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Nostr Compass #47
This week Amethyst shipped inline napplets with fixes from an embed security review, Napplets tied applet identity to per-document ports, and Marmot’s mdk nightlies tightened group messaging. Elsewhere, relays, wallets, signing libraries and new apps changed, much of it in merged source that has not shipped.
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Amethyst
Amethyst, the Android client, released v1.21.0, which runs napplets inline in notes on Android 11+ and on desktop. Fixes from an embed security review close a path where any napplet with relay access could read decrypted DMs. Decryption now needs a separate user …
Nostr Compass #46
This week: Mostro adds signed identity rebinding. Amethyst brings private polls to Marmot groups and encrypted settings sync across devices. swift-nostr ships a check that refuses to sign events whose public key does not match the signer’s. We close with Six Years of Nostr Octobers, 2021–2026.
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Mostro
Mostro, the Nostr-coordinated peer-to-peer exchange daemon, released 0.20.1. It adds signed identity rebinding, which last week’s issue described as unimplemented, and ships the previously source-only reputation exports. The bound identity signs a single-use authorization …
Nostr Compass #45
Keep Android 1.3.2 revokes earlier bunker grants and scopes them per account. It also drops a compromised bundled CA root and makes storage fail closed. Nostr WoT extension 0.8.14 adds experimental phone signing over WiFi or Web Bluetooth, and local keys stay unused if the phone disconnects. Zapstore 1.1.3 carries app comments and zaps across a catalog signing key change. Catalog links carry over too. nostr-pubsub 0.5.19 limits identified receiver EVENT and INV exports to explicit public authors, while IP and timing remain visible. A merged Napplet change checks the event ID and signature …
Nostr Compass #44
Amethyst brings its Android interface to desktop and adds native Wayland support. Amber fixes permission revocation, copied-secret clearing and a settings change that could lose keys. Keep tightens automatic signing permissions, while MDK ships streaming private attachments and oldest-first message catch-up. Zap Cooking merges safeguards for follow-list edits and authenticated membership. Release details follow, alongside protocol changes and public-status mechanics.
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Amethyst
Amethyst v1.18.0 brings the Android social client’s shared interface to desktop, with custom feeds, …
Nostr Compass #43
Ants keeps compound search constraints aligned. Myco, a host for small Nostr apps, adds permission-gated uploads; Marmot MDK, an encrypted messaging toolkit, improves account discovery and attachment recovery. Iris Chat adds message editing, and Sidecar publishes web highlights. The profile tutorial explains signatures and separately verified internet identifiers.
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Ants
Ants, a Nostr search client, now supports nested AND/OR searches across its native Android release and released web query compiler, keeping author, event-type and date constraints tied to each branch. Android also …
Nostr Compass #42
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
Our dedicated Nostr Compass Android app brings newsletters, podcast episodes, topic guides, and contributor voice notes into one place. Its latest signed release notes describe full signature-verified newsletters, saved issues and 110 topic guides available offline, and local search across stories and available transcripts. Contributors can record and reply with voice notes, review a saved take before sending, and sign through Amber without storing their private key in the app. Public recordings are published on Nostr and Blossom.
Nostr Compass #41
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: fips2go adds fallback mesh links and opt-in Nostr peer discovery, fips-initramfs’s September 6 catch-up explains remote opening of encrypted roots, and MintRadar makes Cashu mints easier to compare. Grain 0.8.0-rc4 turns relay health into an operator dashboard, while Marmot Protocol’s MDK makes local sends and attachment acquisition durable. White Noise Android improves private chat delivery, voice tools, and profile sharing. Project spotlights include napplet.soy, RelayKit, and Threshold Sessions. Merged work …
Nostr Compass #40
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Marmot Protocol and MDK add bounded conversation windows, recovery fixes, and coordinated SDK bindings, Myco turns its FIPS mesh into an offline napplet and file-sharing runtime, Dart NDK changes relay and cache behavior, and Keycast rebuilds remote signing around durable requests and recovery. Tagged releases include Nail, Nostr Mail Client, Linky, and Boris. The NIPs repository merged one PR this week, clarifying NIP-A3 (Payment Targets), while proposed slash-command and DVM-heartbeat work remains open. Deep dives cover …
Nostr Compass #39
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: ngit and GitWorkshop move signed git workflows onto Nostr and Blossom, nsite-clay makes browser publishing recoverable, and Wingman App joins browsing, local signing, authentication, and files. Shosho and Livelier connect self-hosted streams to Nostr, Communitator makes relay templates inspectable before signing, cal.emre.xyz publishes appointment slots, and Plektos encrypts private events. Tagged releases add recovery and privacy work in Vector, Primal Android, LibreNostr, and SkateSpots. Development work spans NIP-27 …
Nostr Compass #38
Welcome back to Nostr Compass, your weekly guide to Nostr.
This week: Voca 1.0 brings verified Nostr notes and long-form subscriptions to an offline Android reader that speaks articles aloud, nostream expands relay-side job routing and authenticated operation, NDK for Dart fixes negentropy and multi-relay request lifetimes, Divine Mobile makes wrapped-message deletion and signing deterministic, Conduit Relay protects gift-wrap inboxes by default, Amethyst ships portable highlights, and Mostro verifies signed orders before its spam gate. Napstr publishes audio catalogues and seeder heartbeats …
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