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Your #Bitcoin and #Nostr companion in the web 🌐 We empower users & builders with easy but important tools 🛠️ Click, connect, monetize! ⚡️hello @getalby .com
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Wanna get a sneak peek of Alby's future? 🔜
A great deal of work lies ahead of us but we are super excited to share
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Alright, we haven't played this game this year yet...
🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩
👇👇 DROP YOUR NPUBS 👇👇
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Saylor turns all emails into a Lightning address at Microstrategy, did you get one yet?
The Lightning Address is a great innovation for onboarding people to
#Bitcoin
and
#lightning
adoption.
After all, If you can send an email, now you can transact in bitcoin.
How?? 👇🧵
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#satoshichristmas
The 12 days of Christmas starts here and now 🎄
First prize will be won today from Alby 🎁
Rules:
1/ follow each company
2/ like and re tweet this post.
3/ comment on this post
#satoshichristmas
Todays lucky winner will be announced at 7pm UTC 🫶🏻🎄
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Do you use
#Nostr
and trying to convince others to do so? We do!
But: do you onboard your friends directly to some client, or share reading resource, or convince them with a story?
WHAT'S YOUR NOSTR-PILL?
PS Drop your npubs also, we'll zap you strange number of sats!
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So we may have something to tell you
We went to
#bitcoinmiami2022
and pitched Alby, we won this huge trophy for the best
#LightningNetwork
start up⚡️
We would like to take the opportunity to thank all our contributors supporters and users, together we will build the future 🐝
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🐝💧 ALBY EXTENSION SUPPORTS LIQUID 💧🐝
On-chain fees high? Maybe that's why we see a recent surge of interest in
#Lightning
and
#Liquid
!
Alby comes with a quick answer - enabling interoperability with
@Liquid_BTC
, bitcoin's federated sidechain🚀
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Nostr is moving fast!
Some of those client updates🔥
🚨Time for a Nostr connect thread 🚨
Drop your npubs let's make sure we are following you 👇🏼
🐝npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm
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🚨 Nostr connect thread 🚨
Drop your pub keys 👇🏼
npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm
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Do you have your unique⚡address
@getalby
.com in Twitter bio?
Share this post, so we can try extension tipping on you! ;)
New to Alby?..
..and want to receive bitcoin on Twitter. No Problem we got you🐝
The lightning address is a powerful tool, and combined with Alby makes even more sense to get one.
One example is receiving bitcoin tips here on Twitter in one simple step. 🧵
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Nostr - How can I get set up with Alby? How does it work? it's easier than it sounds..
As promised, let's see how nostr works and how you set that up with Alby to make it a little bit easier.
Breaking it down 🫡
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The
#LightningNetwork
goes Reddit. ⚡️
Add a Lightning address to your profile and start receiving
#SATs
. Easy!
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Did you know you can send sats to... an e-mail address?
Want to quickly tip waiter? Ask for their e-mail.
Owe precoiner friend some money? Send them sats.
Need to onboard someone soon? Type him in at
@AcceptLN
✉️⚡ It simpifies Lightning vouchers and gifts to the maximum.…
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Alby Extension for developers 💻
💥 TL;DR
Get easy access to all lightning node APIs.
Build the next node management app as a client-side JavaScript application 👇
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Nostr wallet connect (NWC) comes to
@umbrel
Non-custodial one-click zaps you say ⚡️
We are extremely excited to announce a new umbrel app that is based on NWC, all umbrel users can now connect their node to all apps that support NWC and enjoy one click zaps. Plus much more....…
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Hey frens 👋
Our Twitter feed is dire these days🙃
We want to connect with everyone in the Bitcoin lightning space
If we do not follow you let us know in the comments or tag someone we should be following.
Following spree this evening 🫶🏻
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At
@AdoptingBTC
we did the first in-browser dual funded channel open with
@niftynei
's node, using Alby's brand new Core Lightning connector powered by
@rusty_twit
from
@Blockstream
commando plugin.
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Everyone says “wen Alby mobile?” but no-one says “what’s in Alby mobile?” Tell us how do you imagine a perfect Alby mobile app!
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Helloo Nostr.
We thought it was a good day to join Nostr, since we can manage more than one Nostr identity in our extension and our public key was ready to use.
Go follow us, and see you on the other side🤙
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Hello, this is Alby 🐝!
Check out my new website: and play around with the extension. But be careful, it is alpha.
Thanks to all the contributors who made it possible
@bitcoin_design
🙏
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Alby 🐝is a building block that is needed to fulfill Bitcoin's promise of becoming the native currency of the internet. It allows everyone to send and receive Bitcoin over the Lightning Network: 🧵1/4
Share the news the beehive has hatched 100s of bees, the buzz is awakening.
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💥
#21toHalving
... ONLY FEW HUNDRED BLOCKS LEFT! 💥
Today’s prize: Alby Merch Bundle +
@bitcoinfilmfest
merch & VOD 🏅
Wanna enter? 👇You gotta do:
1️⃣ Like this & repost
2️⃣ Comment answering to the question: "HOW WILL YOU CELEBRATE HALVING?" adding
#21toHalving
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Humble reminder:
In August, Alby accounts have processed over 1 million transactions! 😊😊😊
And it's all thanks to... you! 💙
Our users, partners, wallet holders, contributors! 🫶
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Cashu is a free and open-source Chaumian ecash system built for
#Bitcoin
. It offers near-perfect privacy for users of custodial Bitcoin applications... and it even could work with Lightning!
👇These guys are building 🔥
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Good Morning Zappers
Alby has now fully deployed and supports Nip-57 Zaps ⚡️
What are you waiting for? Go get some sats zapped 🚀
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How to enable
#lightning
payments in your local business?
@getAlby
+
@BtcpayServer
is the way 💥
Watch this 15-min tutorial/case-study by
@r0ckstardev
👇
🛠️ LIFE IS EASIER NOW 🛠️
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Congrats to
@AquaBitcoin
for successful launch!
#LiquidNetwork
just got a great mobile wallet, lightning compatibile of course! 🌊 + ⚡
...for using Liquid on the web, why don't you try Anser, a new Liquid web wallet that you can use safely with Alby Browser Extension? 🐝
It's…
Transactions on
@Liquid_BTC
are picking up again thanks to a SUPER clever new wallet with Lightning integration.
Today
@AquaBitcoin
launched their mobile wallet on iOS and Android. Another Bitcoin wallet? Really?
That was my first thought too.
The big innovation is around this…
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Good Morning to 10k 🎉🫡
We would like to take the opportunity to thank our community, contributors and users.
We are immensely grateful to each and every one of you for the unwavering support you've shown us. 🫶🏻
Love to you all - from the Alby team 🧡
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🎅Day 9/12 of
#SatoshiChristmas
!
We got some gifts for you:
🎁 1x Alby merch pack (for the highest engagement)
🎁 2x Tickets to the
#EuropeanHalvingParty
(worth 210k sats each) (for the best quote)
🎁 12x Alby invite codes (random, for the best quote)
-
#SantaBee
⏲️
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Wow! The movie
#HumanB
about
#Bitcoin
by
@cinemuck_
together with
@dergigi
,
@marcfriedrich7
,
@AnitaPosch
@thecoinspondent
,
@elsultanbitcoin
and Jan deserves our support.
So simple to donate some sats while watching it on YouTube.
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⚡️Of course, you can register a free personalized one with Alby, but you can also register with these other awesome companies building on the
#LightningNetwork
.
@Breez_Tech
@zebedeeio
@bottlepay
@fountain_app
@walletofsatoshi
@bitrefill
@CoinCorner
@LNMarkets
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Alby + Nostr 🐝
Alby recently did a big integration into Nostr and with our latest release completing the integration and now supports NIP04 encryption and decryption.
Why should you use Alby with Nostr? what are the benefits? 👇🧵
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@jack
Oh hello
@jack
I see you found us 🐝⚡️ The bee distributing
#bitcoin
#lightning
payments across the web
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Introducing the latest innovation Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC /Nip-47)
Zaps are getting an upgrade on mobile.⚡️
The need for a Nostr-native payment interface for mobile apps🧵
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🚨 New Alby Browser Extension release! 🐝
v3.7 🪼 The Jellyfish Nebula Supernova Remnant
Some exciting stuff comes with this one, let's dive in
🧵👇
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ALBY NEWS
We are very happy with this integration -
@start9labs
has integrated NWC into their StartOS.😍
Their operating system is one of the best entries to
#sovereign
computing. You can easily run your own server with a bitcoin node, a nostr relay, a lightning node... and…
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Nostr currently shows the power of separation of app and identity.
Having external signers is the way to allow the user to be self-sovereign.
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Wait, so it here ALBY MOBILE or not? 🤔
There is, even more than one! ;)
1⃣ Alby Account PWA
Go to on your mobile and "Install app" from your settings.
Progresive web apps are a thing now😉 Not that easy for Apple to ban transactions!
#FreeDamus
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Probs nothing 👀
The
#lightningnetwork
ecosystem just keeps on growing ⚡️
Credit: Arcane research
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The Alby team have been busy over the holidays
We deployed NIP-05 for Alby accounts with
#nostr
Add your public key to your account, get the verified badge and allow everyone to lookup your public key with your lightning address.
Thanks to
@_reneaaron
@Bumi
🙏🏽
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Good Morning El Salvador 🇸🇻
Such a beautiful place,
#bitcoin
country.
First-day
@AdoptingBTC
- Watch out for the Alby team 🐝
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Alby has created the
#Bitcoin
Lightning Publisher, a WordPress plugin that lets users easily monetize content on their websites using Bitcoin on the
#LightningNetwork
⚡️
Say whattt…. Yes, you read that correctly, let's look at what this means. 🧵
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Also, check out the website for more informative facts.
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World needs Liquid adoption.
So we posted a bounty with
@Blockstream
And quickly we got... an ANSER.
🏆 Winner of our 2,1m bounty is announced, it works so well! Try it out, and transact over
#Liquid
with Alby!
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🎉 🎉 1,000,000 transactions a month 🎉 🎉
Press💗 if you made one of them!
Alby users made 1,019,040 Lightning payments in August, a big all-time high and Alby's first month over 1 million Lightning payments.
For comparison, Wallet of Satoshi users make 600k-700k Lightning payments each month.
⚡️
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The Lightning WordPress Plugin - pretty cool, huh?
How to add a paywall to your content - are you still putting that off or maybe you think it might be too technical? We got you! 🧡
For you, I have broken it down into a few simple steps and a video. Check it out 🧵👇
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So are we all on Nostr yet?
If I can do it (Amy) you can do it 😘
Remember back in the day when you first joined Twitter/socials 🤯 just like that, after a couple of hours you can not keep out of it.
It's not as technical as you think in-fact I'm going to show you all today.
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Excited to announce the Alby Wallet API 🎉
At Alby, our mission is to make payments seamless, smarter, and accessible for everyone. That's why we are launching the Alby Wallet API 👇
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"No one uses Lightning" 🧐😉
How many of these apps do you recognize... and use? 👇
The
#bitcoin
#lightning
⚡️ ecosystem is growing relentlessly:
Follow these accounts:
@voltage_cloud
@LQwDFinTech
@speed_LN
@fold_app
@lightning
@kerooke
@start9labs
@BtcpayServer
...
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⚡️It is very simple to send bitcoin using your Lightning address, no copy and paste simply enter your Lightning address, using Alby here you can see sending bitcoin to a Lightning address in less than 20 seconds.
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For anyone who uses WordPress 📖
Alby has a plugin 'Bitcoin Lightning Publisher'
You can add a paywall, add a donation button at the bottom of your content, connect your lightning wallet, etc.
Monetize your content with bitcoin lightning, it's a super cool plugin🧵
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Good Morning 🫡
Following yesterdays post re lightning address.
The question arises many times. Can you turn your email address into a lightning address.
The short answer is yes with Alby you can if you own your email domain.
Preparing a thread for you now 🫡🫶🏻
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📱Interested in Alby mobile app?
🔍 We're looking for active Alby users who would like to devote 30-50 min of their time to talk with us about Bitcoin and Alby!
🤔 Interested in helping us and making Alby products better? Please fill out this form and we may contact you soon:…
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New to Alby?..
..and want to receive bitcoin on Twitter. No Problem we got you🐝
The lightning address is a powerful tool, and combined with Alby makes even more sense to get one.
One example is receiving bitcoin tips here on Twitter in one simple step. 🧵
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🖥️Hosting your own Website: Alby got you!
You can enable receiving bitcoin donations from your very own website by adding a small bit of code to your HTML Header, which is called a 'Meta Tag'
As you see
@dergigi
has enabled this, we can easily send him some value for his work
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Urgh! Just put your lightning address in your bio with a ⚡️ at the front and collect real valuable BITcoins instead 🫡
Twitter has started adding packs for "Twitter Coins" as of 10 minutes ago.
The first pack showing is 150 coins for $1.99, and the only current purchasing option is via Stripe.
I bought one pack and got 215 coins for it, currently checking to see what I can get with that.
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🤩
@BtcPrague
you was amazing 🤩
We would like to take a moment to express our gratitude to everyone who came to see us at our booth. Your presence and participation made our experience at the event truly memorable.
We are thrilled to have met so many amazing people who share…
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So now you all have a lightning address right? ⚡️
You are guna need some sats too (Bitcoin) and I'm guessing you all want to test out your new lightning address.. welcome to the world of value4value..
You can put your lightning address here on Twitter as shown in the video🧵
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Spreading the love on this first Monday of 2023 or should I say sats.
Drop your Alby Lightning Address in the comments if you have it on your Twitter Bio I will send the first 25 people 1000 sats.
Just because it is lightning fast and easy with Alby😉
Lets gooooo👇
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🤯 QR code and your lightning address in the extension homescreen, finally?
🤯 On-chain BTC deposits and withdrawals?
🤯 Improved UI, speed, and many more fixes?
➡️ 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝟑.𝟐.𝟎 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭! ⬅️
Try it out :)
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We did it and it's open-source!
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Now everyone with an Alby
#Lightning
Address can get their very own 'My Alby Page'⚡️
To celebrate this new feature, upload your Alby page link with
#getAlby
and we will tip you 1000 sats. Let's see those pages 🧡
Read the steps below on how you can access your page link. 🧵
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The
#LightningNetwork
is making waves. This second-layer solution allows for cheap, instant transactions using bitcoin as a method of payment, bringing us closer to true scalability and mass adoption. Get ready for a new era of efficient and secure
#bitcoin
transactions. ✌️
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Alby Browser Extension v3, Spiral Aurora over Icelandic Divide has arrived. ✨
This release greatly improves key management and allows you to personalize your Alby Account. 👇
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Did you get your Alby on Firefox mobile already?
PS So far Android only!
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Good Morning.
More than 2000 people have now installed Alby's browser extension.
That is over 2000 people sending
#bitcoin
over the
#LightningNetwork
seamlessly.
Thank you for choosing Alby 🧡
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Lightning Node Connect in the Alby Browser Extension
In our latest release, we make it even easier to connect to your self-custodial LND node. Alby now supports Lightning Node Connect (LNC)
LNC is
@lightning
mechanism to create an encrypted connection to an LND node 🧵👇
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Still waiting to try Nostr? Still a little unsure where to start?
Using Alby with Nostr can also make it that little bit easier..
Here we wrote you a small guide with steps how to get set up, and send payments, with lots of useful links. 👇🏼
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With our latest version you can now connect the best self-hosted Bitcoin payment processor
@BtcpayServer
to the Alby Extension
This makes it easy to use your BTCPay lightning funds on the web. Full-circle self-sovereign!
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#ThankAMaxi
Let's get it trending, and show the world that
#bitcoin
will always win.
We thank
@adamcurry
@stephanlivera
@dergigi
@BTCsessions
@TheGuySwann
For supporting and showcasing Alby, while we build tools and products for the ecosystem🧡
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Alby Zaps are the best ones🐝
Im not sure if many of you know but Alby has this really cool 'Remember me and set a budget' feature that enables you to turn web zaps into one-click zaps and also keep control over your spending across clients that support zaps.
Let's see 🧵👇
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Passwordless Logins - Login With Lightning Magic 🪄
"Login with Lightning" button is powered by LNURL-auth, a lightweight authentication protocol that is super simple to use and respects the user's privacy. No usernames, or passwords, the whole world needs this, do you agree?
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2022 has been one of accomplishment and excitement, In this year's final days, let's reflect on Alby's amazing and exciting year with some highlights.
Alby started the year 2022 with just 274 extension installs and less than 1000 Twitter followers
What an incredible story 🧵
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Appreciation post 🫶🏻
Big thank you to all our supporters, users and contributors, Alby is growing and the hive is getting bigger each week 🚀
We have now hit over 5300 installs of the extension and over 5,000 followers here on Twitter.
Love to all of you - Team Alby 🐝
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