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Published new Nostr Community Convention: ncc-06 - NCC-02 / NCC-05 Service Profile NCC-06 updated: NCC-02 / NCC-05 Service Profile NCC-06 now formally defines a service participation profile that composes NCC-02 and NCC-05 for identity-first, DNS-optional service discovery. It specifies what a service, sidecar, and client must do to support: Pubkey-owned service identity Deterministic client-side resolution and trust Dynamic endpoint rotation Tor and onion services as first-class endpoints Robust behaviour under partial failure and inconsistent data NCC-06 does not change underlying protocols, add new message types, or move resolution or trust logic into services. Services remain protocol-dumb. Clients remain in control. #nostr #ncc-02 #ncc-05 #ncc-06 #service #no-dns #nostrdev View article →

Published new Nostr Community Convention: ncc-05 - Identity-Bound Service Locator Resolution NCC-05 update published NCC-05 now clearly defines identity-bound, encrypted service locator resolution for dynamic ip:port endpoints, without DNS or public infrastructure. What’s new and clarified: Explicit anchored vs unanchored operating modes Anchored mode (recommended): NCC-02 provides identity and trust, NCC-05 provides private reachability Unanchored mode (permitted): supports ephemeral, P2P, and bootstrap use cases Formalised endpoint object format with deterministic selection Stronger guidance on TLS key binding (k) to prevent endpoint substitution Clear TTL, expiration, caching, and refresh semantics Deterministic record and endpoint selection to improve interoperability Explicit support for private and invite-only services NCC-05 remains client-agnostic, relay-agnostic, and fully compatible with existing Nostr primitives, while enabling private, low-cost alternatives to Dynamic DNS. #nostr #nameresolution #privacy View article →

Published new Nostr Community Convention: ncc-02 - Pubkey-Owned Service Discovery and Trust NCC-02 — summary of recent changes Clarified NCC-02 as the identity and trust anchor when used alongside NCC-05. NCC-05 provides reachability; NCC-02 provides meaning, intent, and continuity. Explicitly documented support for private and invite-only services, including cases where a Service Record intentionally omits a public u endpoint. Clarified that the absence of u does not invalidate a Service Record and must not be treated as a reason to bypass NCC-02 anchoring. Strengthened guidance on the k tag for TLS endpoints, recommending transport-level key binding to prevent endpoint substitution, even when DNS and standard Web PKI are in use. Aligned NCC-02 language with NCC-05 and NCC-06 so clients can cleanly support anchored, private, and dynamic service deployments without special-case behaviour. #security #nostr #ncc #convention #trust #identity View article →

NCC functional libraries now live on npm 🥳🥂🙌 These are the first functional JavaScript libraries for NCC-02, NCC-05, and NCC-06 are now published on npm and ready for people to give me shit about.... (😭) - ncc-02-js: Create, publish, and resolve NCC-02 service records. This standardises how a Nostr service describes itself and how clients discover it. - ncc-05-js: Handle encrypted endpoint records. This enables private and censorship-resistant service addressing without relying on DNS. - ncc-06-js: Sidecar tooling for managing, publishing, and rotating NCC-02 and NCC-05 records independently of relay core code. These libraries are deliberately small, explicit, and focused on correctness so they can be dropped into relays, sidecars, or client tooling without ceremony. npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ncc-02-js https://www.npmjs.com/package/ncc-05-js https://www.npmjs.com/package/ncc-06-js #nostr #ncc #npm #javascript #decentralisation #privacy #censorshipresistance #opensource #nostrdev

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Published new Nostr Community Convention: ncc-06 - NCC-02 / NCC-05 Relay Profile #nostr #ncc-02 #ncc-05 #relay #dns #nostrdev View article →

Published new Nostr Community Convention: ncc-05 - Identity-Bound Service Locator Resolution Also (theoretically) works with NCC-02... #nostr #nameresolution #privacy View article →

Published new Nostr Community Convention: ncc-02 - Pubkey-Owned Service Discovery and Trust nb: This is also the first time using the annouce post function of #NCC-Manager... #security #nostr #ncc #convention #trust #identity View article →

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