Nostr Compass is a technical resource for the Nostr protocol, helping developers, relay operators, and builders stay current on protocol evolution.
We publish weekly newsletters covering NIP proposals, client updates, relay developments, and notable code changes. Our podcast features conversations with the developers building Nostr. The topic index documents key concepts with links to primary sources.
Recent Newsletters
Nostr Compass #10
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: A Blossom local cache layer takes shape as independent projects converge on offline media access for Android. Alby launches an NWC developer sandbox for building and testing Nostr Wallet Connect integrations without risking real funds. Competing proposals for AI agent communication on Nostr arrive in the same week from two authors. fiatjaf strips unused fields from NIP-11, removing retention policies, country codes, privacy policy, and community preference tags that relay operators never adopted. NIP-85 merges service …
Nostr Compass #9
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Mostro ships its first public beta after three years of development, bringing P2P Bitcoin trading to mobile via Nostr. OpenSats awards its sixteenth wave of Bitcoin grants, with Minibits Wallet receiving a renewal for its Nostr-integrated Cashu wallet. Zapstore reaches 1.0 stable release, marking the maturation of the decentralized Android app store. Coracle 0.6.29 adds topics and highlight commenting. Igloo Desktop v1.0.3 ships major security hardening for Frostr threshold signing. Amber v4.1.2-pre1 migrates to Flow …
Nostr Compass #8
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: rust-nostr ships a major API redesign with 21 PRs overhauling the SDK’s architecture. Nostria 3.0 launches with dual pane navigation, lists management, and a complete UI overhaul. Vector adds SIMD acceleration achieving 65x-184x speedups and ships Marmot protocol support for encrypted group messaging. Frostr brings threshold signing to iOS via TestFlight. Damus implements NIP-19 (Bech32 Encoded Entities) relay hints for cross-relay content discovery. Primal Android adds NWC encryption and wallet transaction exports. …
Nostr Compass #7
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Ridestr brings decentralized ridesharing to Nostr with Cashu payments and encrypted location sharing. Pomade introduces email-based recovery for multisig signers. Damus ships negentropy for reliable DM syncing. Amethyst’s desktop app adds search, bookmarks, and zaps. Amber v4.1.1 displays relay trust scores. Marmot merges MIP-03 and builds a TypeScript reference chat app. diVine adds NIP-46 QR authentication and mentions support. New NIP proposals address community management, sequence-based sync, and encrypted file …
Nostr Compass #6
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Bitchat replaces C Tor with the Rust Arti implementation for better reliability and performance. nostrdb-rs gains streaming fold queries that enable zero-allocation database operations. Listr receives a major refactor with NDK 3 beta migration and AI-assisted maintenance after a year of dormancy. Zeus ships 17 merged PRs focused on NIP-47 (Nostr Wallet Connect for remote Lightning control) fixes and Cashu improvements, while Primal Android adds wallet backup flows and NIP-92 (media dimensions for proper aspect ratios) …
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