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Nostr Compass Podcast #23
Published 13 hours ago
Description
### News
- **00:00 Intro**
This episode follows Nostr Compass #23 across top stories, shipping releases, in-development work, protocol proposals, and deep dives on NIP-07 and NIP-39.
- **00:15 Primal 3.5 for Android**
Primal shipped 3.5.9 with a rebuilt application shell, a dedicated Explore screen, inline audio playback for link previews, inline NIP-05 verification badges, notification filtering overhaul, and editor and database stability fixes.
- **01:21 White Noise: markdown, deep links, and audio metadata**
White Noise added markdown rendering in PR #665, leave-group flow fixes in PR #675, and whitenoise:// deep links in PR #661. Backend work in whitenoise-rs PR #835 and PR #833 covers kind 30443 key package rotation and audio metadata, with MDK PR #300 and Marmot spec PR #68 security fixes.
- **03:43 Amethyst v1.10.0: Onchain Bitcoin Zaps**
Amethyst v1.10.0 adds NIP-BC onchain Bitcoin zaps for send, receive, and display, with onchain zapper UI in PR #2977 and transaction history work in PR #2974. Earlier releases fixed Blossom blob detection and desktop ProGuard rules.
- **05:37 AgentNoise: control coding agents over White Noise**
AgentNoise v0.1.24 is a Rust desktop helper that uses White Noise chats as a control surface for local Codex and Claude coding sessions, driving wn and wnd from whitenoise-rs with PIN-gated sender authentication.
- **07:29 Keycast security audit complete**
Keycast completed a May 2026 security audit documented in AUDIT.md, tightening NIP-98 auth validation, ALLOWED_PUBKEYS enforcement, default-deny empty policies, SQLite foreign keys, and nested route protection.
- **09:02 Scramble: Marmot client for desktop and Android**
Scramble (formerly OpenChat) shipped 13 releases with multi-device Marmot support via unique kind 30443 KeyPackage slots, admin-gated auto-add, forward-secrecy disclosure for newly linked devices, and external signer reconnect fixes for NIP-46 and Amber users.
- **10:39 Hostr: P2P rental accommodation on Nostr**
Hostr is a peer-to-peer rental platform on Nostr covering listings, reservation negotiation, and EVM escrow settlement through four in-development NIPs extending NIP-99 listings, kind 32122 reservations, kind 30303 escrow advertisements, and marketplace profile tags, with app store submission prep and MCP client identity support this week.
### Releases
- **13:10 ngit v2.4.4**
ngit v2.4.4 adds `ngit sync --trust-server` for cases where a git server is fast-forward ahead of Nostr state, with optional `nostr.trust-server-domains` allowlist configuration.
- **13:52 Amber v6.1.0-pre3 adds PSBT signing**
Amber v6.1.0-pre3 adds PSBT signing through Intent and NIP-46 paths in PR #438, plus connect-flow layout fixes and permissions select/deselect-all support.
- **14:36 Wisp v1.1.0 ships private replies and drops Amber support**
Wisp v1.1.0 adds private replies via NIP-17 in PR #540, gift-wrapped reactions and DIP-03 zaps in PR #543, and auto-translate in PR #523, while removing NIP-55 signer support in PR #531.
- **15:26 Calendar by Formstr v1.5.4 fixes gift wrap for new participants**
Calendar by Formstr v1.5.4 fixes missing gift wrap delivery when adding participants in PR #160, with decryption error handling in PR #156 and timezone drift fixes in PR #138.
- **16:17 Applesauce v6.1.0 adds NIP-34 git casts and NIP-51 lookup relays**
Applesauce v6.1.0 adds NIP-34 git repository casts, NIP-51 kind 10086 lookup relay lists, replaceable address helpers, and offline relay fixes in PR #73.
- **17:11 Sprout v0.0.16 ships Sprig binary and huddle protocol v2**
Sprout v0.0.16 ships the Sprig all-in-one binary in PR #605, huddle voice protocol v2 for up to 10 peers in PR #609, and a `--no-memory` harness flag in PR #611.
- **17:48 Nostrord v1.0.3 adds OS keychain and multi-account**
Nostrord v1.0.3 hardens local key storage with OS keychain and passphrase fallback, adds multi-account support, and ships a tappable bunker QR code for Android signer apps.
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