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advanced question: how do you use a desktop client without giving it your secret key? assume that you want to hold your key in your machine. #asknostr
i just merged a big PR with 6,500+ changes, backed by days of audits and defensible architectural and security decisions. #buildinpublic
i can officially confirm: Plaza no longer holds a secret key.
https://blossom.jumble.social/7728e4aa6a46dbb4ad848b698718695b328a88ad51f415a430b239d9e230971c.png

2026-08-29 01:42:33 UTC

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yo! good morning to you ☕️

2026-08-28 20:08:20 UTC

https://blossom.jumble.social/ec7b30e3bec51d721d57a0365ed9b6c85e4b1e90c6f2eb86c8ddcf2a2240c333.png

2026-08-28 18:35:16 UTC

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i used to love React & TS. now i just hate em 😁 don't ask why.

2026-08-28 12:35:06 UTC

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good morning sir. hope you enjoyed the voyage. 💜🫂

2026-08-28 12:28:22 UTC

a local signer serving every local app is a door opened straight to hell.

2026-08-25 22:11:32 UTC

Plaza v0.12.4 and Notary v0.9.0 just shipped. Highlights from this week:
- Introducing Places (@npub180c…h6w6's Hallway): a "plaza://place/<naddr1>" link opens a customized relay-based feed following the Hallway's format.
- Back up your key. Both apps export it now, encrypted or raw. Notary encrypts yours with your passphrase, Plaza keeps it in the macOS login Keychain, and neither ever hands it to any client.
- Avatars and banners are back for pictures hosted on .pub domains.
- The sign-in sheet no longer has a dead band you could click straight through.
- The approval card stopped printing over itself.
- Long pastes no longer drop the overflow in silence.
- Notary's sign out no longer hangs.
https://github.com/zig-nostr/plaza
https://github.com/zig-nostr/notary

2026-08-24 15:55:28 UTC

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big yes

2026-08-24 14:06:32 UTC

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this is awesome! 🔥

2026-08-23 09:25:38 UTC

what if i told you, i've found a migration path from the web development world into native local-first applications?

2026-08-22 23:06:37 UTC

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gm. stay safe. 🫡💜

2026-08-22 21:40:59 UTC

your workspace should follow you, without belonging to a vendor.

2026-08-22 21:39:40 UTC

one protocol, many deliberately opinionated interfaces.

2026-08-22 21:32:13 UTC

software you can use is good. software you can change is yours.
#opensource

2026-08-22 10:45:47 UTC

gm
https://blossom.jumble.social/fff50fc67cf4018907cb74a2bd01f5cd573404e5e50b890f8b79144438ca6f4b.png

2026-08-21 12:00:39 UTC

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what kinds of apps (wasm files) do you have in mind? can you narrow it down to something specific?

2026-08-21 09:01:37 UTC

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morning mike ☘️

2026-08-21 08:33:46 UTC

gm human. water pls. 💙💦
https://blossom.jumble.social/948c0d8fb61d670b07e4d3b0cf64b531c25d28e4d9a1f2037de047090aba842a.png
#nevent1q…6803

2026-08-21 08:06:56 UTC

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sana da gunaydin ☀️

2026-08-21 07:58:44 UTC

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afiyet olsun

2026-08-20 20:35:43 UTC

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i love it

2026-08-20 20:30:35 UTC

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interesting idea. but there are lots of risks. letting any random binary file from internet to access files and some native stuff. also wasm usually has longer loading times despite of regular web apps. but i think it would be a cool experiment and worth a shot.

2026-08-20 10:21:48 UTC

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gm mike 💜

2026-08-20 07:40:44 UTC

gm indoor plants ☘️💚
https://blossom.jumble.social/54f930d98685cf5e9614f586cce35f29df3b1410574af973a56ac80853fdbd99.png

2026-08-19 19:40:12 UTC

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wen nostr?

2026-08-19 10:38:20 UTC

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gm. this is cooool 😎

2026-08-19 07:31:28 UTC

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gm & pv sir 💜🤙

2026-08-19 06:07:48 UTC

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we need a NIP for this

2026-08-18 22:00:27 UTC

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this is illegal 😂

2026-08-18 10:05:24 UTC

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NOSTR: No Overlords. Sovereign Thoughts, Relayed.

2026-08-18 08:16:12 UTC

bro totally cracked the nostr.
#nevent1q…9xsy

2026-08-18 08:13:56 UTC

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gee em

2026-08-17 21:08:06 UTC

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wipe it off

2026-08-17 15:23:42 UTC

that hits hard 😂 @npub1vp8…npsw
https://blossom.jumble.social/b6549c4a8dbf0d55a2cf86bb4a12af6acb9dc494ef8a67d8d7321ce3e4377a66.png

2026-08-17 09:01:30 UTC

keep your passport in your pocket with Notary :)
#nevent1q…vk7h

2026-08-17 08:53:42 UTC

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funny, i was just about to make a similar note taking native app as a showcase for my zig-nostr ecosystem. local first, so nothing leaves the device. and encrypted sync over relays if i want it. i could also make some notes publicly visible to others. or even let them edit my notes. but i started plaza as a bigger client. maybe i'll add it as a feature into plaza, or make it as a standalone app.

2026-08-16 22:34:33 UTC

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https://github.com/zig-nostr/plaza
https://zignostr.com/plaza

2026-08-16 22:29:13 UTC

📣 Plaza v0.11.0 is out. 🎉
I've been building a native Nostr client for macOS, written in Zig. It's fast, it keeps its own copy of your feed, and it has come a long way since the first release. Here's what has landed.
📖 Reading
◈ Your feed reaches people your own relays don't carry
◈ Nobody you follow goes missing, wherever they publish
◈ Threads open properly, and a missing parent says so
◈ Reactions, replies and zap totals arrive with the feed
◈ Mentions are people you can click
✍ Writing
◈ Post, reply, quote and repost
◈ See who a note will notify, and switch anyone off
◈ Hashtags become real tags
◈ Replies reach everyone in the thread
🖼 Pictures
◈ Notes with several photos show all of them
◈ Big photos load now
◈ Faces and profile banners too
◈ The image proxy can be switched off completely
🔑 Your key
◈ Held in its own process, away from the screen
◈ Stored in the macOS Keychain, not a plain file
◈ Paste an nsec straight into a terminal, never through the app
◈ Read everything without a key at all
🔐 Signing for other apps
◈ Plaza can be your bunker: paste the link into any client and sign there
◈ Every app is asked separately for each thing it wants to do
◈ Answers last as long as you say: once, a day, always, or no
◈ Everything connected is listed, and cuttable
◈ Survives a restart, same link
📡 Relays
◈ A dead connection is noticed and redialled
◈ Every background request has a deadline
◈ No more pointless reconnects
⚙ Making it yours
◈ Reaction, repost, reply and zap counts can each be hidden
◈ Your mute list is read and honoured, and you can mute from here
227 pull requests to get here, 100 of them since the first release. Another 73 in the Nostr library underneath it.
Still early, plenty left to fix. But it feels like a real client now.
#nostr #buildinpublic #plaza #zig

2026-08-16 15:35:02 UTC

I made a nip-29 group for Plaza discussions. come join the community:
https://web.nostrord.com/#/g/chat.wisp.talk/nionsheskour

2026-08-16 15:14:14 UTC

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good morning Alex ☕️

2026-08-16 14:31:30 UTC

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agreed.

2026-08-16 12:00:46 UTC

I think the first step toward a customizable client is one you can make quiet. I’m trying to make Plaza one of the most customizable clients out there, so this is where I’m starting. what do you think?
https://blossom.jumble.social/7eebdb06c145a7fa76d8a40ecc7b703a56e4052de4af5cf3c9c076c4946301a2.png
#nostr #buildinpublic

2026-08-16 10:47:23 UTC

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gm sir ☕️

2026-08-15 21:18:06 UTC

https://zignostr.com/signer
#nevent1q…j2g9

2026-08-15 20:47:20 UTC

test: posting this from Jumble, without a web extension, using my native macOS signer "Notary" to sign on my behalf. pure magic :)
#nostr #buildinpublic

2026-08-15 10:02:34 UTC

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what a lovely day 😍

2026-08-13 15:00:18 UTC

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switch to Plaza 😂

2026-08-12 14:37:24 UTC

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interesting :)

2026-08-11 22:28:44 UTC

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take time to audit as well.

2026-08-11 19:24:50 UTC

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this is what I've used for https://zignostr.com
I'm also contributing to it. that's visible on their github 👀

2026-08-11 19:11:37 UTC

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there could be, but I haven't done it yet. I started with the client side to serve end users faster.

2026-08-10 09:57:29 UTC

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good morning my friend welcome back

2026-08-10 09:17:29 UTC

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this is sleek

2026-08-10 07:48:01 UTC

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thanks for your support my friend 💜

2026-08-10 07:41:45 UTC

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yep! powerful

2026-08-10 07:40:42 UTC

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thanks for the support

2026-08-09 15:11:04 UTC

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GM and PV, Derek. 💜

2026-08-09 13:24:10 UTC

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thank you. if you do, tell me what breaks.

2026-08-09 12:07:39 UTC

Announcing Plaza, a native Nostr client for macOS. 🎉
I built it because I wanted a feed that is already there when the window opens. Plaza keeps your notes in a local database and draws from disk first, then lets the relays catch up behind you. A feed query takes 0.28ms, so there is nothing to wait for.
I wrote it in Zig. No Electron, no WebView, no browser hiding in the binary. It opens straight into a feed as well, with no sign-up or welcome wall, because reading Nostr never needed a key.
Your key can stay out of it entirely if you want. Sign through Notary over NIP-46 and Plaza never sees it. Notary signs for other clients too, so it can be your signer everywhere rather than only here.
It is early, and I would rather say so than have you find out: no DMs, no zaps, no search yet.
If you are on macOS, tell me what breaks. And if you are not: what does your current client get wrong?
https://zignostr.com/plaza
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zig-nostr/plaza/main/docs/shots/hero.jpg
#nostr #buildinpublic

2026-08-08 12:16:05 UTC

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relax mate, they are official announcements.

2026-08-08 11:22:07 UTC

Plaza opens into a feed. Not a welcome wall, not a sign-up form: reading Nostr never needed a key, so the app does not ask for one until you reach for something that does. Browse as a guest for as long as you like.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zig-nostr/plaza/main/docs/shots/panel-feed.jpg
#nevent1q…l97p

2026-08-07 17:33:54 UTC

Plaza is out.
A native Nostr client for macOS written in Zig. No Electron, no WebView, no browser hiding in the binary. The toolkit draws every pixel.
The feed is a local query. It renders from disk before the network answers, and a 500 note feed query is 0.28ms against 100k stored events.
Your key can stay out of it entirely: sign through Notary over NIP-46 and the client never sees it.
Early, and honest about it. No DMs, no zaps, no search yet. Those are the next milestones and they are public.
https://zignostr.com/plaza
https://github.com/zig-nostr/plaza/raw/main/docs/shots/hero.jpg

2026-08-07 13:59:45 UTC

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good morning Derek. I'm gonna announce Plaza today! 👀

2026-08-05 07:26:01 UTC

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lucky those who get to attend! 💜

2026-08-04 13:17:53 UTC

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thanks!

2026-08-04 12:28:17 UTC

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good morning Derek. we need a community for overwhelmed nostriches! 😁🫂💜

2026-08-04 12:11:55 UTC

and a warm good morning from Plaza ☀️💜🫂☕️

2026-08-04 12:11:06 UTC

Signet is now Notary.
"Signet" already means a Bitcoin test network. "Notary" means something that holds your seal, never gives it away, and signs when you say so. That was always the more honest word for it.
Same software, new name.
https://github.com/zig-nostr/notary/pull/35

2026-08-04 09:45:48 UTC

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cool idea! would this let nostr clients add a provider-agnostic AI chat interface, where users choose openrouter, claude, ollama, etc. without exposing their API keys?

2026-08-04 07:49:24 UTC

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can i steal these ideas for Plaza? 👀

2026-08-02 18:16:02 UTC

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COOOL 😎😎

2026-08-02 18:13:54 UTC

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Good Morning Derek. PV 🤙💜

2026-08-01 19:50:59 UTC

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GMGMGMGM

2026-07-31 08:20:56 UTC

taking today’s entropy lesson seriously. dice are coming to plaza.
https://blossom.jumble.social/0d825b9049a70ee08abe847c1745487f21ff1a9ac02d0784a6d94b0baf888628.png

2026-07-30 14:27:29 UTC

seriously guys, what would you like to be able to toggle off in a nostr client? #asknostr
https://blossom.jumble.social/53d3f2bc9e5db4f4e9ecaa0860ab2dcb96a580906e803608858714611959b183.png

2026-07-28 17:46:17 UTC

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GEA

2026-07-28 17:19:59 UTC

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LEGEND.

2026-07-28 17:18:11 UTC

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how is that even possible in this universe? 🤯 bravo Vitor 👏

2026-07-28 08:37:14 UTC

gm nostr. stay weird. ☀☕
#nevent1q…gdnp

2026-07-25 19:52:08 UTC

spent half a week to polish #plaza's design. from this, to this. whatcha think?
https://blossom.jumble.social/198419f7939a6d09b21a26402e4e34924e9250f4e7c6ec36766cba18a5cce51e.png
https://blossom.jumble.social/88e87aad36eb864f5e8efceb52d4ccdf3cde754b4581a2579608b9049d0d8b7f.png

2026-07-24 15:25:53 UTC

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thanks for asking! lots of progress so far! here is just one of them:
#nevent1q…23m6

2026-07-24 15:00:00 UTC

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good morning sir ☀☕

2026-07-24 14:57:56 UTC

gm nostr ☀ conversations work in #plaza now. tap a note, read the thread, reply from a pinned composer. the reply is a proper NIP-10 kind:1 that landed on damus with the root marker where it belongs. watched the reply count tick from 1 to 2 and felt things.
https://blossom.jumble.social/acd6738bd942a788c1ed0992fdaff07bdca13a1e29b25221f6c84e16f2562424.mov
https://github.com/zig-nostr/plaza/pull/42

2026-07-23 16:21:25 UTC

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open protocols for the win 😎

2026-07-22 10:47:35 UTC

gm nostr. so I built one signer engine and gave it two homes. it comes baked into #plaza, nothing to set up, and it runs on its own as #signet for the rest of your nostr apps.
#nevent1q…pxmj

2026-07-21 23:18:01 UTC

you should never paste your secret key into a desktop client. #plaza lets you bring your key in with one terminal command.

2026-07-21 22:06:50 UTC

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I'm making #plaza. a fast, native desktop client written in Zig that renders every pixel itself (no browser, no Electron, no JS), so it opens instantly and scrolls a local-first feed smoothly. your secret key never touches the client, signing runs in a bundled, isolated #signet signer. you can start browsing guest-first immediately, before ever creating or importing an identity.
do you like it or what? 😂 @npub1lrn…qnw5

2026-07-21 21:21:58 UTC

#plaza is getting a built-in signer, #signet. anything that touches your key happens in signet's own process, never in the client. when you import a key you already have, the client never sees it. it goes straight into the signer. that's finally true, not just a slogan.

2026-07-21 13:36:56 UTC

the whole idea: your key should feel like it lives somewhere safe and separate, even inside an app that's trying to be effortless. those two shouldn't fight.
#nevent1q…pz3k

2026-07-21 13:34:45 UTC

gm nostr. small win today: proved #plaza can pop open a separate signer window on its own. sounds boring, but it's what lets your key stay in its own process.

2026-07-20 21:53:26 UTC

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not via negativa in terms of features 🙂 this is just the first working version, built today and there’s a lot more planned. the point is to avoid unnecessary computation, not unnecessary product.

2026-07-20 20:16:20 UTC

building a client that feels instant is mostly about not doing work. not re-reading what has not changed. not building what is off screen. not fetching what is already on disk. most of my performance work is deleting things. #plaza
#nevent1q…2usr

2026-07-20 18:59:03 UTC

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@npub1q3s…d26p Alex, is that you? 😁😁

2026-07-20 18:53:33 UTC

numbers from #plaza's feed while scrolling hard: about a twentieth of a millisecond to work out what to draw. the frame budget is 8 milliseconds. there is a lot of room in there. here's the first demo ever:
https://blossom.jumble.social/e6d241574f2f024bdcf18ba1a7a288e5f8452c7ab8813dc893bd42b4f236dea3.mov

2026-07-20 17:56:46 UTC

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#plaza is the flag-ship nostr client in zig-nostr ecosystem:
https://github.com/zig-nostr/plaza
still too early.

2026-07-20 17:51:36 UTC

#plaza is a nostr client written in Zig that draws its own pixels. no browser inside it, no web view, no javascript.
it opens fast, it scrolls smooth, and it stays out of your way.

2026-07-20 17:44:51 UTC

opened #plaza and your notes are just there, instantly.
it reads from your own machine first and talks to relays second. no spinner while a relay decides whether to answer you.

2026-07-20 17:28:06 UTC

#plaza scrolls the same whether your feed holds 20 notes or 2000.
it only ever builds the handful of cards actually on your screen. everything below the fold costs nothing until you get there.

2026-07-20 10:32:35 UTC

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check openrouter.ai, it has comparison, APIs, etc.