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Alby

Alby

Alby is a Bitcoin and Nostr companion for the web, offering a suite of products including a self-custodial lightning wallet (Alby Hub), a browser extension, and a mobile app (Alby Go). It enables users to make instant payments, helps creators monetize content, and provides developers with tools like WebLN and APIs to integrate Bitcoin functionalities into their applications.
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Alby provides a comprehensive suite of tools for the Bitcoin and Nostr ecosystems, centered around its core product, the Alby Hub, a self-custodial lightning wallet. This hub connects with the Alby Extension for seamless web interactions and Alby Go for mobile payments, and integrates with hundreds of other applications. The platform empowers content creators, such as podcasters and website owners, to monetize their work by accepting direct payments from their audience, bypassing traditional high-fee platforms. For developers, Alby offers robust tools like WebLN and an API to easily integrate instant Bitcoin payments, embed wallets, and enable login functionalities with Lightning wallets into their own applications, fostering the growth of the 'Value for Value' model.