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  • Introduction
  • How to get started with Alby Hub
  • As a new users choose one of these options to run your Hub:
  • As an existing user, you'll find the options on this page of your Alby Dashboard

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Link Alby Hub

Start your Alby Hub and link it to your Alby Account

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Introduction

Alby Hub is your self-custodial lightning wallet. But it is more than that: It's your Hub for instant bitcoin payments across a growing ecosystem of apps and flexible enough to serve your very own use case. with superpowers:

  • Easiness: Running your own node has never been easier

  • Ownership: 24/7 online wallet with a lightning address and more cool features

  • Connectivity: Plug-in your Hub for self-custodial in-app payments in any app out there

How to get started with Alby Hub

Alby Hub is a lightweight wallet created to run on different systems such as in the cloud offered by Alby, on a server of your choice, on your desktop or even on a Raspberry Pi.

As a new users choose one of these options to run your Hub:

Navigate to

If you prefer having access to premium features and that Alby make sure your Hub is always online to receive payments 24/7, choose the Pro Cloud option.

If you prefer having access to premium features and that Alby make sure your Hub is always online to receive payments 24/7, choose the Alby Cloud option:

The "Do It Yourself" way of running Alby Hub is on "Your Server", "Desktop" and "Raspberry Pi Zero":

As an existing user, you'll find the options on of your Alby Dashboard

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this page
https://getalby.com/subscription/new
Choose how to get started with Alby Hub
Select your your option to run Alby Hub