Articles tagged #nostr
Nostr für alles
Als Nostr erschien wurde es als Twitter-Klon angesehen. Tatsächlich ist es viel mehr, und seine Möglichkeiten sind unbegrenzt.
The Next War of the Internet Will Not Be About Freedom of Speech
Deepfakes, forged audio, and synthetic videos are dismantling the foundations of digital trust. This article explores why the next major internet crisis will not be about censorship — but about proving who actually said what. From C2PA to Nostr, a look at the technologies fighting for the future of authenticity.
Twenty-Four Words for an nsec
Every Nostr private key ever generated can be losslessly encoded as twenty-four words, recovered byte-for-byte forever, stamped onto Bitcoin steel plates.
Engpass — über die Architektur der Kontrolle
Überwachung braucht keine Totalerfassung. Ein einziger Datenpunkt am Eingang reicht. Warum Bitcoin und Nostr genau dieses Muster adressieren — und was das strukturell bedeutet.
Neuer Vorteil: Die EINUNDZWANZIG Community jetzt auf Nostr
EINUNDZWANZIG bekommt einen fünften Mitglieder-Vorteil: eine eigene Community-Gruppe auf Nostr nach NIP-29, erreichbar über Flotilla oder andere Clients. Anleitung zum Beitreten mit Screenshots.
Nostr and Tor Against Big Data and Techno-Feudalism
Nostr and Tor are the architectural answer to techno-feudalism. On decentralization, cryptographic identity, and escaping Big Data's feudal grip.
Building the messenger that deserves to exist
Group messaging without a central server is a consensus problem. We stopped patching the symptoms and rebuilt the protocol from the state machine outward. Here's the full story.
NIP-60: The Cashu Wallet Revolution on Nostr
Portable ecash wallets synced over Nostr relays, no server dependency, no KYC.
How Nostr Chats Really Work
Ever wondered how private chats work on a public, decentralized network? This deep‑dive explains Nostr Kind‑4 (NIP‑04) encrypted direct messages – from the ECDH shared secret to AES‑256‑CBC encryption – and reveals what’s truly private (content) vs. what’s still public (metadata). Learn how your messages stay safe without a central server ever touching them.
Zapstore: The Open App Store Built on Nostr
For decades the gate has been the same. A handful of corporations decide what software you are allowed to run. They sit between you and the developer. When an app vanishes, there is no explanation and no appeal. You are forced to trust a supply chain with hands you never see.
Sat, Jul 18, 2026
AI claimed four of nine releases, all framework or library patches. No models. Privacy logged Whonix and Proton Mail Android. Nostr shipped Zap Store 1.1.0 with device keys and background auto-updates, plus a Mostrix point release. Bitcoin contributed a single Ledger Live Desktop build. The day carries no protocol changes, no security advisories, no Lightning. Operators running Mistral tooling, llama.cpp, or Buffa have updates staged.
Deine Webseite ist eine Tür. Der Raum dahinter fehlt.
AI-Crawler ignorieren llms.txt und kauen HTML. Ein simpler Button umgeht das komplett. Über signierte Datenpunkte, Nostr und die Webseite der Agenten-Ära.
Fri, Jul 17, 2026
AI claimed half the wire, shipping six infrastructure releases spanning model runtimes, CLI tooling, and mobile SDKs. No model weights, no protocol changes. Privacy logged three items: FreeTube shipped feature work, Nostr VPN and Logseq posted routine builds. Bitcoin added two wallet updates. Self-hosting contributed one Nextcloud Android RC. No clustering within beats, no security advisories, no Lightning. Operators running llamafile, llama.cpp, or Transformers have patches waiting.
Sun, Jul 19, 2026
A slow day across beats. Self-hosting delivered the only security work: BorgBackup 1.4.5 patches a low-severity issue alongside feature additions. Privacy logged two client updates, Trilium notes and Yattee video. AI contributed two llama.cpp commits within the same build window. No protocol changes, no Lightning, no Bitcoin core. Operators running Borg should stage the update; the rest is maintenance.
How Do You Delete a Nostr Account? The Answer Might Surprise You 🔑
"How do I delete my Nostr account?" It's one of the first questions many people ask after trying Nostr. If you're used to Facebook, X, Instagram, or Reddit, you expect to find a Delete Account button somewhere in the settings. But on Nostr, that button doesn't exist. Not because the developers forgot to add it, but because Nostr was designed differently from the very beginning. Understanding why there is no Delete Account button also helps you understand one of Nostr's most important ideas: your identity belongs to you, not to a platform.
Two Lightning security disclosures, three quiet releases
Security day on the Lightning side. Ride The Lightning ships a dependency patch with zero production vulnerabilities. Delving Bitcoin surfaces twin memory exhaustion DoS vectors in Core Lightning. The rest of the wire is maintenance: Bitcoin Safe rebrand and BDK 3.0 bump, Radicale MIME fix, Qwen Code point release. No protocol changes, no bitcoin-core, no infrastructure alerts. Operators running RTL or CLN should read the disclosures; the remaining updates are low-urgency.
Privacy day: five releases, one tablet feature
Privacy tools dominated the wire. Five of thirteen items came from the Privacy beat, led by Signal Android adding tablet linking, Thunderbird for Android shipping an incognito keyboard setting, and maintenance releases for Anytype and NewPipe Extractor. AI projects released three library updates with minimal operational detail. Nostr saw Amber improve multi-request approval grouping and Wisp add tracking-param stripping. Bitcoin releases were routine: Cake Wallet added home-screen upgrades and Zcash updates, Liquid GDK bumped dependencies, and Fedimint Web issued a canary build. No Lightning. No protocol patches. Operators running Signal or Thunderbird on Android gain new privacy controls; the rest is dependency churn.
Two security patches, nine AI releases, quiet protocols
Security work centered on Element Android and Bitwarden Server, both addressing file-handling and data-handling issues. AI infrastructure saw nine releases, led by LangChain's reasoning-effort parameter additions for Anthropic and OpenAI integrations, Cline Desktop's first public macOS agent client, and InvokeAI's security patch. Privacy tooling contributed seven items, including Tuta timezone support and Notesnook Android and Bitwarden client updates. Bitcoin delivered three wallet releases: BlueWallet 8.0.1 with iOS 26 Liquid Glass design and BC-UR v2 air-gap support, Trezor Suite 26.7.1 with Tron staking and EVM transaction cancellation, and a Vexl patch. Nostr added Sidecar 1.5.0 on Firefox, strfry 1.1.1, and Ditto 2.32.0. No Lightning, no protocol CVEs beyond the two patches.