The new Alby! \ stacker news ~bitcoin

I don't know if my eyesight's bad, but I didn't recognize this as a bee right away, maybe because there isn't much contrast between the yellow and white. I'm not against changes, but sometimes when a logo brand is already really well-known, changing it can look strange and, in some cases, that can lead to a drop in brand recognition.

77 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 16h

You might be right. Only time will tell if the change was warranted.

150 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 16h

It's no big deal, it's 'just' a logo, and those are always down to personal opinion. Changing the name would be way, way more risky.

36 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 12h

What’s the Difference Between a Bee and a Wasp? #1248716

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @blogclif 1h

feels the same way, I see a wasp ready to sting

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 12h

Alby stings you repeatedly, at $12.90/month = wasp.

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38 sats \ 16 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 19h

Nah. Alby started off great. It is now in full shill territory.

18 sats \ 15 replies \ @siggy47 18h

Can you elaborate? Definition of shill:

shill /shĭl/

noun

One who poses as a satisfied customer or an enthusiastic gambler to dupe bystanders into participating in a swindle.
A person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial.
An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game.

It seems to me that they give away innovative products for free. I would not hold it against them if they eventually attempt to make a profit from all the work they have done.

Bitcoin doesn't require communist companies.

21 sats \ 14 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 17h

mostly.

See how most of the folks are African or Chinese?

72 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 17h

The white guy got plenty of screen time too

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @jbschirtzinger 17h

The one hugging the Chinese-looking lady, or the one surrounded by various nationalities? I'm sure you see the point.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @saunter 17h

His eastern european, not Chinese, at least that was Midjourney interpretation of Eastern European. (And as Eastern European myself it looked okay)

11 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 17h

I think the point was that people in the global south with even worse fiat financial systems than in the west will benefit most from bitcoin.

Also, I don't think bitcoin cares what you look like.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 17h

The point is "global". Same root word as globalists, which is why there is so much China here. Hence, shill.

11 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 17h

Oh, now I see. With all that Soros money I would have thought they could have sprung for a video that didn't resort to AI.

11 sats \ 3 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 17h

Soros is cheap. Treacherous Albion is cheaper yet.

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 17h

Albion as in England?

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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @TheBTCManual 16h

African here with a chinese great grandmother and I can confirm I am an alby user

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Solomonsatoshi 13h

Alby fees are high.

Try Coinos for ease of use and very low fees.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 3h

I have both a cloud node with alby and run a local instance on my own node!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 16h

You are the demographic.

73 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 19h

Great content!

bitcoin is money

for everyday

use it

This didn't sound quite right to me. Did you mean "for everyday people"?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @The_Daniel 4h

Maybe they should have run the copy by a native English speaker.

34 sats \ 6 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 13h

Albys fees are too expensive...approaching usury.

The video is pure hollow man corporate yuck puffery.

Alby are clipping the ticket significantly on each and every transaction.

Slick Narrative Driving Rentseeking Parasites.

I prefer and recommend Coinos.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @saunter 12h

Alby has 0 added transaction fees, unlike other lightning self-custodial wallets.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 12h

Alby Cloud which Alby describes as 'Best for most users seeking convenience and reliable hosting' costs $12.90/month. Is Alby Cloud even truly self custodial? Using it you are definitely dependent upon Alby and its cloud services and paying over $150/year in fees.

Coinos which provides equally convenient access to and use of LN costs nothing /month/year. There is no subscription fee. And routing fees are very low, often zero.

If you have the considerable skill and time required to run your own node and channels etc self hosting Alby might be ok, but then do you really need Alby at all if you have that level of technical skill?

7 sats \ 1 reply \ @saunter 11h

Even if Alby Cloud stops operating, you still can recover your funds. You cannot say the same about Coinos.

I agree Coinos is better for beginners and low volume users. Alby Hub is better suited for users who want self-custody and use bitcoin a lot.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 9h

I would never keep more than a small amount in a LN wallet anyway so coinos suits me and saves me in time and fees. Albys fees for the Cloud option are guaranteed to cost you hundreds of dollars over time. For those who want self custody Alby is an option though not sure it would be the best one.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 11h

Albyhub is just an interface for running your own LN node. Under this setup you set the fee yourself.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @saunter 11h

It also has a standalone LDK version, so no full blockchain node needed, and that is used for the cloud

24 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 14h

Ooh, it's video and it's posted to Twitter. So I'm guessing there's not any sort of real announcement here?

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @035736735e 18h

Just awesome to see so much development happening behind the scenes. Most of the media has no clue of what is slowly going to take over...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @deSign_r 3h

Has the new branding made with Ai? it tastes bland, the old bee mascot was funnier and much more friendly. This barely visible white wasp on yellow background, not sure... Fatty bee should stay, that's how I'd have solved it #1248867

The solution, giving an aligned identity to all products, works better than the new logo itself.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 4h

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 18h

Cool AI video!