Nostr Compass Podcast #1
The first episode of the Nostr Compass podcast review. The builders mentioned in the newsletter sit down to walk through the latest protocol developments, client releases, and infrastructure improvements shaping the Nostr ecosystem.
This episode covers NIP-BE bringing Bluetooth mesh networking to Nostr, the Marmot Protocol solving private push notifications, BUD-10 Blossom for decentralized file storage, and Shopster pushing e-commerce forward. Plus updates from Amethyst, Damus, Notedeck, White Noise, Coracle, Zeus, and more.
Whether you’re building on Nostr or just want to understand what’s happening under the hood, this is your guided tour through newsletter #1.
📰 Read the newsletter: Nostr Compass #1
Getting Started
00:00 Introduction to Nostr Compass
01:17 What is Nostr?
Protocol Updates
03:06 NIP-BE - Bluetooth Low Energy Support
08:38 Marmot Protocol - Privacy-Preserving Push Notifications
10:47 BUD-10 Blossom - Decentralized File Storage
13:37 Shopster - E-commerce on Nostr
18:33 Paywall and Premium Content Standards
NIP Deep Dives
23:44 NIP-24
24:03 NIP-69
24:54 NIP-59
26:44 NIP-51
Client & Relay Updates
28:16 Client and Relay Infrastructure Overview
34:01 Amber v4
34:39 Coracle v0.6.28
36:36 Flotilla - Development and Challenges
38:06 Damus and Notedeck
39:33 Nostr Army Knife
40:04 White Noise
40:49 Amethyst v1.04.2
43:09 Quartz - Multiplatform Migrations
44:14 Mostro v15.5
44:36 NosFlare v8.9.26
45:01 NosCall v0.4.1
45:26 Gitplaza v0.25
47:03 Primal Android
47:40 ZEUS Nostr Wallet Connect
48:01 Zeus Wallet Innovations
For Builders
50:16 Developer Best Practices - Security and Reliability
55:07 Understanding NIP-1 - The Basic Protocol
01:09:31 NIP-19 - Bech32 Encoded Identifiers
01:16:01 Outro