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🏡Sub-wallets

Create sub-wallets with your Alby Hub, for yourself, your projects, or for friends and family. Many wallets, one Alby Hub. "One Hub to rule them all." 💫

Sometimes, you want to keep our personal wallet separate from the one we use for business projects, family members and friends. Here, you can easily create multiple wallets. In Alby Hub they are called sub-wallets.

Overview

  1. Introduction to Sub-wallets

  2. Create a new Sub-wallet

  3. Connect a Sub-wallet

  4. Manage a Sub-wallet

  5. Link a Sub-wallet with an Alby Account

Let's get started by making you the provider of wallets for your projects, friends & family. 👍

Introduction to Sub-wallets

1. Open Alby Hub, select 'Sub-wallets' from the menu on the left side

You’ll see the following information:

  • Total Balance: The combined balance of all your sub-wallets.

  • Active Sub-wallets: The number of currently active sub-wallets.

  • Sub-wallet Details: A list of each sub-wallet showing its custom name, individual balance, and the date it was last used.

  • Coverage Status: An indication of whether your assets sufficiently cover the balances of your sub-wallets.

Create a new Sub-wallet

1. Open Alby Hub, select 'Sub-wallets' from the menu on the left side

2. On the "Sub-wallet" screen click on 'New Sub-Wallet'

3. Set a name for the new sub-wallet and click on 'Create Sub-wallet

Congratulations! 🎉 You've successfully created a sub-wallet, a lightning wallet for yourself, your friend or family member, in under a minute!

You'll find the following options:

  • Connect Your Sub-wallet: Link it to services like Alby Go, your Alby Account, or the Alby Browser Extension.

  • Top Up Instantly: Add funds to your sub-wallet directly within the Alby Hub.

  • Create a lightning Address: Set up a dedicated lightning address for your sub-wallet.

Connect a Sub-wallet

There are different options to connect your sub-wallet to other apps such as Alby Go, an Alby Account or the Alby Browser Extension depending on how you or the intended user plan to use it.

Example: Connect your sub-wallet to Alby Go

  1. Open the tab for Alby Go. You'll find links to download the app.

  2. You also find the connection secret. Open Alby Go to scan or paste this connection secret.

For your security, these connection details are only visible now and cannot be retrieved later. If needed, you can store them in a password manager for future reference.

Manage a Sub-wallet

1. Open Alby Hub, select 'Sub-wallets' from the menu on the left side

2. On the "Sub-wallet" screen click on the relevant sub-wallet

After selecting a sub-wallet, you’ll see its details, including:

  • A summary of the sub-wallet

  • Top-up option

  • Ability to set a custom lightning address

  • Permissions settings

  • A transaction list specific to that sub-wallet

Link a Sub-wallet to an Alby Account

🎉 Congratulations!

You've successfully learned how to configure multiple types of isolated wallets with just one Hub Try it out and create a sub-wallet yourself. Let us know if there is any feature missing: Feedback Board.

Have more questions? Go to the Q&A!

❓FAQ - Sub-wallets

Thank you for stopping by! This section was created with contributions from Roland, Moritz & Jean-Paul

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