Episode Details

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](https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2025-12-17-newsletter/) 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