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 #36
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Amber hardens relay auth and encrypts stored secrets, Cambium signs for websites under relay-auth load, Citrine hosts groups and static sites on a phone relay, Vector queues moderation under spam and syncs mutes across devices, Sonar adds threaded mesh replies, Nostria publishes podcasts, and Nail bridges email as gift-wrapped events. Releases cover MDK group state, badge minting, QR signer pairing, Android browser signing, and shared wallet-connect. Protocol work reaches comment patches, encrypted file metadata, thread …
Nostr Compass #35
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: nostr-wot-extension adds post-quantum keys and opt-in protected messages beside existing Nostr identities. Divine tightens account isolation, private-message validation, and publish confirmation; MDK strengthens encrypted-group convergence and recovery; and Amber makes grouped signing decisions explicit. Releases improve wallet connections, encrypted chat, social discovery, device sync, and remote signing, while protocol work covers identity and encrypted communities. The deep dives explain authenticated deletion requests …
Nostr Compass #34
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Sandstr lets newcomers explore simulated Nostr clients without creating keys or installing an app. nostr-mill adds per-event signer consent and cross-client key recovery, while nostrord expands relay-hosted groups, signers, moderation, uploads, and highlights. Protocol work spans Nostr event formats, wallet connections, relay discovery, napplets, Marmot, and Concord; the deep dives explain relay-assisted search and portable highlights.
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nostr-mill 1.6.0 puts signing consent and account recovery in the browser …
Nostr Compass #33
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Amethyst 1.13.1 follows version 1.13.0’s Nostr-app launch with NIP-29 host-relay authentication and authenticated Blossom-download retries. Code Call keeps remote coding sessions moving from a phone, GitWorkshop coordinates maintainers and repository synchronization, and Mosaico gives coding agents a shared Nostr awareness layer. Nostrology maps how profiles divide read and write duties across their published relay lists. Android releases from Mafrend, Hanami, and Cordn lead the tagged releases, while FIPS adds an …
Nostr Compass #32
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: IndieSats retires key custody, its whitelist, and its mandatory revenue cut, relaunching as an open relay, player, and discovery layer where artists publish under their own keys. Nostrord v2.3.0 lands group moderation, mute lists, and onion relays the same week five NIP-29 spec PRs merge. Zapstore 1.1.0 introduces a portable encrypted device key with Amber backup and opt-in background auto-updates. The favorite-follow-sets list kind merges and opens a renumbering PR within days. And the Iris projects ship nostr-pubsub, the …
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