, bridging the gap between AI agents and financial transactions. By leveraging NWC, it ensures seamless and secure wallet access.  AI tools like Claude, Cursor, Cline, Goose, and n8n are

Vision

Democratizing Bitcoin App Development

Empowering Everyone to Build on Bitcoin At Alby, we’re on a mission to make the bitcoin lightning network accessible to everyone-whether you’re a developer, a curious explorer, or just someone with a great idea. Our wallet, apps, APIs, and SDKs break down the barriers to entry, so anyone

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Alby Product Ecosystem Explained

Alby evolved. In the past year we introduced two new products: Alby Hub and Alby Go, joining our known and beloved Alby Extension. This January Alby Hub replaced the Alby shared wallet, which changed the nature of Alby Accounts. The Alby family became a comprehensive ecosystem empowering Bitcoiners in using

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Alby Hackdays - Sparky Hub, Auto-Swaps & more

Over the last two days, we’ve been hacking away on three exciting projects: Sparky Hub, a Spark-based and NWC-enabled payment wallet, Auto-swaps for conveniently transferring funds between your lightning and on-chain balances in Alby Hub and a simple Value-for-Value RSS feed reader. Alby Hackdays Crafting an awesome product means

Alby Hub - Android Foreground Service Experiment

Alby Hub pushes the bounds of innovation as an NWC-first bitcoin lightning wallet, leading the way in next-generation payment wallets that connect seamlessly to apps. Alby Hub Today Alby Hub currently works on multiple platforms: in the cloud, home servers, desktops and laptops, and even Raspberry PIs and has enabled

News

Introducing Pro Plan - More Features and Convenience

Today, we’re launching Pro, a paid subscription plan that unlocks the best of Alby’s services for your Alby Hub. As the bitcoin payment ecosystem continues to grow, there are more opportunities than ever to send, spend, receive, and earn bitcoin. That’s why it’s becoming increasingly valuable

Apps

Experiment with us - visit Alby Labs👨‍🔬⚗️🔬

Explore the innovative tools from Alby Labs designed to enhance your experience with the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Various unique tools that are results of our experiments with micropayments.

NWC

New NWC One-Click Wallet Connections simplify app UX

Connect any bitcoin lightning wallet seamlessly with one click to other apps for convenient in-app payments. Link your own wallet to apps with NWC For technology to gain meaningful adoption, it must be effortless—and bitcoin is no exception. While wallets for bitcoin lightning payments have significantly improved the onboarding

Case Study

Tunestr: Adding Payments to Live Music Experience with Alby Hub

Alby Hub enabled Tunestr to deliver a seamless and reliable payment experience on their live music streaming platform by providing rapid integration, intuitive wallet management, and full control over funds. Tunestr.io’s Mission and Objective Tunestr.io empowers independent musicians by introducing them to a new revenue opportunity for

Alby Lite - A Lightning Address Server for NWC Wallets

Through the power of Nostr Wallet Connect it becomes easy to seamlessly connect your self-custodial wallet such as Alby Hub to other applications. One such application is a lightning address, which allows you to receive multiple payments to your wallet via a human-readable address such as hello@getalby.com. Why

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Nostr Wallet Connect Shines at bitcoin++ Hackathon

The first-ever Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) hackathon track at bitcoin++ in Florianópolis just wrapped up—and it was a huge success! Alby was a proud sponsor of this event. Out of 26 participating projects, nine integrated NWC into their solutions, highlighting just how useful and flexible the protocol can be.

Alby Hub Featured

Lightning Channel Stats: The first 6 months

Alby Hub unlocks the full potential of the lightning network as your personal gateway to the world of instant, low-cost, self-sovereign bitcoin transactions. Alby Hub combines a self-custodial wallet and a marketplace of bitcoin-powered apps. With Alby Hub, you own your lightning address and have 24/7 access to your

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Comparison of Bitcoin Lightning Wallets

* The bitcoin lightning network ecosystem is a community effort with many great wallets.  * Wallets vary in features, ease of use and operating system as described below * Alby lets you use your bitcoin without boundaries with a self-custodial lightning wallet, a mobile app, a browser extension and developer APIs all together

Alby Hub

Alby Hub now available on Unraid

Alby Hub, an open-source, self-custodial bitcoin lightning wallet, is now easily deployable on Unraid systems, a NAS personal cloud servers, thanks to the integration from open-source contributors.

21 Alby Hubs for the Einundzwanzig Community

The Einundzwanzig association donates 2,100,000 sats to Alby and receives 21 Alby Hubs for their local communities. (German below) Activities of the Einundzwanzig Community Originally started as a podcast in 2019 EINUNDZWANZIG has become a central hub for many bitcoiners in the German-speaking region. Today there are 245

Case Study

Real-time payment streaming with Alby Wallet APIs

Discover how Alby's Wallet APIs enable real-time audience-to-artist payments at music events, revolutionizing live performance monetization. Phantom Power Music’s Mission and Objective Phantom Power Music is a "Value 4 Value" artist focused music company that embraces a unique monetization model and philosophy. This approach enables

Alby Hub

Alby Hub - your Tool for monthly Budgeting

Create monthly budgets in Alby Hub for groceries, travel and many more by using sub-wallets. Alby Hub - Your personal finance Hub Alby Hub is the easiest way to run a self-custodial wallet. With one-click setup, an intuitive interface and seamless app integrations, Alby Hub makes bitcoin payments accessible to

Alby Hub

Alby Hub available on RaspiBlitz

Install Alby Hub on RaspiBlitz to get a lightning address, Alby Go mobile app and easier channel management for your own node. Alby Hub - your Center for Bitcoin Payments Alby Hub is a self-custodial lightning wallet that lets users choose their preferred Lightning funding source. It includes an easy-to-use

Vision

Pricing: How we approach user feedback and improve

Our products have evolved, and so has our business model. Yet one thing has remained constant: our commitment to creating the best tools for individuals and developers to send and receive bitcoin payments online. We are driven by a vision of a future where bitcoin is widely adopted as a

Alby Hub

Automated Spending Balance Backups for Alby Hub

Backups in self-custodial lightning wallets today Lightning wallets have always posed a unique challenge for self-custodial users: backups. Unlike traditional bitcoin wallets, where you jot down a recovery phrase once and relax, lightning wallets require a more dynamic approach. Each transaction alters the state of your payment channels, and an

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Introducing Alby Benefits

Your Alby subscription just got even better. Let us introduce 🌟 Alby Benefits 🌟 - set of various premium perks from friendly companies that let you enjoy access to awesome products and services at unbeatable prices. From exclusive prices for hardware wallets, through special backups and newsletters, to… asset insurance and gym

Alby Hub

Provide easy to use wallets to Friends and Family with Alby Hub

Alby Hub lets you create easy to use bitcoin lightning wallets for your friends and family with a personal lightning address. Simplifying Bitcoin Wallets for Friends and Family Alby Hub empowers you to take full control of your bitcoin and manage your payments. Through a user-friendly, self-custodial wallet with a