MoritzK

@moritzk
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Building Alby - the browser extension for bitcoin payments and bitcoin apps on the web.
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(new profile; previous instance was shut down)
Show threadMoritzKFeb 16

@ericpp @mitch @silas

The NWC ecosystem is growing constantly.

Show threadMoritzKNov 24

@adam @dave @csb

I missed an important detail. LNURL requests won't cause problems for Alby Hubs that are online. @bumi clarified it here: https://kosmos.social/@bumi/115605365867402418

bumi (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] that's not true. IF a node is offline AND a lot of ln address requests come in then the Alby ln address infrastructure will stop trying to get the invoice for some time because clearly the node has issues and can't receive and it's better for the player/sender to have a fast reply and not get blocked. Because boostagram payments are a bit different than typical LN address payments we probably can optimize the detection of the node recovery.

kosmos.social
Show threadMoritzKNov 21

@adam @dave @csb

You had solid reasons for choosing Keysend payments in the first place.

Show threadMoritzKNov 21

@adam @dave @csb

1 sat payments are not spam.

A lightning address resolves to a URL that gives you a BOLT11 invoice. This invoice will be paid in the ideal case. Or it won't be paid for different reasons.

So we cannot know if there is a real payment intent behind a invoice request.

Show threadMoritzKNov 21

@adam @dave @csb

You can simply log into your Alby Account on getalby.com and follow the steps to reactivate your lightning address. For now, we’ve manually fixed it for the listed accounts above.

We need to review and improve how we handle this volume of requests.

Show threadMoritzKNov 21

@adam @dave @csb

Payments to lightning addresses create an increased load on our server infrastructure, because of the high payment frequency in podcasting. That makes it difficult for us to reliably distinguish between spam and legitimate traffic, so some requests may get blocked accidentally.

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@adam @dave @csb

Are these requests to a lightning address or plain keysend payments?

MoritzKNov 6

@dave @bumi

Do you plan to receive boosts and boostagrams?
That requires a public channel unfortunately.
Alby Hub -> Node -> Open Channel -> Click on "Advanced Options" to select a public channel -> Optional select another peer (e.g. LNServer has the lowest rates) -> Open Channel

MoritzKOct 2
ChadF Oct 2

Forgot Alby had this and it mentions AI and l402 so I'm sharing it here.

https://github.com/getAlby/mcp

Show threadMoritzKSep 10, 2025

@Kolomona @merryoscar

Alby Hub is not affected.