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Nostr Compass
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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.
Podcast: https://podcast.nostrcompass.org
Nostr Compass #41
FIPS mesh reliability improves, Marmot and White Noise strengthen messaging, and new tools, apps, and protocol work broaden Nostr this week.
Nostr Compass #40
Marmot and Myco advance encrypted collaboration while Dart NDK, Keycast, releases, NIP changes, and protocol work reshape the Nostr developer landscape.
Nostr Compass #39
Signed Git workflows, browser publishing, private events, safer relays, focused releases, and portable Nostr links shaped this week’s development across protocol.
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Nostr Compass #38
Voca verifies Nostr reading, nostream expands relay jobs, Napstr uses Tor, MDK trims maintenance, and core NIPs add pagination and highlights.
Nostr Compass #37
Postr and Infans launch, security hardens across clients and relays, and six August retrospectives trace Nostr’s evolving interoperability from protocols onward.
Nostr Compass #36
Amber and Cambium harden signers, Citrine hosts groups on phone relays, Vector queues moderation, Sonar threads mesh chat, Nail bridges email.
Nostr Compass #34
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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.
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.