News Connect your StartOS node to any app with NWC Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) is the unifying standard for wallet-app connections. Built on Nostr’s relay technology and leveraging bitcoin’s lightning network, it lets users connect their own lightning wallet to any app. Say Hi! 👋 to non-custodial spending from your own StartOS bitcoin lightning node. Unlock StartOS with Alby
Developer Bitcoin Connect - connect bitcoin wallets with apps Bitcoin Connect allows you to seamlessly connect your bitcoin lightning wallet with any web application. Interactions like payments can happen natively in web apps and PWAs. Bitcoin Connect takes a big leap for non-custodial spending and bitcoin app development. Solving shortcomings of using bitcoin apps step by step Previously the
News Contribute to Bitcoin Open-Source Projects this Hacktoberfest tl;dr: 🛠️ Bitcoin X Hacktoberfest = #bitcoinhacktoberfest! 🎉 The article below is... an invitation. Invitation to join Hacktoberfest 2023! An annual global event in October that celebrates and promotes open-source contributions. 🚀 As a mission-driven open-source bitcoin startup, Alby encourages developers to collaboratively shape the future of important technologies. 🛠️ How to Participate: Start
News Featured Celebrating 1,000,000 monthly bitcoin payments Alby is your companion for bitcoin payments and seamless access to the world of bitcoin apps, merchants and Nostr. Thanks to our community, we have reached another great milestone. In August, Alby facilitated over 1,000,000 bitcoin transactions over the lightning network. This growth is owed to consumers trusting
Developer Introducing the Alby Developer Portal Hey builder community! We're here to talk about something fresh we've shipped. Since the introdution of the Alby Wallet API, the Alby team has continually invested in the API and developer experience to make building with bitcoin feel effortless. By focusing on clean documentation, libraries and
News Value Time Split - the latest innovation in Podcasting 2.0 * Value 4 Value is a new form of monetization and a way for publishers to earn back the value they provide to their followership. * The value time split is the latest innovation in Podcasting 2.0 allowing alternating payment recipients and cross referencing of content. * This advancement sets the foundation
News Apple’s threat to delist Damus impacts the greater Value for Value community * Apple does not accept Damus’ peer-to-peer payments feature as it does not use Apple’s in-app purchase system. * This has implications for the broader Value for Value community. * But Apple's guidelines officially allow exceptions that can be applied for Value for Value payments in apps. Apple warns Damus
News 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.
News 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
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
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
News Featured Introducing the Alby Wallet API - a new way to power any app with Bitcoin The API enables marketplaces, merchants, businesses, developers, and more, to offer instant, inexpensive, global payments to anyone, at any time.
Value4Value Introducing Bitcoin Payments for Podcasters with Alby Value 4 Value is a form of Podcasting 2.0 monetization. With Alby, podcasters can receive bitcoins from listeners directly. The wallet shows boostagrams and creds to prepare the RSS feed.
News Alby in the Media Since the time Alby hatched from its beehive, we have been invited by various publishers to share our thoughts on Value4Value in particular and Lightning Network in general. This is a list of all such appearances.
Newsletter Monthly Alby Buzz: Alby's Win at the Bitcoin Conference and The Case for Value 4 Value Dear Alby Community, This is the third edition of the monthly Alby Buzz In this edition we cover: * Bitcoin Conference 2022, Miami * The Case for Value 4 Value * What’s new in Alby Bitcoin Conference 2022 The four-day event brought together developers, business leaders, policymakers, and builders of the Bitcoin
Newsletter Monthly Alby Buzz: More Releases and Shock the Web Hackathon Dear Alby Community, This is the second edition of the monthly Alby Buzz In this edition we cover: * Shock the Web Hackathon * What’s new in Alby (please read carefully) * The Alby team is growing * Where to meet the Alby team Shock the Web Hackathon It was a blast! The
News Breaking Change in LNDhub/LNbits Message Signing Summary Message signing with LNDhub and LNbits accounts through Alby has been changed. We standardized the way signing works with such wallets. With this Alby is now compatible with BlueWallet for logins. Unfortunately, this is a breaking change and if you rely on the old signing mechanism to login to
News Access Your Private Lightning Node From Anywhere Today we are excited to announce the Alby App for users to easily (but securely!) pair Lightning nodes running behind Tor with the Alby browser extension. At Alby our goal is to make it as easy as possible for you to access Bitcoin Lightning applications on the web. That’s
Newsletter Monthly Alby Buzz: LndHub.go & Lightning Hacksprint This is the first edition of the monthly Alby Buzz. In this episode we cover: the recently released LndHub.go news from the Lightning Hacksprint in Istanbul Summer of Bitcoin what’s new in Alby
News Alby is open for Buzzness Bitcoin holds the promise of being the native currency of the internet. With Alby we want to contribute to this becoming a reality. Alby’s mission is to provide the most convenient to use building blocks for Bitcoin, the money of the Internet, to transact directly, instantly and seamlessly online.