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Paid audio content without barriers

Summary * One-time payments for "Pay-per-listen" experiences in podcasting have not been feasible across podcast apps until today * Based on the Open Content Payment Spec podcasters are able to distribute paid content with public podcast feeds making it visible and easily accessible to any user of any podcast app. The current

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BlueWallet & Alby - how to switch LNDhub

BlueWallet is terminating its LNDhub service within its mobile app. However, many users connected their BlueWallet LNDhub account to the Alby browser extension. This blog post helps you to find a new home for your bitcoins on the lightning network. Check if you are using BlueWallet's LNDhub in the Alby

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Alby Buzz: Lightning benchmark and new tools for app developers

Hello Alby Community! Welcome to the 13th edition of Alby Buzz, where you find out about everything new at Alby, the lightning app ecosystem, and are the first to learn about what's coming next. News from the bitcoin lightning app ecosystem * Core Lightning opened up a new community. Check it

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Getting Started with Value4Value using Anchor and Alby

About this Guide We’ll get you started with Value 4 Value using Anchor, Alby, Podcasterwallet and Podcast Index - from creating your podcast and recording your first episode to receiving payments made by your listeners and live analytics in as little as an hour, and completely for free. If

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Stack sats as a lightning node operator

LNnodeinsight released Sats4stats allowing lighting node operators to exchange node data for sats facilitated by the open WebLN standard. Lightning network nodes may collect certain information as part of the routing process. This can include transaction data, such as the source and destination addresses of payments, as well as network

Lightning benchmark

Recently, the podcasting 2.0 movement is taking off in a big way. V4V payment "streaming" through keysend probably accounts for a big chunk of all Lightning transactions today, and soon it will probably by far be the majority of LN volume. In his 2021 blog post, Joost Jager of

Product

Lightning Node Connect in the Alby Browser Extension

With Lightning Node Connect, a new connector is available in the Alby browser extension. Users of LND nodes can use LNC to connect their LND nodes to Alby to access lightning apps in a non-custodial way. Without any additional implementation, lightning app developers can leverage this option by interacting with

The 2-minute Alby guide to Nostr

Things are happening fast in Nostr land. Really fast! So I spare you some random introduction and explanation. There are more and more great resources to learn out there! Have a look at our intro. And did you know there is already a first conference coming up?! So here is

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Alby Buzz: Getting started with Nostr and new podcast partnership

Hello Alby Community! Welcome to the 12th edition of Alby Buzz, where you find out about everything new at Alby, the lightning app ecosystem, and are the first to learn about what's coming next. NEW: Includes news from the Nostr app ecosystem News from the bitcoin lightning app ecosystem * Stacker

Partnership

Alby Partnership Announcement: Accelerating Podcasting 2.0 with Blubrry

Alby is pleased to announce a new partnership with Blubrry; a leading podcasting platform for hosting, distribution, audience statistics, monetization and other tools podcasters need to publish, analyze and grow their podcasts. Alby is helping to bring Blubrry into the world of Value 4 Value (V4V)  by enabling bitcoin payment

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How to use Nostr with the Alby Extension

Summary * Nostr is an open protocol to create more censorship-resistant social networks. * Users identify themselves on Nostr apps with their Nostr private and public key. * The Alby Extension helps you to conveniently manage your private key and to interact with other users across the network instead of handing it over

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Alby Buzz: new JavaScript API for lightning web apps and Nostr integration

Hello Alby Community! Welcome to the 11th edition of Alby Buzz, where you find out about everything new at Alby, the lightning app ecosystem, and are the first to learn about what's coming next. News from the bitcoin lightning app ecosystem * LQwD introduced V2 of its platform with many features

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New JavaScript API for lightning web applications

Beyond offering powerful tools for instant, effortless compensation, Alby presents exciting opportunities for those developing lightning web apps. 💥 TL;DR * Easy access to all lightning node APIs via a JavaScript interface (node info, channel infos, balances, fee reports, etc.) for web apps * It's now possible to build the next node

Partnership

Announcement: Direct Alby account top-up with MoonPay

At Alby, we are proud to be strong advocates for open, collaborative, and innovative initiatives on bitcoin and the bitcoin lightning network. It is from this motivation that we are happy to announce our partnership with MoonPay, a top-notch exchange service provider. Until now, there has never been an easier

Vision

Web developers are lightning app developers

Building bitcoin lightning apps for the web has become a lot easier. Developers can rely on a better set of tools and building blocks. Hence the development of such apps enjoys increasing popularity. This article presents selected projects that took part in the Legends of Lightning tournament. It will have

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Alby Buzz: Core Lightning node connector and Adopting Bitcoin

Hello Alby Community! Welcome to the tenth edition of Alby Buzz, where you find out about everything new at Alby, the lightning app ecosystem, and are the first to learn about what's coming next. News from the bitcoin lightning app ecosystem * Bolt.observer released LiquidOps a node management dashboard. * Amboss

Partnership

Alby Partnership Announcement: Disctopia

Alby is pleased to announce a new partnership with Disctopia; a streaming platform for creators covering music, podcasts, videos, audiobooks, and mobile apps for consumers. Alby is helping to bring Disctopia´s platform into the world of Value 4 Value by enabling bitcoin payment streaming. Podcasting 2.0 is a

News

Connect your Core Lightning Node to Alby

Alby has taken another step in becoming the app for the whole bitcoin community for everyday use on the web. By integrating other powerful tools on the lightning network, Alby continues to become even more functional. Now every Core Lightning user can easily connect its own node to Alby. Core

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Alby Buzz: Nostr integration and conference season

Hello Alby Community! Welcome to the ninth edition of Alby Buzz, where you find out about everything new at Alby, the Lightning app ecosystem, and are the first to learn about what's coming next. News from the Bitcoin Lightning ecosystem * Synonym launched BitKit, a mobile wallet for saving and spending

Guest

My first year as a lightning node operator and Value for Value enthusiast

If someone had asked me a year ago if I thought my hobby would turn into what I do today, I would have thought that was a joke. I have been very fortunate with this opportunity to be part of the lightning network growth. So far, the nontechnical work I

News

Nostr in the Alby Extension

Social media platforms offer users the ability to engage with people and topics they care about. However, many users are frustrated by the centralized nature of these networks. In this article, we are proud to announce the integration of Nostr into the Alby browser extension. Nostr is a protocol premised

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Alby Buzz: WordPress Plugin and Podcast Analytics

Hello Alby Community! Welcome to the eight edition of Alby Buzz, where you find out about everything new at Alby, the Lightning app ecosystem and are the first to learn about what's coming next. News from the Bitcoin Lightning ecosystem * bolt.fun announced the Legends of Lightning tournament with 3

Guest

How I discovered Alby

Alby welcomes individual bloggers who talk about their experience with Alby. This article is written by Michael L. Ovsen Jr..

Rethinking Transaction Lists

Transaction Lists of Bitcoin wallets permit users to keep track of their payment flows. With the adoption of bitcoin-based micropayments, there is a need to rethink wallet transaction lists to be able to provide an outstanding user experience. What are Micropayments? Micropayments are small, usually fixed payments that can be

Ideas

Hacking on a Lightning swap app

The Lightning swap app is one of Alby´s hack projects. Swapping your tokens and cryptocurrencies to Bitcoin and moving into your Alby-connected Lightning wallet is now just a tap away. Users can access this app from the Alby browser extension and top up their connected Lightning wallet through a