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Alby Releases Alby Go, A Mobile App For Self-Custodial Bitcoin Lightning Payments

Today, Alby announced the release of Alby Go, a mobile application available for iOS and Android that allows users to make self-custodial payments via their Lightning node.

Users can connect the app to Lightning nodes and wallets including Alby Hub, Umbrel, Start9, LifPay and CoinOS to enable self-custodial Lightning payments. The app most easily integrates with Alby Hub, an open-source wallet that Alby recently released that makes Lightning nodes easy to access and use from multiple devices. Alby Go also provides a straightforward wallet interface to Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC)-enabled Lightning wallets.

โ€œAlby Go is our next step in making bitcoin accessible everywhere, now bringing it to users’ pockets,โ€ said Alby co-founder Alby Michael Bumann in a press release. โ€œBy utilizing the NWC messaging protocol, we facilitate seamless use of multiple nodes and wallets in a lightweight app.”

Other features of Alby Go include a contact list, which lets users store Lightning addresses of frequent contacts for quick and convenient transactions; currency conversion and dark/light theme settings.

Alby Go is currently in version 1.5 and Alby encourages users to contact the Alby team with suggestions on how to improve the app. The appโ€™s code is open-source and ready for reviews and contributions.

For more information on Alby, see our Founders piece on Alby co-founder Michael Bumann.

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