v1.25.1 🤙 Reflections on the 1970s
This release contains many amazing updates that it easily becomes one of our favorite releases:
🤙 Nostr
Nostr is now moved out of the hidden "Alby labs"! 🎉 Every account in the Alby extension can now have Nostr keys making Alby the easiest way to manage your Nostr keys and use Nostr web clients. Now you can manage multiple Nostr identities in the extension.
Note: existing accounts will be all configured with the existing Nostr account. Going forward accounts need to be configured individually.
💡Did you know? With a getalby.com account and lightning address you can also get a nostr address (NIP-05 identifier).
🔗 Lightning Node Connect
Connecting to self-custodial lightning nodes running at home has always been a bit tricky. With the Alby companion app for Tor we already made it possible and managed to allow people to use their nodes running behind Tor (thanks to libtor).
To make it even easier to connect to your self-custodial LND node Alby now supports Lightning Node Connect (LNC). LNC is Lightning Labs' mechanism to create an encrypted connection to a LND node. You can find more details about LNC here.
➡️ Have a look at the guide on how to connect using LNC.
🛡️ Privacy and Tor Browser
The Alby extension already supported the Tor Browser but you still had to disable some default privacy setting. The Tor Browser is incredibly important tool to protect against surveillance and censorship. We improved our support for the Tor Browser further and you now can easily use lightning and Nostr apps safely with the Tor Browser or with an all-private window in Firefox. This is means also Nostr web clients can be accessed in areas where Nostr apps might be blocked.
➡️ Read more about using Alby with the Tor Browser.
💡Did you know? You can also connect your LND node behind Tor to a getalby.com lightning address
Notable changes
- Add Lightning Node Connect by @bumi in #1629
- Add Nostr key management per account by @im-adithya in #1964
- Add Nostr discover section by @reneaaron in #1988
- Add better Tor Browser support by using in memory indexed db if indexedDB is not available by @im-adithya in #2006
- feat: add account menu avatars - Avvvatars lib by @lujakob in #1992
- feat(options): add closeable tab actions on Websites screen #1849 by @JamesCharlesworth in #1892
- fix: account new button vertical alignment by @lujakob in #1997
- fix: avoid showing welcome screen on re-install by @im-adithya in #2013
- fix: minor ui improvements (spacing, shadows, etc) by @reneaaron in #1962
- fix(lnurlpay): handle status 500 for callback url #1995 by @escapedcat in #1998
- fix: make account menu width and accounts on account page responsive by @rolznz in #1982
- feat: add channel.ninja to discover websites by @channelninja in #2014
- fix: compress discover page images by @jankoegel in #2038
New Contributors
- @JamesCharlesworth made their first contribution in #1892
- @lujakob made their first contribution in #1997
- @channelninja made their first contribution in #2014
Full Changelog: v1.24.0...v1.25.1
Reflections on the 1970s: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230202.html
