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Nostr Compass #21
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This week: Marmot Protocol ships MDK 0.8.0 with the first MIP-05 notification primitives, addressable NIP-51 (Lists) key packages, and a tightened security review pass. LaWallet NWC ships v0.10.0 as the biggest release since OpenSats funding, bringing a full admin dashboard, end-user Wallet, end-to-end activity log, and a new
LightningAddress 1→NandNWCConnectionschema that unlocks per-address NIP-47 (Nostr Wallet Connect) routing. Amethyst lands a Nests stability sprint with audio gap elimination during JWT refresh, lifecycle-aware …Nostr Compass #20
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This week: GitWorkshop turns git-over-Nostr into a fuller code-review surface with an in-browser PR merge button, Stars and repository following, a bandwidth-efficient git explorer, kind
1111inline review comments, and encrypted multi-device notification state. Routstrd launches a local daemon that discovers model providers via Nostr kind38421announcements and pays them with Cashu. Tagged releases include ngit v2.4.2, Wisp v1.0.0, grain v0.5.2 and v0.5.3, Mostro Core v0.10.0 and Mostro Mobile v1.2.5, marmot-ts v0.5.0, CruxCoach …Nostr Compass #19
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This week: Amethyst lands a large Marmot, communities, and MoQ audio rooms pass, TollGate stabilizes pay-per-use internet access over Nostr and Cashu in v0.1.0, and nostream closes a week of relay work around NIP-45, NIP-62, compression, query hardening, and complete NIP-11 parity. Forgesworn drops a full signing, identity, and paid-API stack for Nostr. ShockWallet keeps pushing Nostr-native Lightning wallet flows. The Formstr suite (Pollerama, Forms, Calendar) merges 26 PRs across security hardening and RRULE support. StableKraft, …
Nostr Compass #18
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This week: Amethyst merges 29 PRs including desktop Tor support, a custom C secp256k1 implementation with JNI bindings, a full WebRTC call system for NIP-AC voice and video calls, RFC 9420 MLS compliance for Marmot, and multi-wallet NWC. nstrfy launches as an Android push notification app that replaces Firebase with Nostr relays using kind
7741events. HAMSTR adds Reticulum mesh networking, enabling Nostr events over LoRa radio with no internet connection. Bloom ships v0.1.0 as a desktop app bundling a full Blossom media server and …Nostr Compass #17
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This week: Amethyst ships v1.08.0 with Arti Tor integration and a redesigned Shorts UI, while merging pure Kotlin implementations of MLS and Marmot into its Quartz library. Nostur ships v1.27.0 with video recording, animated GIF profiles, and private replies. Shosho launches v0.15.0 with Shows (custom live stream info connected to OBS) and a TikTok-style vertical video carousel. Nymchat reverts Marmot and ships enhanced NIP-17 group chats with rotating ephemeral keys. Nostr VPN ships exit node support and Umbrel packaging across six …
Nostr Compass #16
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This week: Amethyst ships v1.07.0 with pinned notes, relay management via NIP-86, and NIP-62 Request to Vanish support. NIP-5A (Static Websites) merges into the NIPs repository, defining how to host websites under Nostr keypairs using Blossom storage. Flotilla ships v1.7.0 with voice rooms, email/password login, and proof-of-work DMs. White Noise fixes relay churn in v2026.3.23, nospeak launches its 1.0.0 as a no-signup encrypted messenger. Nymchat adopts Marmot for MLS-encrypted group chats with NIP-17 fallback. Calendar by Form* …
Nostr Compass #15
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This week: Primal Android follows its 3.0 wallet release with Follow Packs, zap enrichment, and
primalconnect://deep links. BigBrotr publishes an nsec leak analysis scanning 41 million events across 1,085 relays, finding 16,599 valid private keys, while npub.world integrates leak warnings into profile pages the same week. Martti Malmi launches nostr-vpn, a Tailscale alternative that signals over Nostr relays and creates WireGuard tunnels, shipping 11 releases in seven days. The Vector team open-sources P2P DOOM over Nostr, FIPS ships …Nostr Compass #14
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This week: Amethyst lands full NIP-47 (Nostr Wallet Connect) method support, Alby Hub adds multiple relay support in v1.21.6, Amber ships v4.1.3 with built-in Tor and finer signer permissions, and Zeus removes a risky NWC keysend path in PR #3835. Notedeck ships a signed updater in v0.8.0-rc2 that discovers releases through NIP-94 (File Metadata) events, while Damus fixes stale NIP-65 (Relay List Metadata) state, Nostrability Outbox revises its benchmark results with corrected data, and Primal iOS tests direct relay subscriptions for …
Nostr Compass #13
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This week: Shopstr and Milk Market add MCP surfaces for agent-driven commerce, while OAuth Bunker, Amber, and strfry add NIP-42 (Authentication of Clients to Relays) relay-auth and protected-event support across app, signer, and relay software. Route96 ships two releases around AI labeling, moderation queues, perceptual hashing, and machine-readable server docs. Samizdat, already live on the web, released its first Android alpha and later added NIP-55 (Android Signer Application) signer support. Formstr adds signup through NIP-49 …
Nostr Compass #12
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This week: The Marmot Development Kit ships its first public release with encrypted media and multi-language bindings. Nostrability publishes outbox model benchmarks across 14 relay selection algorithms. Wisp goes from first alpha to beta in eight days with Tor and NIP-55 (Android Signer Application) signing. NIP-91 (AND filters) merges. Vector v0.3.1 delivers negentropy sync with 15x performance gains. This issue also includes the Five Years of Nostr Februaries retrospective, tracing the protocol from a spec rewrite serving three …
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