Alby on Nostr: Hey Cole! There are few benefits of noderunning (this is the transition, from our ...
Hey Cole!
There are few benefits of noderunning (this is the transition, from our custody and control of your sats -> to your own control, on your own node).
Mainly: you are in full control of your sats, noone can rugpull you, no third party is under regulatory pressure for holding your funds, and it gives great insight into how Lightning Network works. Alby Hub is the easiest such option out there, and gives few more great features, such like subaccounts, NWC connections to dozen of apps, Podcasting 2.0 connections, LNDhub connection, Lightning Address...
However, we are aware that lightning self-custody is not for everyone, especially if you do not use Lightning Network that much yet.
The price of 21,000 sats (and you should be able to see -50% discount in your profile, let me know if you do not) is for the cloud hosting of the Hub, maintaining the infrastructure, automatic updates & backups, also comes with other benefits (discount at partner bitocin companies, premium support, more coming). After all, there has to be some device that operates the software, that should be online at moments of sending and receiving transactions.
I'd recommend you installing Alby Hub for your desktop and run it from there - it's completely free.
If you decide at any time to move to the Cloud, it's also easy to migrate your Hub and keep your channels, transactions in new setup.
Come join one of our onboarding sessions, so you can learn more!
I hope that helps, let me know if you have more questions :)
There are few benefits of noderunning (this is the transition, from our custody and control of your sats -> to your own control, on your own node).
Mainly: you are in full control of your sats, noone can rugpull you, no third party is under regulatory pressure for holding your funds, and it gives great insight into how Lightning Network works. Alby Hub is the easiest such option out there, and gives few more great features, such like subaccounts, NWC connections to dozen of apps, Podcasting 2.0 connections, LNDhub connection, Lightning Address...
However, we are aware that lightning self-custody is not for everyone, especially if you do not use Lightning Network that much yet.
The price of 21,000 sats (and you should be able to see -50% discount in your profile, let me know if you do not) is for the cloud hosting of the Hub, maintaining the infrastructure, automatic updates & backups, also comes with other benefits (discount at partner bitocin companies, premium support, more coming). After all, there has to be some device that operates the software, that should be online at moments of sending and receiving transactions.
I'd recommend you installing Alby Hub for your desktop and run it from there - it's completely free.
If you decide at any time to move to the Cloud, it's also easy to migrate your Hub and keep your channels, transactions in new setup.
Come join one of our onboarding sessions, so you can learn more!
I hope that helps, let me know if you have more questions :)