Nostr Compass #33
Amethyst embeds Nostr apps, Mosaico coordinates coding agents, Nostrology maps relay-list concentration, and six July retrospectives trace protocol change across Nostr.
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Nostr Compass is a technical resource for the Nostr protocol, helping developers, relay operators, and builders stay current on protocol evolution.
We publish weekly newsletters covering NIP proposals, client updates, relay developments, and notable code changes. Our podcast features conversations with the developers building Nostr. The topic index documents key concepts with links to primary sources.
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Nostr Compass #32
IndieSats opens music infrastructure, Nostrord implements NIP-29 upgrades, Divine hardens delivery, and Armada brings Buzz workspaces to an independent Nostr client.
Nostr Compass #31
Vector drops Marmot for the open Concord protocol, Amethyst ships an implementation, Sonar splits from Bitchat, and Divine Mobile ships ProofMode.
Nostr Compass #29
FIPS ships Nym mixnet and mDNS transports. Whitenoise Linux, Nostr Codex Phone, CustID, and myco launch. Notedeck implements NIP-37, NIP-52, NIP-22.
Nostr Compass #27
Amethyst v1.12.0 ships Cashu wallets and nutzaps. Clave 1.0 hits the App Store. Mostro Protocol v2 lands. NIP-46 logout method merges.
Nostr Compass #26
Marmot v2 Dark Matter draft and native clients land this week. Chama ships seventeen releases. Coracle Hosting opens. NIP-67 EOSE merges.
Nostr Compass #25
Amber ships NIP-44 v3 encryption ahead of spec Mostro builds Cashu escrow NIP-F4 merges Amethyst lands NIP-32 labeling and podcast screen
Nostr Compass #24
Amethyst ships NIP-52 calendars on-chain zap splits and KIP-01 Frostr threshold signing White Noise lands iOS push Vector rewrites its core
Nostr Compass #23
Primal 3.5 rebuilds Android shell; Amethyst ships onchain Bitcoin zaps; White Noise gains markdown rendering and deep links; Keycast audit complete.
Nostr Compass #22
Nostr VPN doubles TCP throughput in eight releases, FIPS goes cross-platform with Nostr peer discovery, Grain ships four new NIP implementations.
Nostr Compass #21
Marmot ships MDK 0.8.0 with MIP-05 notifications; LaWallet NWC v0.10.0 ships full monorepo; Amethyst Nests stabilizes; Sprout adds NIP-OA agent authentication.
Nostr Compass #20
GitWorkshop ships an in-browser PR merge button, repository following, and GRASP relay fixes
Nostr Compass #19
Amethyst ships Marmot MIP compliance, NIP-72 communities, zap goals, and MoQ audio rooms; TollGate v0.1.0 stabilizes; Forgesworn drops 29-repo Nostr toolkit.
Nostr Compass #18
Amethyst merges desktop Tor and C secp256k1, Snort ships security hardening, nstrfy launches Nostr push notifications, NIP-29 and NIP-90 deep dives.
Nostr Compass #17
Amethyst ships Arti Tor and pure Kotlin MLS, Nymchat reverts Marmot for enhanced NIP-17, Titan launches nsite browser, OpenSats funds four projects.
Nostr Compass #16
Amethyst ships relay management and Request to Vanish, NIP-5A brings static websites to Nostr, Flotilla adds voice rooms, Nymchat adopts Marmot.
Nostr Compass #15
Primal deepens 3.0, BigBrotr finds leaked nsecs, nostr-vpn ships fast, FIPS adds Tor transport, and Nostrability expands validation tooling across languages.
Nostr Compass #14
Amethyst broadens NWC, Notedeck adopts Nostr-native updates, clients refine relay routing, and NIP-54 plus NIP-94 clarify publishing and files this week.
Nostr Compass #13
Shopstr and Milk Market open agent commerce interfaces. Samizdat ships Android alpha. NIP-42 relay auth reaches Amber, OAuth Bunker, and strfry.
Nostr Compass #12
MDK ships first public release with encrypted media. Nostrability benchmarks 14 relay algorithms. Wisp sprints alpha to beta in eight days.