That's why I practice yoga.
daniele
_@dtonon.com
npub10000...vwqk
Working on https://nostr-proto.org (and related Squalk forum software), https://fevela.me, https://nstart.me, https://njump.me, https://oracolo.me and other inspiring nostr projects. I love to build helpful things that people are pleased to use, mixing tech, design, usability and accessibility.
An interesting upgrade for anyone who regularly uses "nak bunker":
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I'm asking for help: can you upvote this Hacker News post about #squalk, please?
Show HN: An old school forum on an open protocol – your identity is a keypair | Hacker News
I forgot to tell the background story: technically, this is a rewrite. I built that same piece of software in the 1998-1999 using visual basic; I remember that little window with an ugly text box where I would paste the headers, and a button to fire the reply email.
Yes, there were spammers back then, too; email has always been a bit of a mess, especially now. That's another reason why Nostr exists
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Do you run a relay? Share your experience.
Running a relay is still a bit of a black art: choosing the software, sizing the box, handling spam, deciding on policies, keeping costs sane, and dealing with the surprises that only show up once real traffic hits.
I opened a room to collect this knowledge in one place, so that new relay runners don't have to rediscover everything on their own:
If you operate a relay, big or small, please drop in and tell us what worked, what didn't, and what you wish you had known at the start. Setup guides, war stories, tooling tips, cost breakdowns, anything is welcome.
Feel free to mention your preferred relay wizard to catch their attention.
/cc @jb55 @fiatjaf @npub1v0lx...qj49 @utxo the webmaster 🧑💻🍁 @semisol @The Fishcake (nostr.build) @Alex Gleason @cloud fodder @Laeserin
The Nostr Protocol Forum
Relays
Running a relay. Spam and moderation policy, storage, performance, costs, monetization.
Launching nostr-proto.org, an old school forum for the Nostr community.
No infinite scroll, no algorithm, no rush. Unlike a chat, where good answers scroll away and every question gets asked again next week, a forum keeps conversations slow, asynchronous, and easy to find: threads stay readable, searchable, and worth returning to months later.
It is organized in five rooms:
Agora, for open conversation, news, and opinions
Help, where no question about using Nostr is too basic
Protocol, for NIPs, specs, and proposals
Apps, for releases, showcases, and feedback
Relays, for the people who run them
Everything is built on NIP-29 groups hosted at wss://relay.nostr-proto.org, so you can take part from the website or from any NIP-29 client like Flotilla or Nostrord. Your key works everywhere, and your posts are not locked inside a site.
The forum runs on Squalk, an open source forum software built on Nostr:
Come say hi in the Agora:
It is organized in five rooms:
Agora, for open conversation, news, and opinions
Help, where no question about using Nostr is too basic
Protocol, for NIPs, specs, and proposals
Apps, for releases, showcases, and feedback
Relays, for the people who run them
Everything is built on NIP-29 groups hosted at wss://relay.nostr-proto.org, so you can take part from the website or from any NIP-29 client like Flotilla or Nostrord. Your key works everywhere, and your posts are not locked inside a site.
The forum runs on Squalk, an open source forum software built on Nostr: GitHub
GitHub - dtonon/squalk: A forum + chat built on Nostr to manage your community
A forum + chat built on Nostr to manage your community - dtonon/squalk
The Nostr Protocol Forum
Agora
Open conversation about Nostr. News, opinions, links, questions that do not fit elsewhere. Also the place to send feedback about this community.
#Squalk now supports NIP-50 search:
Test it at
To grab the code and contribute: 
Test it at 
Squalk community forum
Squalk community forum
This is a community forum for people who build, run, and grow things on Nostr, managed by @npub10000003…. Whether you ship relays and clients, de...
GitHub
GitHub - dtonon/squalk: A forum + chat built on Nostr to manage your community
A forum + chat built on Nostr to manage your community - dtonon/squalk
Passkeys are incompatible with open-source software (was: “Passkey marketing is lying to you”) – Smoking on a Bike