Sometime today relay.pleb.one may go down for a short time. I'm going to be working on having nip-5 addresses for relay users... So you could be user@pleb.one ... At least that's my plan.

Earlier I posted about some updates to NostrFeedz. Once that was out I started working on the NostrFeedz cli client. Will keep y'all updated. View Article →

I will be doing some work on NostrFeedz today, so it may be up and down. I hope it does not disturb the maybe 4 or 5 people who use it.

One of the next phases for NostrFeedz is going to be a Desktop app. I am toying with it being a command line app. Any preference out there? I lean towards tuis but accept that I am a nerd and others may not accept that.

@Zapstore have you guys started investigating how you will manage or what needs to be done when google starts locking down sideloading more?

Made some changes to

relay.pleb.one

relay.pleb.one - Community Nostr Relay

A community Nostr relay with whitelist-gated access and rust-powered backend

this morning. What We Removed (The Bad Stuff): - Private key login - This was like giving away your house keys to anyone who asked. Super dangerous! - Hex key login - Same problem, just a different format of your private keys What We Kept (The Good Stuff): - Browser Extension Login (NIP-07) - Like using a secure password manager. Your private keys stay locked in the extension and never get exposed. This is now the recommended way. - Public Key + Password - Only shares your public profile info, never your private keys. Good for automated tools. Why This Matters: - Before: Someone could steal your private keys and pretend to be you forever - After: Your private keys stay safe in your browser extension or never get transmitted at all The Trade-off: - Some users will need to install a browser extension (like Alby) or set up a password - But they'll be MUCH safer from hackers Bottom Line: We prioritized security over convenience - better to make users take one extra step than risk their accounts getting hacked!

After some consideration, I am going to take Zaprank down, it was a fun little experiment making a Nostr app with Rails, but in all reality it doesn't serve much of a purpose nor does it get the traffic making the resources it uses worth it.

The relay.pleb.one admin area was having login issues, they are remedied for those who want to go tinker there.

I think I may start building apps around syncthing, its the best way to sync without haveing a server. I love the idea of having to not rely on cloud infrastructure.