Dark (New) on Nostr: I finally got around to messing around with Alby Hub last night and all I have to say ...
I finally got around to messing around with Alby (npub1get…0nfm) Hub last night and all I have to say is wow! Alby is really onto something here.
Alby Hub bridges the gap between the headache and the risk calculation of managing channels and onboard sats on self hosted LN node hardware, and the freedom of having multiple lightning channels that just. work. Especially in the event that you are managing larger amounts of liquidity, have a catastrophic failure or theft of your hardware.
As long as you’re logging out your hub after each use, have a strong password, and back up your keys on steel, you can really start to use self managed lightning without losing sleep or having a backup server on hand.
While it is good to know how to run a lightning node and manage channels on your own hardware, the hosted solution is really something you can use to onboard friends and family with their own wallets, without having the whole thing at risk sitting on a single server.
Between the huge number of ways you can connect to your hub with other apps and websites, and the beautifully simple functionality of the Alby Go mobile app, this service is going to drive lightning and Bitcoin adoption forward in a big way.
I am interested to see how it holds up to some battle testing and the ever changing regulatory environment. But Alby Hub is well worth getting versed in. Good job Alby team. This is exciting!
Alby Hub bridges the gap between the headache and the risk calculation of managing channels and onboard sats on self hosted LN node hardware, and the freedom of having multiple lightning channels that just. work. Especially in the event that you are managing larger amounts of liquidity, have a catastrophic failure or theft of your hardware.
As long as you’re logging out your hub after each use, have a strong password, and back up your keys on steel, you can really start to use self managed lightning without losing sleep or having a backup server on hand.
While it is good to know how to run a lightning node and manage channels on your own hardware, the hosted solution is really something you can use to onboard friends and family with their own wallets, without having the whole thing at risk sitting on a single server.
Between the huge number of ways you can connect to your hub with other apps and websites, and the beautifully simple functionality of the Alby Go mobile app, this service is going to drive lightning and Bitcoin adoption forward in a big way.
I am interested to see how it holds up to some battle testing and the ever changing regulatory environment. But Alby Hub is well worth getting versed in. Good job Alby team. This is exciting!