About Alby
Alby is a versatile browser extension for the Bitcoin Lightning Network to serve as the bridge between wallets and Bitcoin Lightning websites with the following features:
Easy payments: Users finally interact natively with Lightning on the web based on the WebLN standard. No context switching when users have to picking-up the smartphone to scan a QR code. Users can even set budgets to automate payments.
Direct rewards: Alby brings bitcoin payments to traditional content platforms in the web (e.g. own websites, Twitter, YouTube, etc.). With its tipping features users can directly reward content creators or service providers on their existing platforms.
Passwordless logins: Passwords have problems. They can be too weak, reused on multiple systems, deliberately shared with other users, and socially engineered. With Alby users can conveniently sign into websites that offer simple logins with Lightning. without using passwords.
Connect own wallets: Users can connect their own Lightning wallets or nodes and remain with their trusted setup. To easily try out Bitcoin Lightning, Alby offers a custodial wallet directly in the extension. Although a non-custodial setup is recommended, users have the choice now.
The Alby browser extension was launched at Adopting Bitcoin in autumn 2021 and is publicly available at https://getalby.com/ for Chrome, Firefox and Brave.
Alby is an open-source project (MIT license) and is hosted by the Bitcoin Design Community. It is part of Summer of Bitcoin and has currently more than 18 contributors.
Getting the chance to represent Alby on the open source stage of Bitcoin 2022 would be amazing and highly appreciated.
bumi
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About Alby Alby is a versatile browser extension for the Bitcoin Lightning Network to serve as the bridge between wallets and Bitcoin Lightning websites with the following features:
Easy payments: Users finally interact natively with Lightning on the web based on the WebLN standard. No context switching when users have to picking-up the smartphone to scan a QR code. Users can even set budgets to automate payments.
Direct rewards: Alby brings bitcoin payments to traditional content platforms in the web (e.g. own websites, Twitter, YouTube, etc.). With its tipping features users can directly reward content creators or service providers on their existing platforms.
Passwordless logins: Passwords have problems. They can be too weak, reused on multiple systems, deliberately shared with other users, and socially engineered. With Alby users can conveniently sign into websites that offer simple logins with Lightning. without using passwords.
Connect own wallets: Users can connect their own Lightning wallets or nodes and remain with their trusted setup. To easily try out Bitcoin Lightning, Alby offers a custodial wallet directly in the extension. Although a non-custodial setup is recommended, users have the choice now.
The Alby browser extension was launched at Adopting Bitcoin in autumn 2021 and is publicly available at https://getalby.com/ for Chrome, Firefox and Brave. Alby is an open-source project (MIT license) and is hosted by the Bitcoin Design Community. It is part of Summer of Bitcoin and has currently more than 18 contributors.
Getting the chance to represent Alby on the open source stage of Bitcoin 2022 would be amazing and highly appreciated.
Thank you so much! Moritz moritz@getalby.com