Nostr Compass #5 is out.
Bitchat completed a professional security audit by Cure53, the same firm that reviewed Signal and NIP-44, with 17+ PRs already merged fixing critical findings. NIP-71 brings addressable video events to the protocol. Amethyst ships bookmarks, voice notes, and an early desktop release, while a new post-quantum cryptography NIP opens discussion on future-proofing Nostr.
Read more at nostrcompass.org.
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Nostr Compass Podcast #4
This week we cover Primal Android's transformation into a signing hub for other apps. We look at Marmot's 18 security fixes after their audit and Nostria 2.0's music and streaming features. Plus our NIP deep dive breaks down NIP-04 vs NIP-44 encryption
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Nostr Compass Podcast #3
The third episode of the Nostr Compass Podcast is here. This special episode celebrates Nostr's fifth anniversary with a deep retrospective tracing the protocol's evolution through every December since 2020.
We start with HODL invoice escrows in Shopstr, then journey through five years of December milestones: from fiatjaf's first client release in December 2020, through the Hacker News moment in 2021, Jack Dorsey's pivotal 14 BTC donation in 2022, the NIP-44 encryption audit in 2023, to 2024 and 2025's ecosystem expansion with NDK's 162x cache speedup and NIP-55 signer proliferation.
Plus: Amethyst's desktop module takes shape, voice messaging arrives, local relays and offline functionality, data resilience patterns, NIP updates, ZapStore improvements, npub.cash, and more.
Whether you've been here since the Branle days or just discovered Nostr, this episode puts five years of protocol development into perspective.
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Nostr Compass #4 is out! This week @primal Android transforms into a full signing hub with NIP-46 remote and NIP-55 local signer support, letting other apps request signatures securely. The Marmot Protocol team @White Noise merged 18 PRs hardening their MLS-based encrypted messaging after a security audit. Our deep dive explains NIP-04 vs NIP-44: why legacy encryption has critical flaws and how the modern replacement fixes them with authenticated encryption and proper key derivation. Plus: @Citrine v1.0, Applesauce v5.0, AI agent supervision in TENEX, and notable work across @Damus, @Amethyst, Bitchat, and more.
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Nostr Compass now has a podcast edition. Each week we record a panel discussion walking through the newsletter with developers and contributors from the ecosystem. Subscribe via RSS to get new episodes in your podcast app of choice.
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Nostr Compass Podcast #2
Primal Android joins Amber and Aegis as a full NIP-55 signer, Shopstr introduces Zapsnags for flash sales via Lightning, and Mostro adds an opt-in development fund. Plus: NDK cache queries got 162x faster, we break down NIP-02 (follow lists) and NIP-10 (reply threading), and the panel explores multi-agent AI systems on Nostr.
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Nostr Compass #3 is out: "Five Years of Nostr Decembers"
A technical retrospective tracing December milestones from 2020's genesis through Jack's 14 BTC donation to this month's NIP-55 signer expansion and NDK's 162x speedup.
Plus: Amethyst desktop module, Notedeck messaging, Citrine web hosting, NIP-54 internationalization fixes.
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**Nostr Compass Podcast is live.**
Protocol updates and client releases, explained by the builders.
Fully Nostr native: hosted on Blossom, published via @Castr.Me. Works in any podcast client.
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Nostr Compass Podcast #1
The builders mentioned in Nostr Compass #1 sat down to talk through what shipped.
NIP-BE brings Bluetooth mesh networking to Nostr. MIP-05 tackles private push notifications. Amethyst, WhiteNoise, Damus, and Notedeck all dropped security and UX improvements.
Hear the devs explain why it matters.
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