My Problem with Alby and Nostr Zaps I encountered challenges while trying to use Alby and Nostr for sending and receiving zaps. Originally, Alby was a free custodial wallet, but its transition to Alby Hub has introduced changes. Alby Hub is only free if you host it on your own server, which involves additional expenses and a degree of technical expertise. Essentially, using Alby Hub now involves either financial or technical investment....
Last night, I installed Primal to explore its features. The Primal client has its own wallet functionality, but there’s a catch: it provides a lightning address that cannot be customized to your preferred name. To work around this limitation, I used Nostrcheck to forward the zaps from my Nostrcheck address to my Primal address. Now everything looks good on the surface, but the zapper still sees the odd Primal address....
Exploring Moshi: Cafés, Challenges, and Plans Ahead Yesterday evening, I found myself enjoying a late dinner at the Hostel Bar, followed by diving deeper into exploring a nostr client called Primal. While it promises a partial solution to the issues I’ve been facing with the Alby Custodial Wallet, it’s still not perfect. There are features I’d like to see that are missing, and uploading images — like the ones I’m working on now in a café at the foot of Kilimanjaro — remains a challenge....
Navigating the Changes in Nostr: Zaps, Sats, and the End of Alby’s Custodial Wallet Today, I want to dive into a technical issue that’s been on my mind lately. If you’re familiar with Nostr, you’ll know it’s a decentralized protocol somewhat akin to X (formerly Twitter). Unlike X, though, Nostr isn’t a platform — it’s a protocol, which means it’s open and flexible, with various clients to use. In Nostr, you can receive both likes and zaps (which are small amounts of Bitcoin sent using the Lightning Network)....