New project just released: Compass 🧭 For a long time I've wondered how bad things would be if @PABLOF7z's wss://purplepag.es relay went down, since it's the only dedicated kind 10002 indexer I'm aware of, and is heavily relied on for bootstrapping user relay selections, which is a key part of keeping nostr decentralized. So I stood up another one at wss://indexer.coracle.social. Regular users don't need to do anything, but I encourage client developers to add this to your list of relays you check for NIP 65 kind 10002 relay selections. I've also open-sourced the project at

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GitHub - coracle-social/compass: An ansible configuration for setting up an indexer relay

An ansible configuration for setting up an indexer relay - coracle-social/compass

so anyone who wants to can run their own. The project also supports mirroring other indexers via `strfry router`, but I have left that as an opt-in feature. Unless you expect significant load on your indexer, mirroring would only increase the number of unnecessary connections made to other indexers, so please be considerate when setting up mirrors.

Had to use discord today, and wow it is evil. The notifications bell showed a red dot, so I clicked on it. No notifications, but a non-default "for you" tab showed a notification dot, so I clicked on it. The dot then disappeared, and I got a nice fiendly [sic] "Nothing here yet" message. Treat your users with respect.

'nother Coracle version out (0.6.17) 🐠 * Fix reaction notifications crash * Show web of trust badge on DM items * Make name on messages clickable * Remove duplicate dependencies * Add relays to note options form

Docker creates more problems than it solves

Just implemented 8-bit RSA by hand for fun, AMA

I'm reading a history of asymmetric cryptography right now ("Crypto" by Steven Levy), and my mind is being repeatedly blown by the origins, odds, and success of the movement. Everything we're doing with nostr started in the 1970's! And yet we somehow still don't have widely-used, decentralized electronic mail that checks both boxes of the original RSA paper: > we must ensure that two important properties of the current “paper mail” system are preserved: (a) messages are private, and (b) messages can be signed. The question that keeps coming to mind is this: what happened between 1996 and 2009? Once individual rights to cryptography was established, did the movement die out? Why did no one build out access to cryptography for the average internet user? Yes, SSL is ubiquitous, but it's still controlled by a cabal of root certificate issuers. I know there was ongoing work that led to bitcoin, and XMPP is an obvious exception, but even so I am stunned that 50 years after the invention of public key cryptography we still don't have widespread, meaningful adoption. Keys are limited to technical users, and encryption is mediated and undermined by centralized platforms. For those with some perspective on this history: are we in the midst of a cryptography renaissance? Did bitcoin kick off a resurgence of interest in digital privacy? Or is that just my own bias at play?

One thing you guys didn't really touch on is that neuralink would not actually disintermediate thought at all, any more than uploading our brains into the cloud would result in anything more than merely simulated consciousness. Rather, human thought would be reduced to a data transfer protocol (instead of spoken language), and would take on the form and limitations of the same — meanwhile, neuralink itself would have access to your thoughts, and would no doubt monetize it for its own benefit.

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New Flotilla 1.0.3 is out on zapstore and web with a crucial bugfix to the alerts system (pointing at localhost is apparently a non-starter, thanks to @hzrd149 for pointing this out). Also included are a light theme, custom emoji display, and some bugfixes. * Add light theme * Use correct alerts server * Ignore relay errors for claims * Fix inline code blocks * Add custom emoji parsing and display

Hey @greenart7c3 I just updated Amber and started getting Activity Cancelled errors any time I tried to sign something. I cleared Amber's data and logged back in and it works ok now. Just thought you should know.

Coracle 0.6.16 with some minor updates, one of which has been on my list for literal years (custom emoji rendering): * Add support for editing WOT feeds * Change default blossom servers * Add support for custom emojis * Fix note deduplication Prost

Just scored 66 points in Nostr Snake! 🐍⚡ #NostrSnakeScore Play at

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Play the classic Snake game powered by Nostr protocol. Challenge your friends and compete on the global leaderboard.

So far, no one has signed up for email digests via anchor.coracle.social 🤔 I understand not wanting to share your bunker url or email address with me, but I will say that I'm sure enjoying getting digests of my feeds:

New version of Flotilla is out as well — 1.0.2 is mostly cleanup from the 1.0 release earlier this week. Thanks to those who pointed out bugs! * Fix add relay button * Fix safe inset areas * Better rendering for errors from relays * Improve remote signer login

New version of Coracle is out: 0.6.15 — this one is just more QoL improvements and bugfixes — the big one this time is better blossom support (and dropping nip 96!) * Fix safe areas more * Improve remote signing * Drop nip 96 support * Use user blossom servers * Improve profile edit page * Avoid duplicate notes in feeds

Erik Hoel suggests: "In my ideal society, laws dictate that all digital devices have a built-in “Sunday mode,” activated automatically, shutting down everything but GPS and calls. Major websites reject all incoming traffic. No emails are sent. Outside, the silent world becomes filled with voices once more." Apart from the obvious centralization concerns (and loss of emergency services), I think this is a fantastic idea. Maybe I'll turn Coracle off on Sundays 🤔

Idea for non-technical folks who want to help grow nostr: research adjacent conferences/magazines/podcasts (e.g. in fediverse land or whatever) and arrange interviews with nostr developers or features on nostr.

Just forked @Daniel D’Aquino's nparrot project and adapted it to NIP C7 chat rooms! This kills several birds with one stone: - I got to learn some rust - I prototyped a demo for what bots would look like on flotilla - I opened up a massive RCE vector onto my computer If you're interested, the source code is available here:

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GitHub - coracle-social/nparrot: Integrate any command line tool with Nostr relays-as-groups

Integrate any command line tool with Nostr relays-as-groups - coracle-social/nparrot

Safe area insets are a stupid feature and a massive waste of time

"He told her that people poured out among the stars and that the ancient things inside people woke up, so that the deeps of their minds were more terrible than the blackest depth of space. Space never committed crimes. It just killed. Nature could transmit death, but only man could carry crime from world to world." Think Blue, Count Two Cordwainer Smith

New release of Flotilla is out, my first 1.0 release on nostr! Even Coracle never felt quite good enough to call it "ready". This latest release includes an integration with anchor.coracle.social, which gives me a story for keeping communities engaged with the platform via email notifications. This was the last major piece missing before I felt ready to start onboarding communities. Obviously, lots of work is still to be done, so give Flotilla a try and let me know if you run into any issues or find glaring omissions! PS, the new version is coming soon (tm) to App Stores near you, but you can get it today on web or via ZapStore.