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48 sats \ 9 replies \ @siggy47 8 Jan \ on: what cowboy credits are and are not meta

run a custodial lightning account service for them and provide attachment mechanisms SN supports. LNBits might be the easiest way to do that. When Alby Hub has subaccounts, that will be a great solution too.

Good idea. I know Alby hub already offers sub accounts. Do these lack the necessary attachment methods right now?

41 sats \ 8 replies \ @k00b OP 8 Jan

Is it an uncle jim type subaccount with its own balance? I didn't realize.

156 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 8 Jan

Yes. There are different types of sub accounts. One enables a lightning address.

https://guides.getalby.com/user-guide/alby-account-and-browser-extension/alby-hub/app-store/subaccounts-friends-and-family

I was looking at it last night. I set this up for my Kratom friend initially.
I'm not sure how it would function for zapping, but receiving will be fine, I think.

237 sats \ 3 replies \ @Alby 10 Jan

@siggy47 there is actually one type of subaccount, it uses "isolated" NWC Connection. Once you plug it to Alby Account as the backend / funding source, then you are gettinng a Lightning Address to that subaccount

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 10 Jan

Yes. That is the one that requires the sub to create an Alby account, I think? Would there be a few for that?

54 sats \ 0 replies \ @Alby 10 Jan

Yes, one needs Alby Account to get the Lightning Address, but you can rawdog it and link Alby Go or Extension or other apps directly to the Hub, bypassing any getalby servers ;)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 10 Jan

Good solution

41 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 8 Jan

Excellent. I'll be able to hook up my wife someday then.

225 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 8 Jan

😀
Seriously, if you can make it work I'd be willing to test out a sub for a stacker. I'm not sure if there's a practical limit on how many subs can be handled on one node?

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 8 Jan

Probably mostly a matter of managing liquidity well. All those invoices eventually take up a lot of disk space and can make restarting lnd slow too. SN's lnd node takes 10 minutes to start.