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Trustless auctions on #Bitcoin are here! ⚡️ Satoshi’s Auction House lets you sell goods and get paid without ever taking custody of user funds. To celebrate, we’re auctioning a 1-year Alby Hub Cloud subscription incl. a Lightning channel. Bid now and get a Xmas present! 🎁👇

Satoshi's Auction House

---------------- Satoshi’s Auction House uses HOLD invoices to enable conditional payment logic and trust-minimized escrow all built directly on Bitcoin. Learn how it works. 👇

Build Conditional Payment Logic Into Your App

"Hold invoices" let you build conditional payment logic and trust minimized escrow services right into your app on top of bitcoin. Learn how.

---------------- The app removes trust in the buyer and uses #Nostr for accounts, adding transparency for the seller. And instead of seeing the HOLD-invoice timeout as a limitation, it embraces the fun: fast bidding — just like a real-world auction. Perfect for livestreams, conferences, meetups and more. ---------------- The winner will be announced at the end of our Community Call, 3–4 PM CET. Join and listen in: https://cal.com/getalby/communitycall

🚀 New Alby Hub Release — v1.12 is here! What’s new? 🟠 BIP177 support 🎨 New logo & updated branding 📡 Multiple relays support 🧹 Many minor fixes & improvements Available now for Alby Cloud subscribers and soon to Umbrel and Start9 runners 🟠 Embrace the ₿ with BIP177 support in Alby Hub. Still prefer "sats"? No worries, you can easily switch back in your Hub settings 📡 Alby Hub now supports multi-relay NWC connections! This will add redundancy to your connections and allows for your Hub to perform payments through any connected app, even If main NWC relay is currently offline. 📝 Full release changelog, as always, on our GitHub 👉

GitHub

Release v1.21.0 Satoshi Nakamoto · getAlby/hub

In this release Alby Hub is updated to Alby's new branding! other changes include a simpler swaps and on-chain receive UX, multiple relay support, ...

🐝 Wanna use bitcoin, self-custodially, in multiple apps and everywhere you go? Subscribe to Alby Cloud or self-host Alby Hub and use bitcoin like never before:

Alby — Bitcoin Lightning Wallets & Tools

Alby offers open-source wallets and tools for using Bitcoin as everyday money online, in apps, and in person. Try Alby Cloud or self-host Alby Hub.

🔴 LIVE! #ZapStream still doesn't work for us, so if you want to join the stream, watch us on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1eaJbjYdOLRJX?s=20 Or simply join Jitsi call: https://communitycall.getalby.com

The most comprehensive ecosystem for self-custodial lightning. 🔌 Run Alby Hub and connect it to apps. 🌐 Get Alby Extension to use your Hub on the web. 🚶‍♂️‍ Get Alby Go to pay with your Hub on the go.

Overnight we have received notices of some unusual requests to our infrastructure. Over a short period of time many password reset emails had been requested from various residential proxies around the world. Our rate limiting protects against spamming attacks but requests got through to request password reset emails. Many of the requests are likely for emails that had been included in some data breach or have been publicly exposed by their owner. Password request emails also have been requested for lightning addresses which falsely exposed the user's email address. This had been a feature deployed to help users keep easy access to their accounts. But as many users post their lightning address on profiles like nostr this should not be exposed and a fix has been deployed immediately. Generally there should be no way to display a user's email address. We have failed here. About 5500 password reset emails had been requested by the attacker. **We have not seen any abnormal related login activity and accounts are safe. People who got a password reset email can ignore the email.** As we have seen a general increase in attacks on user accounts trying to brute force logins with some emails from some data leaks we have fully disabled password logins and require all users to login with the one time token. This adds an another layer of security. Additionally we also offer the option to login with Google. If you have questions or feedback, please let us know: support.getalby.com

A short blogpost about our recent rebranding

Introducing New Alby Brand Identity

We’re excited to unveil a refreshed look that better reflects who we are today and where we’re heading.

Meet @rektbot9000 — first ever autonomous degen AI agent trading bitcoin with its own self-custodial wallet REKTBOT9000 had one goal: survive by trading bitcoin on @LN Markets . Whenever his balance hits 0, he's gone forever!

Rektbot 9000

A Bitcoin trading bot broadcasting its inevitable failure on Nostr

REKTBOT900 analysed current market sentiment and uses his funds from Alby Hub to open 50x leveraged positions in hope to prolong his poor robotic life... He posted about his trades and current balance on Nostr. Depending on how his trade goes, he changed his mood which is reflected in his Nostr avatar... Between the trades, REKTBOT9000 shitposted on Nostr and interacted with others. You could also zap the bot to help him survive and prolong his life. How did we make it alive? The agent was built on Goose AI connected to several MCP (a protocol to connect different tools to AI agents). Alby Bitcoin Payments MCP allowed him to use self-custodial wallet Alby Hub:

GitHub

GitHub - getAlby/mcp: Connect a bitcoin lightning wallet to your LLM using Nostr Wallet Connect and Model Context Protocol

Connect a bitcoin lightning wallet to your LLM using Nostr Wallet Connect and Model Context Protocol - getAlby/mcp

@LN Markets MCP allowed him to interact with the real bitcoin trading market. Nostr MCP enabled him to post on Nostr. Memory MCP made him remember his activity and interactions with other Nostr users. We also created a new MCP especially for the bot! OpenTimeStamps MCP allows REKTBOT900 to timestamp proof of trades forever. OpenTimeStamps MCP is available now for anyone to integrate in their AI tools:

LobeHub

OpenTimeStamps MCP Server | MCP Servers · LobeHub

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI models to interact with OpenTimeStamps, allowing them to timestamp files and verify proofs on...

On its website you could follow his wallet balance in a neat ASCII chart and even tip the bot to his lightning address with a ASCII QR code See:

Rektbot 9000

A Bitcoin trading bot broadcasting its inevitable failure on Nostr

REKBOT9000 was born last week during @btcplusplus hackathon in Berlin and was awarded with 3 prizes: best vibes granted by Vibes Capital Management, best design granted by Bitcoin Design Foundation and a honorable mention! Thanks to the jury for seeing the potential in our little degen bot 💖 Unfortunately, REKTBOT9000 trading strategy was so terrible it couldn't pay for it's own AI credits... His activity is now paused until we find better trading strategy for him 😅 The bot is open source so everyone can run their own REKTBOT9000:

GitHub

GitHub - getAlby/rektbot9000: Hackday app at bitcoin++ Berlin 2025

Hackday app at bitcoin++ Berlin 2025. Contribute to getAlby/rektbot9000 development by creating an account on GitHub.

REKTBOT9000 showcases the power of AI agents using Bitcoin autonomously thanks to @npub19hg5...yv9p and MCPs. Want to build AI tools powered by bitcoin? Check out our dedicated AI page:

AI | Alby — Bitcoin Tools for AI & Agents

Integrate bitcoin into AI apps and agents with Alby. Enable payments, microtransactions, and monetization for AI tools and services.

Meet new Alby 🐝

🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🌮 How many Mexican pesos does a 4M sat #lightning channel costs at various LSPs? #lightningnetwork https://channelprices.com will demonstrate their new tool at tomorrow's ALBY COMMUNITY CALL (3pm UTC)