Nostr Compass #20
GitWorkshop ships an in-browser PR merge button, repository following, and GRASP relay fixes
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 #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.
Nostr Compass #11
White Noise ships 160 improvements with Amber signing. FIPS builds Nostr-native mesh networking. Four AI agent NIPs advance. ContextVM bridges MCP.
Nostr Compass #10
Blossom local caching emerges for offline Android media. Alby launches NWC sandbox. AI agent NIPs compete. NIP-85 Trusted Assertions improves.
Nostr Compass #9
Mostro ships mobile beta for peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading. Zapstore reaches stable 1.0 release milestone. Antiprimal bridges Primal's cache. NIP-45 adds HyperLogLog.
Nostr Compass #8
rust-nostr API redesign, Nostria 3.0, Vector SIMD acceleration, Frostr iOS threshold signing, NIP-47 hold invoices, Pod21 3D printing marketplace, and 30+ more updates.
Nostr Compass #7
Ridestr builds P2P ridesharing with Cashu escrow. Damus ships negentropy DM sync. Marmot merges MIP-03. Five years of Nostr Januaries reviewed.
Nostr Compass #6
Bitchat adopts Rust Arti for Tor. Listr returns AI-powered. Zeus fixes NWC. Primal adds wallet backup. NIP-11/66 enable relay trust scoring.
Nostr Compass Podcast #5
Bitchat completes Cure53 security audit with 17+ PRs fixing critical findings. NIP-71 addressable video merged. Post-quantum cryptography NIP opens. Amethyst v1.05.0 ships bookmarks.
Nostr Compass #5
Bitchat completes Cure53 security audit with 17 PRs merged. NIP-71 brings addressable video. Amethyst ships bookmarks, voice notes, and desktop support.
Nostr Compass Podcast #4
Primal Android becomes a signing hub with NIP-46 and NIP-55. Marmot hardens MLS after audit. Nostria 2.0 adds music and streaming.
Nostr Compass #4
Primal becomes Android signing hub. Marmot hardens MLS encryption after audit. Deep dive: why NIP-44 replaces flawed NIP-04 encryption.