Actually, we will exclusively use Breez as our funding source to simplify LNbits into an easy and intuitive product for businesses. Our goal is making Lightning payments accessible for everyone, from small local shops and supermarkets to neighborhood production plants, without requiring technical knowledge about Lightning. If we don't simplify self custody, businesses will inevitably turn to permissioned custody solutions like Strike, Blink, or ZBD.

Yes, we see a growing number of business owners moving towards self-custody for their Lightning payments and seeking wallet engines that integrate smoothly with existing payment solutions. Tidebinder leverages Breez SDK in combination with LNbits as the wallet interface, enabling businesses to connect their self-custody wallets seamlessly with popular payment services like Opago, BTCPay, Zaprite, Flash, Coinsnap, Tiankii, and others.

LNbits is ideal due to its widely adopted API, and with the upcoming Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC), you can build and integrate innovative features directly into your always-on, self-custody Lightning wallet managed by Tidebinder. Think of Tidebinder as similar to LNbits.com SaaS, but specifically optimized for businesses, deployed differently, and focused entirely on the Breez SDK as the single funding source.

Common use cases among our customers include high-volume micropayments for rewards, cashback, or promotional transactions, as well as reliably receiving funds through online and point-of-sale (PoS) payment systems.

In simpler terms, Tidebinder functions similarly to Alby Hub Cloud service, but it's specifically tailored for business applications and built on LNbits rather than Alby Hub. Personally, I use Alby Hub for personal, friends, and family Uncle Jim wallets, while relying on Tidebinder for my business transactions. Both offering self-custody Lightning solutions in the cloud.

I can't confirm. All claims are real.

I have full control over my funds with the internal LDK based node and I also got the seed and channel backups.

I can connect with any NWC enabled app and use my albyhub as wallet in these apps.

Albyhub does not require an alby Account at all. But it has some benefits which don't compromise on decentralization

In my opinion Albyhub is the best solution to run your own lightning node in the cloud or on you own computer. I use it for my friends and family and also have stackernews connect to it.

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