Alby Hub available on StartOS and Umbrel
StartOS- and Umbrel platforms designed for self-hosting personal servers and running various services in a user-friendly manner, have added Alby Hub to their official app stores 🥳
Install Alby Hub on top of existing nodes on both Umbrel and Start9 and benefit from a lightning address, easier node management and Alby Go, a mobile app to take your node on the go.
Alby Hub - your Center for Bitcoin Payments
Alby Hub is a self-custodial lightning wallet giving users the flexibility to choose their preferred lightning funding source. While Alby Hub comes out of the box with the easiest to use lightning node in a one-click setup, existing node runners can make use of it, too.
In short, Alby Hub offers node runners:
- a lightning address to receive payments in a self-custodial manner
- integrated Lightning Service Providers, to quickly buy channels with receiving capacity
- a selection of vetted channel partners to open channels without searching for a long time
- a marketplace of apps to connect your own node, using NWC superpowers
- a mobile app, Alby Go, to pay right from their own node on the go
- e-mail notifications for specific events
- a slick interface to comfortably manage their lightning node
Thus, Alby Hub helps you to turn your node into your central hub for bitcoin payments in a self-sovereign way.
Install Alby Hub on Start9
- Visit the Start9 Registry on your StartOS server
- Find Alby Hub and choose between LND on this server or Alby Hub embedded light node.
- Click "Save" and "Start" to install the app
Install Alby Hub on Umbrel
- Open the Umbrel app store on your umbrelOS home server
- Find Alby Hub and install the app
With a one-click setup, an intuitive interface, and seamless integrations of dozens of bitcoin apps, Alby Hub makes self-custodial bitcoin payments accessible to everyone.
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