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🐝 Alby Hub, Browser Extension and Account
🐝 Alby Hub, Browser Extension and Account
  • 🏠 Hub, Browser Extension, Account
  • Alby Go
    • ðŸ“ēGet Alby mobile app
    • ðŸ‘Đ‍🚀Send, Receive, Go!
  • Alby Hub
    • â„đïļIntroduction
    • ðŸšĒGetting Started
    • 🍕Alby Hub flavors
      • Alby Pro Cloud
      • Other Cloud Options
      • Desktop
      • Docker
      • Umbrel, Start9, etc
      • 🐧Linux
      • 🆙Updating
    • 👛Wallet
      • ðŸ’ŦOpen your first channel
      • ðŸ“ĪSend
      • ðŸ“ĨReceive
      • ⮆ïļBuy Bitcoin
        • 💰Withdraw from an exchange
      • ⮇ïļSell Bitcoin
    • 🔗App Connections
    • ðŸŽŪApp Store
      • ðŸĄSub-wallet, Friends & Family
        • Fast sub-wallets (no lightning address)
        • Sub-wallet with lightning address ⚡ïļ
        • Podcaster & musicians sub-wallets
        • ❓Q&A of sub-wallets
      • 📅ZapPlanner
    • 🚰Node
      • ðŸ“ĨIncrease receiving capacity
      • ðŸ“ĪAdvanced: Increase Spending Balance with on-chain bitcoin
      • âĪïļNode Health
      • 💰On-chain Balance
      • Swap In & Out
    • 🔐Backups & Recover
    • ❓FAQ Alby Hub
      • How can I access Alby Hub from my phone?
      • Why do I need to link my Alby Account?
      • Should I open a private or public channel?
      • How can I change routing fees?
      • How can I close a channel? What happens to the sats in this channel?
      • Why was my lightning channel closed and what to do next?
      • How can I update my Alby Hub?
      • How can I change my unlock password?
      • How can I check budgets of connected apps?
      • How can I backup my keys
      • Where is Alby Hub physically located?
      • How can I migrate Alby Hub to a different machine?
      • How to use Fly.io to run Alby Hub
      • What to do during times of high onchain fees?
      • What to do if I cannot send a payment?
      • What to do if I cannot receive a payment
      • Should I open multiple channels with the same counterparty?
      • What happens if the healthcheck indicator turns red?
    • 📚Bitcoin Wallet Glossary
  • Alby Browser Extension
    • ðŸ‘ūFeatures
      • ðŸ’ģManage multiple wallets
      • ðŸ’ĩCreate and change budgets
      • 🔂Send and receive bitcoin
      • ðŸĨManage site connections
      • 🗝ïļMaster Key
      • ðŸĶĪNostr
      • 🌊Liquid
      • ⚖ïļHOLD Payments
    • 🔗Link wallet
      • Alby web Account
      • Umbrel
      • Alby Hub via NWC link
      • LND
      • No limits - quick & easy
    • ðŸŽŪDiscover apps
    • 🐞Debugging
      • Connecting your LN node
      • Google Chrome
      • Mozilla Firefox
      • Using nightly builds
    • ❓FAQs Alby Extension
      • How do I install the Alby Browser Extension?
      • Why do I need a unlock password?
      • Can I trust the software?
      • Lost Password
      • Does the extension work on Mobile?
      • Implementing payments and authentication
      • Can I use Alby with the Tor Browser?
      • What is the Alby Companion App?
      • How to enable Alby only on specific websites?
      • Can I connect LND with readonly permissions?
      • How to use Alby with nosft.xyz to get NFT ordinals/inscriptions?
      • How to access my old account in apps with the Alby Extension
      • What permission does the extension require?
      • How can I run my own Lightning node?
      • Migrate from old LNDHub setup
      • I lost my Nostr ID when making a new account
  • Alby Account
    • â„đïļIntroduction
    • 🔗Link wallet
      • 🔗Link Alby Hub
      • 🔗Link other NWC wallet
    • ðŸŒŪFeatures
      • Nostr identifier
      • Lightning Address
      • Notifications and reports
      • Email, Password, Currency
      • ⮆ïļTop up your wallet
        • Card or bank transfer
        • Exchange service
        • Other bitcoin wallet
        • Other crypto wallet
      • ⮇ïļConvert to fiat
    • ðŸŽŪConnect to apps
      • NWC Connections
      • Alby Browser Extension
      • BTCPay Server
      • Podcast apps
      • Alby Go mobile app
    • ðŸ‘Đ‍ðŸ’ŧUse your lightning address
      • Nostr
      • Own domain
    • ❓FAQs Alby Account
      • Alby Hub is here! What happens to my existing balance?
      • Are there transaction limits with my Alby Account?
      • Can I open a channel to Alby's lightning node?
      • How to increase your weekly payment volume?
      • Why is there a minimum balance required?
      • Which service fees apply for using an Alby account?
      • How does Alby make money?
      • How to use Fly.io to run Alby Hub
      • What are fee credits in my Alby account
      • Embrace Alby Hub - phasing out Alby’s shared wallet
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On this page
  • Getting started
  • View and edit your Nostr keys
  • 🔑 Importing or Generating your keys
  • 🊄 Getting a Nostr NIP05 identifier
  • 📖 Further resources
  • Nostr web clients

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Nostr

Nostr is a simple and open protocol that aims to create censorship-resistant social networks and works with cryptographic keys. Use Alby to securely manage your Nostr keys.

Last updated 8 months ago

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Getting started

With Alby you securely manage your Nostr account keys and safely use the supporting Nostr web clients. Your private keys only live in Alby and will never be shared. Nostr clients only request permissions to for example sign events.

Every account in Alby can have individual Nostr keys. This allows you to manage multiple Nostr identities.

It is important to know that your Nostr keys are stored only locally on your computer.

View and edit your Nostr keys

Step 1: Open the Alby Browser Extension, select the relevant account and click on 'Wallet settings'

Step 2: Here you can view and edit your Nostr Key if you click on 'Nostr Settings'

🔑 Importing or Generating your keys

You can either import an existing key or generate a new private Nostr key. The newly generated Nostr key is derived from your Master Key in the Alby Browser Extension.

Step 1: Navigate to the relevant account in the Browser Extension and click on 'Nostr Settings'

Step 2: Navigate to the relevant account in the Browser Extension and click on 'Nostr Settings'

Now you can import an existing Nostr private key by pasting it in the relevant field or generate a new key by creating a Master Key. If you already created a Master Key before, the fields are automatically filled with your new keys.

Congrats! You successfully created your Nostr keys.

With derived keys the same level of trust that you have in your account also applies to your Nostr key.

If you already store a Nostr key in one account, it won't be overwritten by a new Master Key

Please make sure to always have a backup of your key!

🊄 Getting a Nostr NIP05 identifier

With an getAlby.com account and lightning address (e.g. you@getalby.com) you can also configure your NIP05 Nostr identifier. NIP-05 is a verification method for your Nostr account across all clients and friends can then find you with that address instead of the public key. Go to your getAlby.com dashboard -> Settings -> Profile Page. Then add your Nostr public key.

📖 Further resources

Nostr web clients

What's next? Try out some of these Nostr apps and enjoy seamless browsing with your very own identity across different apps:

There are out there and with your Nostr identity managed in the Alby extension you can easily use all of them. No signup or similar needed. For example try these:

ðŸ‘ū
ðŸĶĪ
https://www.nostrapps.com/
nostr-resources.com
nostr.how
usenostr.org
nostr.net
nostr.directory
various different Nostr clients
Coracle
Iris
Primal
Snort
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