Today, Alby announced the launch of Alby is leavinga mobile app available for iOS and Android that allows users to make self-custodial payments through their Lightning node.
Users can connect the app to Lightning nodes and wallets, including Alby CenterUmbrel, Start9, LifPay and CoinOS to enable self-custody Lightning payments. The app integrates more easily with Alby Hub, an open-source wallet that Alby Recently released This makes Lightning nodes easy to access and use from multiple devices. Alby Go also provides a simple wallet interface for Nostr (NWC) Wallet Connection-Lightning wallets enabled.
“Alby Go is our next step in making Bitcoin accessible everywhere, now bringing it into users’ pockets,” Alby co-founder Alby Michael Bumann said in a press release. “By utilizing the NWC messaging protocol, we facilitate seamless use of multiple nodes and wallets in one lightweight app.”
Other Alby Go features include a contact list, which allows users to store Lightning addresses of frequent contacts for quick and convenient transactions; currency conversion; and dark/light theme settings.
Alby Go is currently at version 1.5 and Alby encourages users to Contact Alby's team with suggestions on how to improve the application. The application code is open source and ready for reviews and contributions.
For more information about Alby, please check out our Founding piece about Alby's co-founder Michael Bumann.
