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Issue 5
Marmot Protocol Monthly Recap: February 2026
A packed month.
A Classic Loco Moco
A Classic Loco Moco features three layers of rice, a hamburger patty, and an egg smothered in savory gravy, making it a simple yet memorable dish from Hawaii.
Nostria 3.0: See your friends again
Nostria is social without the noise.
Create Better Payment Flows
LNBits is often described as a Lightning wallet. It is! But in reality, it works much more like a flexible payment layer.
Create Better Payment Flows
LNBits is often described as a Lightning wallet. It is! But it works much more like a flexible payment layer.
A Cypherpunk Who Doesn’t Write Code: An Interview with Max Hillebrand
"Mean time to harassment" is the metric of freedom. Max Hillebrand builds tools to extend it, viewing privacy as the logical conclusion of human affairs. White Noise creates a parallel space: voluntary, not vulnerable.
Marmot Protocol Monthly Recap: January 2026
We spent January focusing purely on code, advancing the Sloth rewrite, finalizing the Slate design system, and hardening the protocol.
The Escape Hatch to Centralized Big-Tech: An Interview with White Noise Founder Jeff Gardner
The problem with Big Tech isn't just what they do with your data. It’s that they have it in the first place. In this interview, White Noise founder Jeff Gardner explains why it’s time to move toward an internet owned by users, not corporations.
We all Have Secrets, and That's OK
"Nothing to hide" is a misunderstanding of how freedom works. Privacy isn't for criminals: it’s the boundary that protects your identity, your business, and your sanity.
White Noise & Marmot Protocol: 2024-2025 Year in Review
Between 2024 and 2025, White Noise evolved from a research experiment into a production mobile messenger, establishing the Marmot Protocol to fill the gap for private, secure messaging on Nostr.
Nostria 2.0: A New Era for Decentralized Social Networking
Read our updates on what's recently been added to Nostria for this new release!
Fountain 1.4.4 - CarPlay and Android Auto
We've made some major improvements to playback in the car - just in time for your drive home for Christmas.
Fountain 1.4.0 - Wallet Redesign, Nostr Wallet Connect & Payment Upgrades
We've completely revamped the Fountain wallet, added high requested features like Nostr Wallet Connect, and made user-friendly improvements to payments across the app.
