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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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  • How to top up your Alby Hub
  • How to connect your Alby Hub to other apps

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  1. Alby Hub

Getting Started

Welcome to Alby Hub, your next step towards taking full control of your Bitcoin and payment processes!

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Get an Alby Account🐝 for launching your Alby Hub 🚀

Create your Alby Account on getalby.com.

The Alby Account 🐝 is optional to start using your Alby Hub. This account gives you a lightning address⚡, allowing you to receive bitcoin directly without the need to issue invoices every time you want to receive some sats and better user support possibilities along your bitcoin journey.


Let's launch!🚀

Follow the onboarding steps.

Now you only need to open one payment channel to be connected to the bitcoin lightning network, top up your balance and store a backup of your wallet offline. We'll guide you through all of this.

At the end you'll have full control and sovereignty over your money. 😊


How to open your first payment channel đŸ›ĸī¸

How to top up your Alby Hub

Option 1: Send bitcoin to your Hub

Option 2: Buy bitcoin

How to connect your Alby Hub to other apps

How to Link your Alby Hub to your Alby account to activate your lightning address

-> This feature will be automatic in the near future. For the moment, you have to "manually" link your hub to your lightning address (provided by your Alby web Account).

On "Connection", click on "Link your Alby Account". After seconds it should be linked with a green text mentioning "✅Alby Account Linked"

🎈 Congratulations! 🎉 This section contains everything you need to get your Alby Hub self-custodial wallet up and running smoothly! If you're eager to dive deeper and learn more about the Alby Hub, feel free to explore the additional sections through the links below 👇. Thanks for your interest! 😃


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

Are you interested in a personal onboarding session? Book one . â˜Žī¸

For Advanced Users: The protocol that links your Alby Hub to your Alby account is called This protocol is the same that is used to link your Alby Hub to many other apps on the app store. On the link below we cover the subject of connecting Alby Hub to other apps.

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âŦ†ī¸Top up your wallet
Why do I need to link my Alby Account?
NWC (Nostr Wallet Connect).
🔗App Connections
Get your Alby web Account
Launch Alby Hub
Connect your Alby Hub to the network and get your first lightning channel
Top up your Spending Balance
Connect your Hub to other apps
getalby.com