Episode Details

### News - **00:00 Intro** Episode 18 covers major app shipping updates, protocol proposals, and two NIP deep dives from Nostr Compass #18. The first segment opens with Amethyst, nstrfy, and HAMSTR. - **00:30 Amethyst merges desktop Tor, C secp256k1, WebRTC calls, and multi-wallet NWC** Amethyst merged 29 PRs including desktop Tor in PR #2381, JNI-backed C secp256k1 in PR #2374, and a full WebRTC NIP-AC call stack in PR #2203 through PR #2211. The week also included RFC 9420 MLS updates in PR #2202, multi-wallet NIP-47 support in PR #1988, and GIF-to-MP4 compression in PR #2189. - **10:40 nstrfy launches Nostr-native push notifications for Android** nstrfy launched v1.0.0 through v1.2.0 as a Nostr transport fork of ntfy-android, using kind 7741 events on relays instead of centralized push. It supports plaintext and NIP-44 encrypted payloads, NIP-55 signing via Amber, NIP-65 relay import, and NIP-40 expiration, with companion tools at nstrfy.sh. - **26:57 HAMSTR adds Reticulum for Nostr over LoRa mesh** HAMSTR added Reticulum networking in PR #10, enabling Nostr event transport over LoRa mesh without internet. The project keeps AX.25 and VARA paths, documents setup in RETICULUM.MD, and also moved frontend infrastructure in PR #11. ### Releases - **27:54 Bloom v0.1.0 ships self-hosted Blossom server and relay** Bloom v0.1.0 ships a Tauri v2 desktop app that bundles a Blossom media server and a Nostr relay. The release includes BUD-00 through BUD-10 support, NIP-94 metadata, and blossom:// URI resolution. - **30:17 WaveFunc v0.1.0 and v0.1.1 launch Nostr internet radio** WaveFunc launched v0.1.0 and v0.1.1 with custom kinds for stations, favorites, live chat, and comments, plus NIP-50 search on a Khatru relay backend. The update includes NIP-60 Cashu wallet support, a Tauri desktop build, and Zapstore listing. - **31:45 Snort ships v0.5.0 through v0.5.3 with security hardening and performance overhaul** Snort v0.5.0-v0.5.3 added audited Schnorr verification, NIP-46 hardening, improved PIN encryption, and batched WASM verification. Messaging throughput improved via PR #620, and the client added kind 7000 invoice display for NIP-90 workflows. - **33:16 Primal Android ships 3.0.21 and redesigns feed layout** Primal Android v3.0.21 shipped bug fixes and followed with merged UI and feed updates including PR #1008, PR #1010, PR #1009, PR #1012, and PR #1013. Changes include unified layout, updated cards, and quick reply refinements. - **34:14 Nostria v3.1.19 through v3.1.21 add local AI image generation** Nostria shipped v3.1.19-v3.1.21 with local Janus Pro image generation using WebGPU acceleration and expanded multimodal and ONNX support. The series also includes editor and dialog updates and signer login flow changes. - **36:06 TubeStr v1.0.3 ships feed and studio updates** TubeStr v1.0.3 adds feed and studio updates, with onboarding improvements in PR #3 and export fixes in PR #2. The app is built on NDK and MDK for encrypted family media sharing. ### Project Updates - **38:16 Botburrow begins development as Marmot bot platform** Botburrow is a new self-hosted Marmot bot platform where each bot has its own Nostr identity and MLS group participation path. The Rails dashboard connects to whitenoise-rs over a Unix socket, with command, trigger, scheduling, and storage capabilities for operators. - **44:47 Nostr Archives adds trending feeds relay and entity resolution** Nostr Archives shipped backend and frontend updates including API leaderboard and engagement work in PR #118 and PR #117. Frontend additions include entity path resolution in PR #85, API docs in PR #86, and a trending feeds relay at wss://feeds.nostrarchives.com. - **48:44 Damus fixes favorites timeline** Damus merged PR #3708, rewriting subscribe_to_favorites() with filtering and deduplication updates and persisted tab selection behavior. - **49:03 Nostur adds private zaps and custom emoji viewing** Nostur shipped ten commits including priva