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Timestamps 00:00 Intro to Episode 3 00:48 HODL Invoice Escrows in Shopstr 03:51 The Historical Evolution of Nostr: December 2020 10:37 Nostr's Growth and Community Engagement: December 2021 16:49 Jack Dorsey's Impact on Nostr: December 2022 28:37 Nostr's Encryption Developments: December 2023 55:43 2024 Milestones 56:06 Funding and Growth in the Nostr Ecosystem: December 2025 57:52 NIP Protocol Developments and Innovations 59:27 Reflecting on Five Years of Nostr 01:00:59 Exploring B2B Use Cases and Post-Quantum Algorithms 01:02:27 Amethyst Building a Desktop App in the Shadows 01:03:34 Voice Messaging Features and Adoption 01:06:06 Direct Messaging and New App Features 01:07:15 Local Relays and Offline Functionality 01:11:38 Data Resilience and Synchronization 01:14:31 Nostr as an Address Space 01:20:28 Developer Tools and Ecosystem Growth 01:22:59 NIP Updates 01:24:49 ZapStore and App Distribution Improvements 01:26:32 Messaging Innovations and Integration 01:28:12 Infrastructure Projects and Command Line Utilities 01:30:21 Security Audits and Best Practices 01:43:41 White Noise Media Updates 01:44:37 npub.cash 01:46:23 Nostr Java Library v1.1.1 Show Notes Introduction Episode 3 of the Nostr Compass Podcast celebrates five years of Nostr development with a comprehensive retrospective of December milestones from 2020 through 2025. Featured Topics HODL Invoice Escrows in Shopstr Shopstr's new trust-minimized payment system for physical goods using HODL invoices. The architecture locks buyer funds in their own wallet using Alby's makeHoldInvoice, with settlement triggered only after merchant inventory verification. The handshake flows through NIP-17 encrypted DMs with multi-merchant cart support. Five Years of Nostr Decembers December 2020: Genesis fiatjaf releases Branle, the protocol's first client One or two experimental relays serve early adopters The Telegram group @nostr_protocol launches Core architecture established: secp256k1 public keys, signed posts, dumb relay storage December 2021: Early Development Nostr hits the Hacker News front page (110 points, 138 comments) Network runs on approximately seven relays with fewer than 1,000 users Branle receives private key import and multi-relay support Command-line client noscl provides terminal-based interaction December 2022: The Tipping Point Jack Dorsey donates 14.17171699 BTC (~$245,000-$250,000) Twitter suspends journalists, announces bans on Nostr/Mastodon promotion NIP-19 merged, introducing bech32-encoded identifiers (npub, nsec, note) Client proliferation: Damus, Astral, Snort, Amethyst development begins 36+ commits to NIPs repository December 2023: Ecosystem Maturation NIP-44 revision 3 merged after Cure53 security audit (10 issues found) ChaCha20 and HMAC-SHA256 replace flawed NIP-04 encryption OpenSats fourth wave of grants funds Lume, noStrudel, ZapThreads Nostr Wallet Connect v0.4.1 extends NIP-47 methods jb55 posts that 2024 may be "the last year of Damus" December 2024: Protocol Advancement Notedeck Alpha launches (Rust-based desktop client) OpenSats ninth wave funds AlgoRelay, Pokey, Nostr Safebox, LumiLumi Gossip 0.13.0 lands with NIP-92/NIP-94 support, Blossom integration 30 pull requests submitted (10 merged) 224,000+ daily trusted pubkey events, 4x YoY growth December 2025: Ecosystem Expansion OpenSats fourteenth wave funds YakiHonne, Quartz, Nostr Feedz NIP-BE (Bluetooth Low Energy) enables offline device sync NIP-A4 (Public Messages) and NIP-29 clarifications merged Primal Android becomes full NIP-55 signer NDK achieves 162x faster cache queries Current Developments Amethyst Desktop Module PR #1625 creates a full :desktopApp module using Compose Multiplatform, with login and global feed screens functional. The architecture converts :commons to Kotlin Multiplatform, enabling shared UI between Android and desktop while laying foundation for iOS. Voice Messaging Features PR #1622 adds dedicated voice reply screens with waveform visualization, re-record sup