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2025-01-23 01:57:22

phil on Nostr: I've been running Alby Hub a few days now and I thought I would share my experience ...

I've been running Alby Hub a few days now and I thought I would share my experience with it so far.

The initial installation and setup was very straightforward. I opted to use docker on my own hardware and the process was basically just:
- Install Linux
- Install Docker
- Download the docker compose file from the Alby GitHub and run it
- Perform the initial Alby Hub configuration through the web interface

Once the initial configuration was performed at least one Lightning channel needs to be opened to be able to send/receive payments. There are options to buy channels from several LSPs which is likely to be the way a lot of people would choose to use Alby Hub but I wanted to route payments through my own lightning node so I transferred some funds and opened a channel. This was an easy process and worked without any issues.

The next step was to get Damus connected to the Alby Hub. This was also an easy process by just adding the connection in Alby Hub and then adding the NWC URL in Damus. One really nice feature about Alby Hub is the ability to set up each NWC connection with it's own spending limit. Using NWC rather than an external wallet (I was previously using Zeus) in Damus means that zapping is a single click and I've found that I'm zapping more notes now than I was before.

I haven't set up a lightning address to receive zaps inbound to the Alby Hub yet but that is the next thing I plan to do.

I also installed the Alby Go wallet application and connected it to Alby Hub. Alby Go is a nice looking and simple mobile wallet application that connects to the Alby Hub. I haven't had the need to use it much yet though.

Overall I'm very happy with Alby Hub so far. I think it is a great solution for anyone wanting a simple non-custodial way to manage lightning funds, and also for people like myself who have another node but want a way to separate zapping/spending funds.
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