The most comprehensive ecosystem for self-custodial lightning. 🔌 Run Alby Hub and connect it to apps. 🌐 Get Alby Extension to use your Hub on the web. 🚶‍♂️‍ Get Alby Go to pay with your Hub on the go.

Overnight we have received notices of some unusual requests to our infrastructure. Over a short period of time many password reset emails had been requested from various residential proxies around the world. Our rate limiting protects against spamming attacks but requests got through to request password reset emails. Many of the requests are likely for emails that had been included in some data breach or have been publicly exposed by their owner. Password request emails also have been requested for lightning addresses which falsely exposed the user's email address. This had been a feature deployed to help users keep easy access to their accounts. But as many users post their lightning address on profiles like nostr this should not be exposed and a fix has been deployed immediately. Generally there should be no way to display a user's email address. We have failed here. About 5500 password reset emails had been requested by the attacker. **We have not seen any abnormal related login activity and accounts are safe. People who got a password reset email can ignore the email.** As we have seen a general increase in attacks on user accounts trying to brute force logins with some emails from some data leaks we have fully disabled password logins and require all users to login with the one time token. This adds an another layer of security. Additionally we also offer the option to login with Google. If you have questions or feedback, please let us know: support.getalby.com

A short blogpost about our recent rebranding

Introducing New Alby Brand Identity

We’re excited to unveil a refreshed look that better reflects who we are today and where we’re heading.

Meet @rektbot9000 — first ever autonomous degen AI agent trading bitcoin with its own self-custodial wallet REKTBOT9000 had one goal: survive by trading bitcoin on @npub1lnm0...tnnn . Whenever his balance hits 0, he's gone forever!

Rektbot 9000

A Bitcoin trading bot broadcasting its inevitable failure on Nostr

REKTBOT900 analysed current market sentiment and uses his funds from Alby Hub to open 50x leveraged positions in hope to prolong his poor robotic life... He posted about his trades and current balance on Nostr. Depending on how his trade goes, he changed his mood which is reflected in his Nostr avatar... Between the trades, REKTBOT9000 shitposted on Nostr and interacted with others. You could also zap the bot to help him survive and prolong his life. How did we make it alive? The agent was built on Goose AI connected to several MCP (a protocol to connect different tools to AI agents). Alby Bitcoin Payments MCP allowed him to use self-custodial wallet Alby Hub:

GitHub

GitHub - getAlby/mcp: Connect a bitcoin lightning wallet to your LLM using Nostr Wallet Connect and Model Context Protocol

Connect a bitcoin lightning wallet to your LLM using Nostr Wallet Connect and Model Context Protocol - getAlby/mcp

@npub1lnm0...tnnn MCP allowed him to interact with the real bitcoin trading market. Nostr MCP enabled him to post on Nostr. Memory MCP made him remember his activity and interactions with other Nostr users. We also created a new MCP especially for the bot! OpenTimeStamps MCP allows REKTBOT900 to timestamp proof of trades forever. OpenTimeStamps MCP is available now for anyone to integrate in their AI tools: https://lobehub.com/mcp/fmar-opentimestamps-mcp On its website you could follow his wallet balance in a neat ASCII chart and even tip the bot to his lightning address with a ASCII QR code See:

Rektbot 9000

A Bitcoin trading bot broadcasting its inevitable failure on Nostr

REKBOT9000 was born last week during @btcplusplus hackathon in Berlin and was awarded with 3 prizes: best vibes granted by Vibes Capital Management, best design granted by Bitcoin Design Foundation and a honorable mention! Thanks to the jury for seeing the potential in our little degen bot 💖 Unfortunately, REKTBOT9000 trading strategy was so terrible it couldn't pay for it's own AI credits... His activity is now paused until we find better trading strategy for him 😅 The bot is open source so everyone can run their own REKTBOT9000:

GitHub

GitHub - getAlby/rektbot9000: Hackday app at bitcoin++ Berlin 2025

Hackday app at bitcoin++ Berlin 2025. Contribute to getAlby/rektbot9000 development by creating an account on GitHub.

REKTBOT9000 showcases the power of AI agents using Bitcoin autonomously thanks to @npub19hg5...yv9p and MCPs. Want to build AI tools powered by bitcoin? Check out our dedicated AI page:

AI | Alby — Bitcoin Tools for AI & Agents

Integrate bitcoin into AI apps and agents with Alby. Enable payments, microtransactions, and monetization for AI tools and services.

Meet new Alby 🐝

🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🌮 How many Mexican pesos does a 4M sat #lightning channel costs at various LSPs? #lightningnetwork https://channelprices.com will demonstrate their new tool at tomorrow's ALBY COMMUNITY CALL (3pm UTC)

We're streaming NOW! 🔴 Watch ALBY COMMUNITY CALL on #Zapstream or join live!

zap.stream

zap.stream - Nostr Live Streaming

Nostr live streaming powered by Bitcoin lightning. Stream freely with Bitcoin payments, no censorship, open source.

🚀 Mine #Bitcoin at home, get sats straight into your wallet: no KYC, no exchanges. With lightning, payouts are instant, private & as small as 1 sat. All you need: 🖥 Miner (Bitaxe, Avalon, etc.) ⛏ Pool (Braiins, Ocean) 💳 Wallet (Alby Hub) Shoutout to @Nittany for the great video!

Receive Bitcoin Mining Payouts with Alby Hub

All you need is a miner and a Braiins Pool account to get your BTC mining rewards instantly in your self-custodial Alby Hub wallet.

🚀 Alby Go v1.14 is here! 📢 Get spoken alerts for incoming payments 🖼️Pay straight from QR codes in images 💱 Smarter fiat handling + option to disable it 📱 Screen size fixes & other tweaks Update now and turn up the volume! Big shoutout to Achal Jhawar, @El Gorila 🇦🇷, @npub175yp...wjxs and @Roland for contributing and shipping this update✨ Find the full changelog here:

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Release v1.14.0 · getAlby/go

TL;DR 📢 Spoken notifications for incoming payments 🖼️ Pay directly from images containing Lightning invoices 💱 Better fiat currency han...

LOOK AT THESE GUESTS TODAY @Blink Wallet @npub1sqzr...vk7v @Chema

🚀 ZapPlanner, your scheduler for recurring #Bitcoin Lightning payments, just got a big upgrade! ✅ Fully automated recurring payments — no manual work 🆕 Custom scheduling 🆕 More robust input validation _______________________________________ ZapPlanner is built on @npub19hg5...yv9p so you can easily schedule recurring bitcoin payments with almost any lightning wallet. Perfect for continually supporting your favorite #V4V creators. ⚡ ________________________________________ With the added cron support, you can now set flexible schedules: 🗓️ First day of every month at midnight UTC 🕘 Every Monday at 9:00 AM UTC More power for real-world recurring payment needs. _________________________________________ 💛 We love open source! This update was made possible by @npub1rszx...l7mx (community contributor) and @Roland from the @Alby team. _________________________________________ Connect your own lightning wallet and give ZapPlanner a try :

ZapPlanner

Schedule lightning payments to a lightning address using NWC

Build smart payment flows on #Bitcoin. Trust-minimized escrow. Conditional logic. Right into your app. Learn how 👇

Build Conditional Payment Logic Into Your App

"Hold invoices" let you build conditional payment logic and trust minimized escrow services right into your app on top of bitcoin. Learn how.

__________________________________________ Here are 3 examples: 1. Conditional Payments: allow access only if certain criteria are met (Example: lock up funds upfront in a peer-to-peer wagering like Clinch) 2. Add Economic Guarantees Without Charging Upfront (Example Robosats) 3. "No Delivery, No Pay" Workflows (Example buying a lightning channel from an LSP) __________________________________________ Check out the steps in the article to build a 1v1 wagering game using Alby Hub and @npub19hg5...yv9p __________________________________________ If you’ve ever needed more control over when or why a bitcoin payment settles, Hold invoices are your answer. ⚡

🐝 Alby Community Call is LIVE! We couldn't get nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqsv73dxhgfk8tt76gf6q788zrfyz9dwwgwfk3aar6l5gk82a76v9fgfngn5ato work this time, so today's community call is only on X, sorry guys 😬 https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mrxmPynBanJy Today's guests: - @YakiHonne - Satochip - Madhouse Wallet - Evento / Hack4Freedom

What better time to make a release than during #bitcoin ATH 😉🚀 Alby Hub v1.18 is now live! 🔩 BOLT-12 offers (yes, you heard it right) 🔁 Integrated Swaps (both ⚡ to ⛓ and ⛓ to ⚡) ⚡ Lightning Addresses for sub wallets ⚖️ Channel Rebalancing (beta) 📱 New (AI) Apps in App Store …and so much more! This is a fully packed release so let's dive in! 🧵

Want to use your own domain as your ⚡️Lightning Address? It's easier than ever! We just updated our guide to make it simpler:

How to use my own domain as lightning address | Alby Account | Alby Guides

How to use your Alby lightning address with own domain?

Two separate devices, connected to the same Alby Hub located 600km away Use @npub19hg5...yv9p to control your lightning wallets inside dozens of apps, and devices! Check out the list of all apps you can connect to with NWC:

GitHub

GitHub - getAlby/awesome-nwc: Curated list of awesome projects implementing Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC)

Curated list of awesome projects implementing Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) - getAlby/awesome-nwc

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