📥Receive

Use bitcoin, stablecoins, or other cryptocurrencies to top up your balance in Alby Hub. Stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies are automatically swapped to bitcoin before being credited to your Hub.

1. Navigate to "Wallet" and click on "Receive"

Alby Hub wallet

2. Select your option to receive

You have the following options to receive:

• Share the QR code
• Share your lightning address (i.e. [e-mail])
• Create and share a lightning invoice
• Create and share a lightning offer following the BOLT12 spec.
• Receive from On-chain
• Create and share a lightning invoice -> paste it into the FixedFloat website -> swap any stablecoin or cryptocurrency into your Alby Hub.

Example: Create a lightning invoice

Enter the amount you want to receive and optionally a description...

...and copy the invoice to pass it on to the sender

This is how it looks when the sender pays the invoice with the Alby Extension

Payment with Alby Extension

Congrats. You successfully received the payment. 🎉

Payment received in Alby Hub

Don't worry if the sender does not pay immediately. Alby Hub is always online if it runs in the cloud and can receive payments 24/7. In your Alby dashboard on getalby.com you can configure payment notifications to ensure you don't miss any incoming payments. 🙂