Why do I need to link my Alby Account?

Easily link your Alby Hub with your Alby Account for seamless Lightning payments with Lightning Addresses and full access to all Alby web Account functionalities!

Your Alby Hub self-custodial wallet can send and receive sats, but it lacks a Lightning address. This is where your Alby web account becomes useful: it provides your Alby Hub with a Lightning address.

1. How do I connect my Alby Hub to my Alby Account?🔗

Connecting is super easy and fast, you are ready in under a minute!

On your Alby Hub, go to "Connections" and click on "Link your Alby Account". It should be done in just a few seconds.

This is the NWC, Nostr Wallet Connections, section of the Alby Hub

Great!😀 So now you can receive payments to your Alby Hub by handing your lightning address "[email protected]"⚡

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2. More reasons to link your Alby Hub and Alby Account🌟

All the feature of Alby web Account are now features of your Alby Hub, ain't that awesome?

Now that your Alby Hub and Alby Account are linked through a NWC connection, your Alby Account becomes the wallet interface for your Alby Hub. This means you can use all the functionalities of your Alby web account with the funds stored in your Alby Hub self-custodial wallet.

Some of those functionalities include:

• Seamless association with the Alby browser extension

• APIs for developers 👋 Developer Docs

• V4V tools for podcasting

Updates and restarts of your Hub might occasionally cause your Alby Account to be disconnected. If this happens, simply go to the connections section of your Alby Hub and link them again.

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3. Which data is my Alby Account collecting?

The Alby Hub is designed to be a self-sovereign wallet, putting you in control of your bitcoin. While it currently connects to your Alby Account, data collected is defined in the terms of service and privacy policy, and is only used to provide you with the services. For instance, an email address is necessary for sending notifications, and an IP address may be visible when a request is made to our servers. We have plans on making it possible to use the Alby Hub without needing to link an account.

Alby cannot see the transactions that go directly through your LND node using NWC connections with your Hub. However, if your Alby Account is linked, transactions associated with your Lightning address will be visible on your dashboard at getalby.com, and you’ll receive email notifications. You are free to unlink your account at any time to stop this. (but you will lose the benefits of it)

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