v1.3.0 🚀 1000 followers

Thanks to our 1000 Twitter followers!

Notable Changes

🚀 Features

• implement lud-18 names. @fiatjaf (#508)
• Extract lightning addresses from lightning links @bumi (#522)
• Add bitcast peertube instance and load lightning data from peertube "support" fields @bumi (#521)
• Locally cache accounts for faster loading times @dylancom (#519)
• Better extraction of lightning addresses @secondl1ght (#524)

🦋 Design

• Update unlock screen (#513) @secondl1ght @dylancom (#523)

🧰 Maintenance

• Make sure LND's payment response is a hex string @bumi (#527)
• Upgrade to Tailwind v3 @secondl1ght (#499)
• Revisit prettier setup @dylancom (#511)
• Fix broken storybook @dylancom (#509)
• Updated store descriptions @MoritzKa (#503)

🐛 Bugfix

• Return preimage in webln.sendPayment calls @bumi (#518)

v1.2.1 Happy Birthday Alby

During the Fulmo Hacksprint in December 2020 we have written the first lines of Alby.
Alby is now 1 year! Thanks to everyone who contributed so far! The journey has just started.

Version 1.2.1 - Notable Changes

🚀 Features

• Add tipping to BitcoinTV @bumi (#455)
• Dynamic webln invoice creation: Alby prompts for invoice details on the webln.makeInvoice call @dylancom (#436)
• Website enhancements toggle: You can now disable the tipping features on Twiter, YouTube, etc. @dylancom (#438)
• Receive screen now shows when an invoice is paid @dylancom (#465)
• Improved LNURL-pay handling @dylancom (#448)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Check all ⚡️emojis in the twitter bio @bumi (#471)
• Trigger call to extract lightning data only from http sites @bumi (#482)

🧰 Maintenance

• Link to the paid website on the transaction list @secondl1ght (#463)
• Feedback button @secondl1ght (#450)
• Make sure to load cached connector class and not reinitialize connectors @bumi (#440)
• Fully typed connectors and better connector examples @dylancom (#433)
• Limit tx history in popup to most recent 10 @secondl1ght (#461)

🦋 Design

• Dark mode for feedback @secondl1ght (#360)
• New onboarding screens @umarrg (#478)

v1.1.0 Thank you Adopting Bitcoin

We want to dedicate this release to all the people who made Adopting Bitcoin the greatest Lightning event.
Thank you to all the amazing organizers and all the participants. 🚀

Changes

🚀 Features

• Show LNURL-pay responses in the app instead of a notification @dylancom (#396)
• Add support for comments in LNURLpay requests @bumi (#380)

🦋 Design

• Add logos to new account screen @secondl1ght (#349)
• Replace all hero icons by bitcoin icons @dylancom (#412)
• Use Alby as extension icon @bumi (#370)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix invoice creation with LNbits @bumi (#388)
• Fix: cannot stop scanner bug @dylancom (#371)
• Reset account to initial state before loading @dylancom (#394)
• Bug fix NaN displaying in GUI @secondl1ght (#392)

🧰 Maintenance

• Only show preimage when available @dylancom (#427)
• Faster Webpack building in development @dylancom (#387)
• Upgrade to ESLint 8, don't depend on CRA, introduce new JSX transforms @dylancom (#416)
• Add optional debug mode @bumi (#386)
• React Router v6 + Auth Flow @dylancom (#384)
• Disallow horizontal scrollbar in popup @dylancom (#393)

Hello World this is Alby

Hello world this is the first official alpha release of Alby. 🎉
There will be dragons and great things will come! 😄

The future will be ⚡