Alby - Bitcoin Lightning Wallet & Nostr version history - 25 versions
Alby - Bitcoin Lightning Wallet & Nostr by Alby
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Version 3.7.0
Released 26 Mar 2024 - 5.07 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterv3.7.0 🪼 The Jellyfish Nebula Supernova Remnant
🔐 Improved permission management for nostr (permission presets & kind-based permissions) — no more annoying nostr requests popups (If you want it!)
🍎 Apple support (Mac & iOS compatibility) — now you can use Alby Extension in Safari on both iOS, macOS and iPadOS
💵 Stablesats integration — view your Blink stablesats balance in fiat
🔀 New onboarding flows (no separate nostr onboarding needed) - we simplified and combined Master Key backup & import flow and "just import Nostr" flow
📨 NIP44 encrypted messages support
🍭 New iconset (Popicons)
🌍 Multi-lingual setup wizard
📱 Optimisations for smaller screens
🐛 Lots of bug fixes and improvements for different connectors (LNC, Core Lightning)Source code released under The MIT Licence
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Version 3.6.0
Released 27 Dec 2023 - 5 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterv3.6.0 🌈 Rainbow Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall
New NWC connector that makes it possible to use the Alby Extension with any wallet that supports NWC.
NWC makes it much easier to connect to nodes behind firewalls or private networks - like Umbrel, RaspiBlitz, etc. This is an alternative to unstable and slow Tor connections.Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 3.5.0
Released 20 Dec 2023 - 5 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterv3.5.0 🌁 The California Nebula Latest
- Firefox Mobile support 📲
- Boostagrams in transaction details 🚀
- Blink connector revamp
- Improved nostr signing screens for encrypt / decrypt
- Support for un-googled browsers 🚧Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 3.4.1
Released 30 Nov 2023 - 5.01 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv3.4.1 🪐 Stereo Jupiter near Opposition - patch 1
Minor UI updatesSource code released under The MIT Licence
Version 3.4.0
Released 27 Nov 2023 - 5.22 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv3.4.0 🪐 Stereo Jupiter near Opposition Latest
In the v3.4.0 release of the Lightning Browser Extension, several noteworthy features and improvements have been introduced such as overhauled transaction lists & detail views, German translations and various bugfixes & UI improvements.Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 3.3.0
Released 10 Oct 2023 - 5.08 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterThis release contains many amazing new features, bug fixes and UI improvements.
For example: it is now possible to send and receive onchain bitcoin by signing with your Alby Master Key (You can try our demo wallet at https://getalby.github.io/bitcoin-wallet/). This is possible with the new Alby window.webbtc provider API. We have improved control over site access by splitting permissions for different providers such as nostr and webLN - therefore you know exactly what functionality you are enabling for the site. We've improved Login with Lightning so now that if you don't have a master key yet, you'll be guided on how to set one up. We've improved the UX for paying HOLD invoices, and added a new method to our extension APIs to check whether providers have been enabled in the past or not without having to launch a popup. There are also many bug fixes and updated translations! 🚀Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 3.2.1
Released 22 Sep 2023 - 5.04 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterThis release contains many amazing new features, bug and security fixes and beautiful UI improvements.
For example: it is now possible to do onchain swaps and send payments to onchain addresses using deezy.io directly from within the Extension.
The injection of the window.nostr and window.webln providers has been greatly improved and is now faster. This makes it easier and faster for web apps to detect if a provider is present. Also Alby can now handle parallel calls to those providers using an internal queue (a big improvement for developers of Nostr apps \o/)
Alby now no longer checks the LNURL description hash in order to make the LNURL pay spec update possible.
The allowance views have been completely updated with much more useful information.Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 3.1.1
Released 21 Aug 2023 - 4.92 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterEvery user is now able to sign transaction on the liquid network a Bitcoin layer-2 with smart contract capability and pay with bitcoin over the lightning network.
Web apps are now able to ask users for the wallet balance and display it in their app.Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 3.0.0
Released 30 Jul 2023 - 3.66 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- Introduce mnemonic master seed to derive nostr and lnurl keyse
- Use Alby OAuth connector for easier and faster setupSource code released under The MIT Licence
Version 2.1.1
Released 14 Jun 2023 - 3.78 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv2.1.0 🦈 The Shark Nebula
v2.1.0 is a maintenance release with fixes and some minor improvements.
Most notable are the new APIs to make it easier to add accounts to the Alby Extension.Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 2.0.1
Released 8 May 2023 - 3.84 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv2.0.1 🌌 Twilight in a FlowerSource code released under The MIT Licence
Version 2.0.0
Released 6 May 2023 - 3.83 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv2.0.0 🌌 Twilight in a Flower
This is the biggest release of the Alby Extension ever!
We're proud to announce that this update has brought on board more contributors than ever before and is packed with countless enhancements and updates. In fact, the changes are so extensive that we've decided it's time for a major version update! 🎉 (and following the semantic versioning idea it has some big changes with the new web extension manifest v3)Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.28.1
Released 10 Mar 2023 - 3.3 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.28.0 🏃♂️ Orion and the Running Man
Small improvements for a safer and more convenient usage of Nostr apps.Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.27.0
Released 18 Feb 2023 - 2.96 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.27.0 ✍🏿 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365
This release adds a new window.nostr.signSchnorr function. This allows web apps to request signatures from the Nostr key not only for Nostr events but any data. Opening up a whole new world of possible things that can be connected to user's Nostr key.Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.26.0
Released 10 Feb 2023 - 2.95 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.26.0 ZTF meets ATLASSource code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.25.2
Released 4 Feb 2023 - 3.49 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.25.1 🤙 Reflections on the 1970s - patch 2
Fixed an issue that prevented users from updating old accounts (accounts that have been added to Alby more than 8 months ago).Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.25.1
Released 3 Feb 2023 - 3.49 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.25.1 🤙 Reflections on the 1970s
This release contains many amazing updates that it easily becomes one of our favorit 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.
🛡️ 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.
💡Did you know? You can also connect your LND node behind Tor to a getalby.com lightning address
Full release notes: https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-browser-extension/releasesSource code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.24.0
Released 16 Jan 2023 - 3.11 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.24.0 🌕 Moon Enhanced
This release brings bugfixes, UI updates, and improves the responsiveness for a better mobile experience.Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.23.0
Released 10 Jan 2023 - 3.1 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.23.0 📲 Tails of Comet ZTF
Version 1.23.0 comes with improvements to run the Alby extension on mobile browsers (e.g. Kiwi Browser). WebLN apps and Nostr web clients can now be used on mobile devices.
And a support for EUR/USD denominated accounts has been added along with support to connect Kollider accounts (BTC/USD/EUR).Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.22.1
Released 3 Jan 2023 - 2.86 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.22.1 🌌 Kemble’s Cascade of Stars - patch 1Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.22.0
Released 3 Jan 2023 - 2.86 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.22.1 🌌 Kemble’s Cascade of Stars
This release brings some UI changes making the onboarding easier, introduces a new discover screen to showcase some of the great lightning apps. It also has updates and fixed for Nostr (NIP19).Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.21.1
Released 22 Dec 2022 - 2.86 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterSource code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.21.0
Released 21 Dec 2022 - 2.86 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.21.0 🚀 Thor's Helmet
The number 21 is a special number. And v1.21 is a special Alby release for all lightning app developers out there! 🎉
This version includes the new WebLN/WebBTC interface, making it easier than ever to build full lightning web applications accessing the LND and CLN APIs. No complicated node access, no macaroons, no gRPCs and what not. It's now all plain simple JavaScript APIs and full lightning apps can be deployed as simple JavaScript web apps.
Alby's permission system gives the user full control. The user decides which API calls and what information should be accessible to the specific web app.Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.20.0
Released 7 Dec 2022 - 2.85 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.20.0 The Helix Nebula
Release notes are available here: https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-browser-extension/releases/tag/v1.20.0Source code released under The MIT Licence
Version 1.19.0
Released 13 Nov 2022 - 4.25 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterv1.19.0 🌃 Eclipse in the City
In this release we move a big step forward in our mission to make full Lightning web applications possible.
This includes support to use the Alby Extension with Core Lightning nodes. This means the Alby Extension now supports all major node implementations and accounting apps (LNBbits, LNDHUb, ...)
Besides that we have many updates and fixes to improve the Alby Extension experience.Source code released under The MIT Licence