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Very nice guide, thanks @SimpleStacker!
We're happy to answer any questions and/or doubts :) Let us know aso how can we improve Alby Hub!
Stacker News isn't showing up in my app store.
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Are you looking for stacker news in the Alby Hub app store?
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Yeah, it had been there previously, but now it's not showing up.
I'm trying to start over, because something wasn't working with the connection I had made before.
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Weird. Let me know if you figure it out
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22 sats \ 11 replies \ @Alby 17 Oct
hmmm, it's there!
Can you send a screenshot of your App Store tab?
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20 sats \ 9 replies \ @Alby 18 Oct
You also don't have Friends & Family! And probably no support for sending to Lightning Address!
You definitely gotta update ;)
What version of Alby Hub is it? (top right corner)
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Thanks :)
Overall, it was a pretty smooth experience.
My main two feedbacks would be:
  • After the initial welcome screens you're asked to connect to an Alby account. This was a bit confusing because it made it seem like you need an Alby account to use the desktop app, but you don't actually need to.
  • Step 1 of "Getting started" suggested by the app is to increase inbound liquiidty by buying liquidity from a provider (i.e. paying someone to open a channel to you.) I don't have anything against that, but I think it's confusing to LN beginners. Especially because the payment for the channel is itself over lightning.
    My guess is that a more "comfortable" experience is for beginners to deposit their own bitcoin into the LN wallet and then open a channel with outbound liquidity. Maybe the suggested first steps could be 1) deposit bitcoin 2) open a channel, and you can provide a list of suggested channels. (That's just my two cents, you guys are the experts.)
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