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🐝 Alby Hub, Browser Extension and Account
🐝 Alby Hub, Browser Extension and Account
  • 🏠 Hub, Browser Extension, Account
  • Alby Go
    • 📲Get Alby mobile app
    • 👩‍🚀Send, Receive, Go!
  • Alby Hub
    • â„šī¸Introduction
    • đŸšĸGetting Started
    • 🍕Alby Hub flavors
      • Alby Pro Cloud
      • Other Cloud Options
      • Desktop
      • Docker
      • Umbrel, Start9, etc
      • 🐧Linux
      • 🆙Updating
    • 👛Wallet
      • đŸ’ĢOpen your first channel
      • 📤Send
      • đŸ“ĨReceive
      • âŦ†ī¸Buy Bitcoin
        • 💰Withdraw from an exchange
      • âŦ‡ī¸Sell Bitcoin
    • 🔗App Connections
    • 🎮App Store
      • 🏡Sub-wallet, Friends & Family
        • Fast sub-wallets (no lightning address)
        • Sub-wallet with lightning address âšĄī¸
        • Podcaster & musicians sub-wallets
        • ❓Q&A of sub-wallets
      • 📅ZapPlanner
    • 🚰Node
      • đŸ“ĨIncrease receiving capacity
      • 📤Advanced: Increase Spending Balance with on-chain bitcoin
      • â¤ī¸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
    • 👾Features
      • đŸ’ŗManage multiple wallets
      • đŸ’ĩCreate and change budgets
      • 🔂Send and receive bitcoin
      • đŸĨManage site connections
      • đŸ—ī¸Master Key
      • đŸĻ¤Nostr
      • 🌊Liquid
      • âš–ī¸HOLD Payments
    • 🔗Link wallet
      • Alby web Account
      • Umbrel
      • Alby Hub via NWC link
      • LND
      • No limits - quick & easy
    • 🎮Discover 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„šī¸Introduction
    • 🔗Link wallet
      • 🔗Link Alby Hub
      • 🔗Link other NWC wallet
    • 🌮Features
      • Nostr identifier
      • Lightning Address
      • Notifications and reports
      • Email, Password, Currency
      • âŦ†ī¸Top up your wallet
        • Card or bank transfer
        • Exchange service
        • Other bitcoin wallet
        • Other crypto wallet
      • âŦ‡ī¸Convert to fiat
    • 🎮Connect to apps
      • NWC Connections
      • Alby Browser Extension
      • BTCPay Server
      • Podcast apps
      • Alby Go mobile app
    • 👩‍đŸ’ģUse 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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  1. Alby Hub
  2. App Store
  3. Sub-wallet, Friends & Family

Q&A of sub-wallets

Are the sats lost if a family member or friend deletes their sub-wallet-based wallet?

No, your satoshis are safe, they haven't disappeared or gone anywhere. They are still part of the spending balance of your Alby Hub.

Are the sats lost if I delete a sub-wallet from my Alby Hub?

No, the satoshis are and have always been part of the spending balance of your Alby Hub.

How many sub-wallet can I create?

We haven't tested the exact limits, but so far, we've seen up to 21 sub-wallet created from a single Alby Hub, all working perfectly. 🚀

Are the transactions of sub-wallet private?

To the world these transactions are as private as any other lightning transaction. For the Alby Hub operator all transactions are visible like for any other bank when you deposit your fiat money in a bank account.

Can a sub-wallet have a higher balance than the Alby Hub main spending balance?

The total amount in the main Alby Hub spending balance includes all sub-wallets, plus any funds not allocated to any sub-wallet and deposited directly. However, since sub-wallet are only an internal account system one could reduce the main Alby Hub spending balance without reducing the balance of a sub-wallet resulting in a higher balance of the latter.

If I created a wallet for an artist, as a connection to my Hub, but then deleted that connection? Would their Alby account continue to work?

Yes. The Alby account remains active but they cannot receive payments anymore. You will have to create a new sub-wallet and share the "Connection Secret" with your artist friend.

How to restore sub-wallet based wallets in Alby Hub?

The Alby Hub owner will have to create a new sub-wallet and share the Connection Secret if needed.

How to restore sub-wallet based wallets if the user deletes it?

If the Alby Hub owner or the user have saved the sub-wallet-specific "Connection Secret", it can be reused. For security and convenience, we recommend using a password manager to store the sub-wallet-specific "Connection Secret." Note: Your sats are still part of the main Alby Hub spending balance and not lost after deletion of any sub-wallet.

How can I create sub-wallet with a starting balance

Right after adding a name and clicking on "Create sub-wallet", you can scroll to the bottom where you see the option to add a starting balance. Please note: Funds are not transferred over the network but are simply associated with the sub-wallet. As a result, no transaction fees are incurred.

How do I transfer sats to a sub-wallet?

After the sub-wallet was created, the sub-wallet appears on the "Connection" page of your Alby Hub. If you open this sub-wallet, you'll see an "Increase" button increase its balance, using funds from the main Alby Hub spending balance.

Have more questions? contact us at getalby.com/help !

Last updated 2 months ago

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