Source newsletter: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/
### 00:00 Intro
This episode opens with the week's big themes: relay routing, AI transport over Nostr, Marmot's first public release, and a February-by-February retrospective.
### 00:30 Outbox Model Under the Microscope
Nostrability benchmarked 14 relay selection algorithms across 15 clients and libraries, showing how far smarter relay routing can push recall compared with hardcoded relay sets. The segment covers set-cover plus Thompson Sampling, NIP-66 liveness filtering, faster feed load times, and the practical case for hybrid outbox enrichment in legacy clients.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#outbox-model-under-the-microscope
- Nostrability outbox repo: https://github.com/nostrability/outbox
- NIP-65 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-65/
- NIP-66 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-66/
- nostr.watch liveness data: https://nostr.watch
### 14:39 ContextVM Opens MCP NIP and Ships Ephemeral Gift Wraps
ContextVM opened the two proposals that anchor its Nostr transport strategy: one for MCP JSON-RPC over Nostr and one for ephemeral gift wraps. This section explains why AI tool traffic benefits from relay-discarded delivery semantics and how ContextVM is trying to standardize that workflow without overloading the base protocol.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#contextvm-opens-mcp-nip-and-ships-ephemeral-gift-wraps
- ContextVM: https://contextvm.org
- MCP over Nostr PR: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2246
- Ephemeral Gift Wrap PR: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2245
- CEP-19: https://docs.contextvm.org/spec/ceps/cep-19/
### 27:09 Marmot Development Kit Ships First Public Release
MDK v0.6.0 lands as the first public release of the Marmot Development Kit, bundling encrypted media, deterministic commit race handling, zeroizing secrets, and bindings beyond Rust. The segment also digs into the breaking switch from NIP-44 strings to ChaCha20-Poly1305 for kind 445 messages and the knock-on changes across the Marmot spec, MDK, and marmot-ts.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#marmot-development-kit-ships-first-public-release
- MDK v0.6.0: https://github.com/marmot-protocol/mdk/releases/tag/v0.6.0
- MIP-03 change: https://github.com/marmot-protocol/marmot/pull/48
- MDK PR #208: https://github.com/marmot-protocol/mdk/pull/208
- marmot-ts PR #54: https://github.com/marmot-protocol/marmot-ts/pull/54
### 32:56 Wisp Ships from Alpha to Beta
Wisp moved from its first alpha to beta in eight days, shipping outbox support, NIP-55 signing, Tor, NIP-47, local translation, and a real-time social graph surprisingly fast for a new client. This chapter looks at what that pace says about modern Nostr app bootstrapping and where the feature set already overlaps with longer-running clients.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#wisp-ships-from-alpha-to-beta
- Wisp repo: https://github.com/barrydeen/wisp
- v0.1.0-alpha: https://github.com/barrydeen/wisp/releases/tag/v0.1.0-alpha
- v0.3.4-beta: https://github.com/barrydeen/wisp/releases/tag/v0.3.4-beta
### 34:44 Vector v0.3.1
Vector ships group management upgrades, deterministic negentropy sync, GPU-accelerated voice-to-text, and broad performance wins. The discussion focuses on why reliable offline recovery matters for Marmot messaging and why 15x improvements across startup and UI paths are notable for an encrypted chat app.
- Release: https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/tag/v0.3.1
- Negentropy topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/negentropy/
### 36:20 Alby Hub v1.21.5
Alby Hub adds a second default relay for NWC reliability, fixes malformed zap display issues, and expands its app store integrations. The key point here is operational resilience: fewer relay restart failures for self-custodial wallet control.
- Release: https://github.com/getAlby/hub/releases/tag/v1.21.5
- NIP-47 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-47/
- NIP-57 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-57/
### 38:00 nospeak v0.12.x
nospeak adds app locking, a large translation wave, theme work, Android video poster generation, chat export, and profile-view shortcuts. The segment centers on how quality-of-life work and localization keep text-first messaging clients competitive.
- v0.12.0: https://github.com/psic4t/nospeak/releases/tag/v0.12.0
- v0.12.1: https://github.com/psic4t/nospeak/releases/tag/v0.12.1
- v0.12.2: https://github.com/psic4t/nospeak/releases/tag/v0.12.2
### 39:00 Citrine v2.0.0-pre2
Citrine improves relay performance with new indexes and coroutine changes, gives each hosted web app its own port, and expands search plus event inspection. This is a useful look at the personal-relay side of Nostr scaling.
- Release: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Citrine/releases/tag/v2.0.0-pre2
### 39:36 NoorNote v0.5.x
NoorNote shipped eight releases, bringing Amber support, NIP-71 publishing, relay browsing, custom emoji reactions, and sync fixes in its collaborative tribes system. The episode uses NoorNote as an example of how smaller apps now iterate like full platform products.
- v0.5.0: https://github.com/77elements/noornote/releases/tag/v0.5.0
- v0.5.7: https://github.com/77elements/noornote/releases/tag/v0.5.7
- NIP-55 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-55/
- NIP-71 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-71/
- NIP-30 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-30/
### 40:35 NosCall v0.5.1
NosCall adds voice messages, better desktop entry and contact management, export tools, and accessibility support tied to system font size. The broader theme is steady usability work in Nostr-native calling.
- Release: https://github.com/sanah9/noscall/releases/tag/v0.5.1-release
### 41:06 Shosho v0.13.0
Shosho adds replay downloads, NIP-05 profile verification, better RTMP publishing internals, and fixes for low-bandwidth and older-device streaming. This segment highlights how live media apps keep maturing on top of Nostr identity and distribution.
- Release: https://github.com/r0d8lsh0p/shosho-releases/releases/tag/v0.13.0
- NIP-05 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-05/
- Zap.Stream: https://zap.stream
### 41:56 nostr-java v2.0.0
nostr-java's major bump adds configurable WebSocket buffer sizes so Java apps can process larger events without truncation. It is a small but meaningful library update for developers dealing with growing event payload sizes.
- Release: https://github.com/tcheeric/nostr-java/releases/tag/v2.0.0
### 42:34 Prism 1.1.0
Prism adds kind 30023 long-form support and a Markdown editor, then follows quickly with a bug-fix release. The discussion connects this to ongoing expansion of writing and publishing workflows inside Nostr clients.
- Prism 1.1.0: https://github.com/hardran3/Prism/releases/tag/1.1.0
- Prism 1.1.1: https://github.com/hardran3/Prism/releases/tag/1.1.1
### 42:56 Angor v0.2.6
Angor ships Boltz integration and a one-click invest flow while pushing both invest and fund project paths through testnet. This section looks at crowdfunding UX and how much of the interface still remains to be finished.
- Release: https://github.com/block-core/angor/releases/tag/v0.2.6
### 43:47 NIP-91: AND Operator for Filters
NIP-91 merges and gives relays an AND operator for tag-array filters, which means clients can ask for events matching all specified tag values instead of any one of them. It is a technical change with practical bandwidth and indexing benefits.
- PR #1365: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1365
### 46:21 NIP-30: Emoji Set Address in Tags
The NIP-30 update lets custom emoji tags include an optional set address, so clients can jump from an individual emoji to the pack it came from. This comes straight out of work in Chachi and makes emoji ecosystems more navigable.
- PR #2247: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2247
- NIP-30 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-30/
- Chachi: https://github.com/purrgrammer/chachi
### 46:47 NIP-29: Add unallowpubkey and unbanpubkey
NIP-29 gets two new moderation commands that separate removing someone from an allowlist from banning them outright. That sounds small, but it fixes awkward group-admin flows that previously forced harsher actions than moderators intended.
- PR #2111: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2111
- NIP-29 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-29/
### 47:30 NIP-A7: Spells
Spells proposes portable saved queries as kind 777 events, with runtime variables like `$me` and `$contacts` plus relative timestamps. The episode treats it as a serious attempt to make feed logic portable across clients rather than trapped in app-specific UI.
- PR #2244: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2244
- nak: https://github.com/fiatjaf/nak
- Grimoire: https://github.com/purrgrammer/grimoire
### 48:40 NIP-59: Ephemeral Gift Wrap (kind 21059)
This deeper pass on PR #2245 explains why ephemeral gift wrap matters beyond ContextVM specifically. The core idea is simple: keep delivery semantics, drop persistence, and reduce the metadata trail for short-lived encrypted exchanges.
- PR #2245: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2245
- NIP-59 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-59/
- NIP-01 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-01/
### 54:52 ContextVM: MCP JSON-RPC over Nostr
Here the conversation zooms in on PR #2246 itself: ephemeral kind 25910 events, `p` and `e` tags for addressing and correlation, and a deliberately thin NIP that leaves richer semantics to the ContextVM spec. It is a useful case study in how adjacent protocol layers should standardize without overfitting the base layer.
- PR #2246: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2246
- ContextVM spec docs: https://docs.contextvm.org
- Model Context Protocol: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/
### 55:58 NIP-29: Audio/Video Live Spaces
fiatjaf's draft extends NIP-29 groups into live audio and video spaces using LiveKit plus relay-issued JWTs. The segment unpacks the appeal of inheriting group permissions from relay-side membership and the trade-offs in pulling real-time media into relay-backed group systems.
- PR #2238: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2238
- LiveKit: https://livekit.io/
- NIP-29 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-29/
### 57:44 Collaborative Event Ownership
This proposal introduces a pointer event that lists multiple authorized co-owners for a shared addressable resource. The show notes focus on the implications for shared wikis, collaborative docs, and other multi-author state that no longer has to live under one key.
- PR #2235: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2235
### 01:01:24 NIP-09: Cascading Deletion of Reposts
PR #2234 would have relays delete reposts when an original author deletes the source note, targeting privacy leaks that survive through repost history. The discussion turns on whether relay-side cleanup is the right place to enforce that expectation.
- PR #2234: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2234
- NIP-09 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-09/
### 01:03:55 NIP-07: peekPublicKey
The proposed `peekPublicKey()` method gives browser extensions a no-prompt way to expose the current pubkey when auto-login is already enabled. This chapter weighs convenience for web clients against the long-running caution around silent identity access in NIP-07 signers.
- PR #2233: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2233
- NIP-07 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-07/
### 01:05:31 NIP-BB: Book
NIP-BB sketches a book-publishing format using four addressable event kinds for cover metadata, chapter structure, and episode prose. The episode focuses on how fractional indexing and zap-based reviews could make long-form publishing more native to Nostr.
- PR #2248: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2248
- NIP-32 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-32/
### 01:09:08 NIP-54: Switch from Asciidoc to Djot
This proposal would move NIP-54 wiki content from Asciidoc to Djot, partly to improve internationalized wikilinks and editor ergonomics. It is a standards-maintenance conversation, but one with real downstream effects for documentation tooling.
- PR #2242: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2242
- NIP-54 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-54/
- Djot: https://djot.net/
### 01:09:50 NIP-66: Defensive Measures
PRs #2240 and #2241 fold lessons from the outbox benchmarks back into NIP-66, especially around edge cases and monitoring output tags. The segment closes the loop between empirical relay-routing research and protocol refinement.
- PR #2240: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2240
- PR #2241: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2241
- NIP-66 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-66/
### 01:10:25 NIP-31402: SARA Revenue Share Offering Registry
The SARA registry wiki entry proposes addressable events for revenue-share offerings discovered across relays. The episode frames it as another sign that Nostr keeps expanding into application-specific registries rather than staying a social-only protocol.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#nip-updates
- SARA entry context: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/
### 01:11:39 Damus: NIP-89 (Recommended Application Handlers)
Damus adds NIP-89 client tags on posting paths, a privacy toggle for emission, and storage usage tooling, while an open PR improves quoted-note fallback through NIP-65 relay lists. The takeaway is that even a mature flagship client is still tightening attribution, storage introspection, and relay recovery behavior.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#damus-nip-89-recommended-application-handlers
- PR #3337: https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/3337
- PR #3652: https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/3652
- PR #3657: https://github.com/damus-io/damus/pull/3657
### 01:12:27 Amethyst: NIP-39 (External Identities), NIP-C0, NIP-66
Amethyst merged a broad wave of NIPs, spanning external identities, code snippets, relay monitoring, encrypted desktop DMs, and alternative NIP-05 verification through Namecoin. This section is a reminder that Amethyst remains one of the fastest protocol-adoption clients in the ecosystem.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#amethyst-nip-39-external-identities-nip-c0-nip-66
- PR #1747: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/pull/1747
- PR #1744: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/pull/1744
- PR #1742: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/pull/1742
- PR #1710: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/pull/1710
- PR #1733: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/pull/1733
- PR #1734: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/pull/1734
### 01:14:11 Notedeck: Outbox Architecture
Notedeck is moving from ad-hoc relay pool management toward a centralized outbox model with account-scoped subscriptions. In practice that means better DM routing and a clearer relay architecture for a cross-platform client that keeps getting more ambitious.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#notedeck-outbox-architecture
- PR #1303: https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/pull/1303
### 01:14:29 Pika: Per-Group Profiles and Tutorial Feed
Pika adds encrypted per-group profiles inside Marmot chats and a `pika-news` tutorial site that turns PR diffs into walkthroughs. This segment uses Pika to show how encrypted group apps are starting to build their own internal social and educational layers.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#pika-per-group-profiles-and-tutorial-feed
- PR #368: https://github.com/sledtools/pika/pull/368
- PR #401: https://github.com/sledtools/pika/pull/401
### 01:15:41 diVine: Embeddable Widgets and Video Replies
diVine's latest work includes embeddable widgets, feature-flagged video replies, and Bluesky-style content filters. The episode treats this as a strong example of video products on Nostr iterating toward distribution plus moderation tooling at the same time.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#divine-embeddable-widgets-and-video-replies
- PR #1843: https://github.com/divinevideo/divine-mobile/pull/1843
- PR #1915: https://github.com/divinevideo/divine-mobile/pull/1915
- PR #1797: https://github.com/divinevideo/divine-mobile/pull/1797
### 01:16:17 strfry: REQ Filter Validation
strfry adds configurable REQ filter validation for operators that need tighter query controls, especially for NWC relay deployments. The discussion also flags the open zstd-compression work as part of the same operational-efficiency trend.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#strfry-req-filter-validation
- PR #163: https://github.com/hoytech/strfry/pull/163
- PR #173: https://github.com/hoytech/strfry/pull/173
### 01:17:11 rust-nostr: NIP-62 Request to Vanish
rust-nostr now supports NIP-62 across LMDB, SQLite, and in-memory backends, including options around NIP-09 and vanish enforcement. That makes the library-side privacy story more consistent across deployment environments.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#rust-nostr-nip-62-request-to-vanish
- PR #1268: https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr/pull/1268
- PR #1270: https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr/pull/1270
- PR #1272: https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr/pull/1272
- NIP-62 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-62/
### 01:17:29 NDK: Collaborative Events and NIP-46 Timeout
NDK adds collaborative events for multi-author documents and a timeout for NIP-46 signers so bunker calls no longer hang forever. It is a good snapshot of NDK's role as developer infrastructure rather than just a client helper library.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#ndk-collaborative-events-and-nip-46-timeout
- PR #380: https://github.com/nostr-dev-kit/ndk/pull/380
- PR #381: https://github.com/nostr-dev-kit/ndk/pull/381
### 01:18:00 TENEX: Agent Categorization and Pubkey Gating
TENEX merges role-based agent categorization and front-door pubkey gating, both aimed at constraining who gets routed and what tools different agents can use. This chapter sits at the intersection of Nostr and agent security architecture.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#tenex-agent-categorization-and-pubkey-gating
- PR #91: https://github.com/tenex-chat/tenex/pull/91
- PR #87: https://github.com/tenex-chat/tenex/pull/87
### 01:19:14 Zap Cooking: Membership Dashboard
Zap Cooking ships subscription dashboards, two-phase group loading, proper wallet mnemonic encryption, invite-only groups, Nostr backups, performance work, and print customization. The segment makes the case that Nostr apps are now doing ordinary product engineering at a high clip, not just protocol demos.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#zap-cooking-membership-dashboard
- PR #228: https://github.com/zapcooking/frontend/pull/228
- PR #227: https://github.com/zapcooking/frontend/pull/227
- PR #224: https://github.com/zapcooking/frontend/pull/224
- PR #213: https://github.com/zapcooking/frontend/pull/213
- PR #218: https://github.com/zapcooking/frontend/pull/218
- PR #210: https://github.com/zapcooking/frontend/pull/210
- PR #208: https://github.com/zapcooking/frontend/pull/208
- PR #205: https://github.com/zapcooking/frontend/pull/205
- PR #222: https://github.com/zapcooking/frontend/pull/222
### 01:20:36 Keep: Rust-Driven State Migration
Keep removes multiple Kotlin config stores in favor of Rust-driven shared state and adds encrypted backup and restore. The main throughline is consolidation around Rust cores even in Android-first apps.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#keep-rust-driven-state-migration
- PR #178: https://github.com/privkeyio/keep-android/pull/178
- PR #179: https://github.com/privkeyio/keep-android/pull/179
### 01:21:01 Mostro Mobile: Dispute Chat Encryption
Mostro Mobile migrates dispute chat toward a cleaner shared-key and gift-wrap-based design, fixes a BIP-340 signature bug, adjusts payment methods, and gains better status labels. The segment covers both mobile and server-side Mostro fixes as evidence of protocol hardening in P2P Bitcoin markets.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#mostro-mobile-dispute-chat-encryption
- PR #495: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mobile/pull/495
- PR #501: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mobile/pull/501
- PR #496: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mobile/pull/496
- PR #502: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mobile/pull/502
- PR #493: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mobile/pull/493
- Mostro PR #599: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro/pull/599
- Mostro PR #606: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro/pull/606
### 01:22:56 Five Years of Nostr Februaries
The episode shifts from current development to historical perspective, tracing what February meant for Nostr from the rewrite era to today's application-layer sprawl. It is the connective tissue that makes the week's stories feel like part of a longer arc.
- Newsletter section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#five-years-of-nostr-februaries
### 01:23:07 February 2021: The Rewrite
February 2021 brought the NIP-01 rewrite that introduced the EVENT, REQ, and CLOSE model that still defines Nostr. The segment also covers early NIP-04 messaging, noscl, nostr-rs, and the tiny relay network that existed before the protocol stabilized.
- February 2021 section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#february-2021-the-rewrite
- NIP-01 rewrite commit: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr/commit/33a1a70
- noscl: https://github.com/fiatjaf/noscl
- nostr-rs: https://github.com/futurepaul/nostr-rs
### 01:25:49 February 2022: Building Momentum
The 2022 segment covers early NIP growth, nostr-rs-relay's heavy lifting, Uncle Bob's more-speech client, nos2x, and the first real momentum after Hacker News attention. It shows a protocol still small enough for one relay implementation to matter enormously.
- February 2022 section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#february-2022-building-momentum
- Hacker News thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29749061
- nostr-rs-relay: https://github.com/scsibug/nostr-rs-relay
- more-speech: https://github.com/unclebob/more-speech
- nos2x: https://github.com/fiatjaf/nos2x
- branle: https://github.com/fiatjaf/branle
- nostr-tools: https://github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-tools
- go-nostr: https://github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr
### 01:30:08 February 2023: International Attention
This is the Damus breakout chapter: App Store approval, China's removal, explosive relay and user growth, and the merge wave that brought zaps, long-form content, relay lists, Nostr Connect, and badges. It is the month where Nostr stopped being obscure.
- February 2023 section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#february-2023-international-attention
- Damus App Store coverage: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/02/01/decentralized-social-media-project-nostrs-damus-gets-listed-on-apple-app-store
- China removal coverage: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/02/damus-pulled-from-apples-app-store-in-china-after-two-days/
- HRF grant: https://hrf.org/devfund2023q1
### 01:33:20 February 2024: Protocol Durability
By 2024 the focus had shifted from breakout attention to better foundations: NIP-17 and gift wrap, NIP-29 groups, NIP-92 media metadata, BREAKING.md, and hard evidence that relay economics were still fragile. This segment explains why durability became the central protocol concern.
- February 2024 section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#february-2024-protocol-durability
- NIP-29 merge: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/566
- BREAKING.md commit: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/commit/62c48eff
- Relay economics paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05709
### 01:38:36 February 2025: Infrastructure Growth
February 2025 highlights vanish requests, ecash standard simplification, steady client releases, meetups, and early DVMCP work linking Nostr with MCP-like agent workflows. The episode frames it as the year infrastructure got more specialized and more useful.
- February 2025 section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#february-2025-infrastructure-growth
- NIP-62 topic: https://nostrcompass.org/en/topics/nip-62/
- GRAIN: https://github.com/0ceanSlim/grain
### 01:40:22 February 2026: Beyond Social Media
The closing historical chapter covers Mostro, Zapstore, White Noise, agent proposals, ContextVM, Burrow, FIPS mesh networking, OpenSats grants, and the sense that Nostr is now infrastructure for far more than public posting. That broader scope is the episode's final thesis.
- February 2026 section: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-03-04-newsletter/#february-2026-beyond-social-media
- ContextVM coverage: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-02-25-newsletter/#contextvm-mcp-over-nostr
- Burrow coverage: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-02-25-newsletter/#burrow-mls-messaging-for-ai-agents
- FIPS coverage: https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-02-25-newsletter/#fips-nostr-native-mesh-networking
- OpenSats grants: https://opensats.org/blog/fifteenth-wave-of-nostr-grants
