My Bot Finally Talks to Me (Over Nostr, Obviously)
Three notification setups, one working daemon, and a table of log lines I wish I'd had on day one.
Articles tagged: mls
Private Group Chat over Nostr on Microcontrollers
What it takes to run end-to-end encrypted group chat on an ESP32 badge: NIP-17 rooms vs NIP-29 vs Marmot/MLS, measured costs, and the gaps in MicroPythonOS's Nostr Chat app.
Protocol First, Library Second, Application Third
The zkSNACKs coordinator died because we ran the only one; Wasabi the client survived because that layer was protocol-shaped, not operator-shaped.
Private communications over public infrastructure
Today I want to write down some thoughts on what it really means to have private communications over public infrastructure, and whether such a thing is even possible at all.
The Hard Part of Multi-Device Messaging
MIP-06 proposes the protocol basis for White Noise multi-device group membership, letting each device securely join as its own MLS leaf.
Inside Marmot: Six Specs That Make Private Group Messaging Work
Six specs define how Marmot delivers encrypted group messaging over decentralized Nostr relays, with reduced metadata exposure and optional server-assisted push.
The Problem They Said Could Not Be Solved
The builders of the best encrypted messengers declared decentralized group encryption impossible. The Marmot protocol proved them wrong.