Introduction
About Alby Accounts
Alby is your companion for bitcoin payments in the digital world of apps and the real world of brick-and-mortar businesses.
As such Alby is offering products and services to make use of programmable money and instant low-cost payments.
That's why Alby created a managed lightning wallet service. This service is no longer offered and only maintained to serve existing users. But no worries instead of just using one wallet provider with an Alby Account we leave the choice to you. Feel free to link and supercharge your own wallet such as Alby Hub with all the features Alby is offering you.
Why should I create an Alby Account?
As a consumer đââī¸:
Use the Alby Browser Extension
Connect mobile apps (Zeus, BlueWallet, etc.)
Get an individual lightning address
Receive payment notifications
As a creator đŠâđ¨:
Connect to podcasting 2.0 apps
Use your lightning address on Twitter, YouTube and Nostr
Get your personal tipping page
As a merchant đ:
Connect to BTCPay Server to accept bitcoin payments
Get a lightning address with your own internet domain
Export your transaction history for your bookkeeping purposes
As a developer đ¨âđģ:
Access a dedicated developer portal
Programmatically interact with your wallet and implement custom logic in response to events
Let Alby's SDKs abstract away the complexities of the lightning network
How do you get all these features?
1. Create an Alby Account
Visit getalby.com and click on "Dashboard"
2 Link your wallet
That's how you supercharge your bitcoin lightning wallet. đ
Last updated
Was this helpful?