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@ Greg
2023-07-29 17:58:50Hey folks, let’s take a shot at this. If folks find this helpful, this will become a weekly summary of what’s happening in Nostr.
The intention is for it to be technically focused (new NIPs, new projects, new bounties, etc) and a way for folks that aren’t terminally online / on-nostr to be able to keep up with what’s going on.
Let’s dive in!
Recent NIP Updates
1) Long form content
Looks like there’s some activity around long-form content. Recently a few updates to various NIPs added the expectation that relays and clients support drafts of long-form content. That way folks can save their drafts without a client having to save in some way other than a relay. 💪
2) NIP 99: Classified listings
This NIP was accepted July 18, 2023 and outlines a new kind of note that will help Nostr clients to build Craiglist competitors natively in Nostr. 💲
Notable projects
Human Rights Foundation Bounties
A series of bounties to add capabilities to the Nostr ecosystem.
NostrDB: under development
A nostr-specific database that @jb55 is building to improve performance of the Damus iOS app
NJson: a JSON parser for Nostr events
A parser for JSON that’s specific to Nostr Event JSON. It’s wayyyyy faster. Great foundationally pattern/tool to improve all nostr clients and relays.
Data vending machines
This one was a mind bender and a new concept to me. But @pablof7z introduced having bots compete to accomplish tasks. The person that’s hiring for the task sets the terms and can accept a bid on whatever dimension they care about.
This could be used for things as simple as answering a question you’d previously use Google for, or curating a Nostr feed based on your interests.
Highlighter
Highlighter is a way to highlight content from anywhere and wrap that highlight as a nostr event. Which means that people can interact with this content like any other note: reactions, reposts, zaps, etc.
Seems like it could become a way to discover quality content by following folks that are digging into topics you’re interested in. Lots of ways to use this 🤯
Habla.news
Habla.news has built a way for people to draft and publish long form content in a familiar way. The interface supports rich text editing and other nice features of products like Medium.
Best part is that it publishes to your relays, so any client that supports long form content events will showcase your work (and make it zapable ⚡). For now I’ve only seen Damus (the iOS app) support long-form notes natively, but I’m sure more are incoming 💪
Latest debates
Nostr for everything vs narrow, powerful nostr
Seen a few of these debates lately, I imagine it’s just the beginning.
With protocols there’s a temptation to make that protocol support the capability to do everything. On the other hand, a protocol that can do anything isn’t particularly useful.
Nostr is still evolving though and no one is an authority on what IS and IS NOT Nostr. Can’t wait to see folks hash it out.
Build requests / ideas
I’m gonna collect the features / build requests I see throughout the week and post them here for anyone that has the cycles and interest to build what the community is asking for.
If you have something you want put here, let me know! (DM’s are welcome)
- @jb55 = nuke all events client (to clean up a relay or your wipe your account)
- @jb55 = nostr-based email client
Events
I’ll keep a running list of Nostr-related events that I hear about (in person or virtual). If you wanna see something here please let me know! (DMs welcome)
- Nostrasia Nov 1-3 in Tokyo & Hong Kong
- Meet up in Chiavenna, Italy August 3rd
Until next time 🫡
If I missed anything, let me know, DMs welcome.
And to shamelessly rip off my favorite youtuber’s signoff “God bless, you’re super cute”