Concord vs. Nostr Relay Infrastructure
What Concord asks of a Nostr relay: why NIP-17 inbox relays are incompatible, what happens when relays prune or expire events, how invites work, and other consequences of its key-derived design.
Building an Armada: Our Voyage to Encrypted Communities on Nostr
NIP-04, NIP-17, NIP-29, Marmot, and now Concord. A personal account of every wall we hit trying to build encrypted communities on Nostr, and why we kept going.
Concord and NIP-29: Two Designs for Group Chat on Nostr
What the relay can see, how spam gets stopped, and whether push notifications work — the same three questions asked of both nostr group-chat designs, and the different strengths each buys with its foundational bet.
How Soapbox Ships So Fast: Our Stack, Our Tools, Our Workflow
People keep asking how a small team ships so many Nostr apps so fast. The honest answer: there's no secret. It's all open source, and it's all in our Toolbox. Here's the whole playbook.
TEBS Test
The Emergency Beaver System
Central Planning is a Problem for Charities
Why concentrated wealth is so terribly difficult to spend, even if you donate it.
Sidecar 🍸 A Classy, Multi-Identity NIP-07 Signer
I got my first browser extension accepted by the Chrome Web Store this week! 🎉
How to Disappear From the Surveillance Internet
The UK's under-16 social media ban means age-checks for everyone. Here's how to opt out with Nostr, Bitcoin, NostrVPN &
Project Alexandria
On the project to build the world's largest, digital library.
NIP-44 v3: more secure and flexible encryption
"Would you like to allow decrypting all events?" No thanks.
On Medieval Marriage
We need to remember why marriage exists.
Call Her Daddy's Dating Advice
I watched this episode of _Call Her Daddy_, so that you don't have to.
Soapbox at Bitcoin 2026: Nostr Became Infrastructure
How Bitcoin Conference Week 2026 played out for Soapbox: five panels, NosVegas 2.0, V4V music payouts, and Nostr finally landing as infrastructure.
How can we get Nostr moderation right?
User control + automated and manual monitoring fixes this.
Zesty Dill Yogurt Sauce
A creamy, zesty yogurt sauce with garlic, lemon, fresh dill, and olive oil. Similar to tzatziki, but without the cucumber.
We Can Send Merz Out to the Golf Course
Why voting is the worst way to determine who will govern, excepting all of the other ways.
