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Alby Buzz: Nostr integration and conference season

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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 bitcoin and managing contacts; they also launched Slashtags, a toolset to integrate accounts, profiles, and much more into apps.
  • The team behind Kollider officially launched Kollider exchange, the world’s first Lightning-native derivatives exchange. Users can deposit and open a position on the exchange in a single Lightning transaction, directly from their wallet of choice.
  • Umbrel introduced Community App Stores. Now anyone can publish an app store for Umbrel, without submitting apps to their official app store.
  • First release of Iris Wallet for Android! You can now issue and transfer RGB assets directly from your mobile.
  • CashApp allows receiving bitcoin instantly via the lightning network.
  • An alpha version of the Impervious Browser is now available. It supports encrypted messaging and file sharing.
  • Congrats to the winners of the Designathon organized by the Bitcoin Design Community: 1) the inheritance project, which designed solutions for passing on bitcoin for when the time comes; 2) LNDg, a web interface for analyzing lnd data and automating node management; 3) AgriMint, a provider of self-sovereign micro-banking for agriculture communities in Africa; 4) Team Taro, which investigated the future of bitcoin with Taro, with a focus on universes 5) BitKid project, bringing bitcoin to the next generation

Introducing 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 on, “a decentralized network based on cryptographic keypairs and that is not peer-to-peer, it is super simple and scalable and therefore has a chance of working”. With Nostr, it is possible to build social media platforms that prioritize the security and privacy of their users.

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Bitcoin on the web - the potential of the lightning network

It is conference season! Bumi and Kwinten from  Alby held an excellent presentation about the potential of the lightning network on the web at Bitcoin Amsterdam '22.

Legends of Lightning Tournament has started

The Legends of Lightning tournament started with a great program organized by the bolt.fun team. Alby supports participants and everybody who is interested in building on Lightning throughout the tournament:

Kwinten, head of Lightning Operations at Alby gave an introduction to Kubernetes as a way to use Lightning for enterprises.

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Ed from bolt.fun and Moritz from Alby launched a Meet the Maker series. They interview Lightning developers, designers and creators every Tuesday. Come and join if you want learn project ideas, how to get started or just ask a question to the guests.

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More sessions to come. Stay tuned!

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

Alby welcomes individual bloggers who talk about their experiences with Alby. Mauricio, creator of the LatiNodos community,  shares with us the story of his first year as a lightning node operator and Value for Value enthusiast.

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That's it from the hive this month. For more, visit our website and follow Alby on Twitter. We love your feedback! Big or small, feature requests or bug reports, we read them all! Please visit the feedback board to help us out.