Sirius

Experimental: nostr / blossom / hashtree based google drive alternative https://getdrive.iris.to/
https://npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk.blossom.band/6797244b7c0f0338e07571a45e1e79b04287fde3f41864aed391d3c94d2751c2.png

2026-08-13 13:34:42 UTC

The solar eclipse in Iceland was magical and impressive, even though it was cloudy.
https://image.nostr.build/912c91bee762a09c2fcf999e53899c9f66cdae187635d178d02a6470e90ce202.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/81673d7eb74a6676f91bdb9d7ddc4008c216d364dfeac0abae2f0129870c7f0f.jpg

2026-07-31 16:32:46 UTC

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Very good points

2026-07-31 12:38:37 UTC

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I might add SDR, and mics and speaker that are togglable by a physical switch

2026-07-31 12:36:31 UTC

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Easy to virtually prototype these days
https://freedom.iris.to
https://npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk.blossom.band/31adaaac7aeb735de968d607163a41e3258079cce1818ce11b19ddbeb7a55de9.png

2026-07-31 11:46:47 UTC

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Yes, it doesn't help if the local internet infra goes dark. For that you'd need 1) starlink for global internet access or 2) something like https://fips.network local mesh — needs sufficient density of participating wifi routers. LoRa is probably too low bandwidth for mesh internet, but suitable for short messages.

2026-07-31 11:33:00 UTC

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Mobile wifi router, 5g hotspot and power bank. If you use it as a stationary home router, it stays online during power outages and can provide backup mobile internet even if you have a landline. It would wifi mesh with nearby devices over https://fips.network (nostr public keys based decentralized routing and encrypted comms). With lora it could transmit and route short messages (e.g bitchat) over many kilometers.

2026-07-31 11:16:16 UTC

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It's a mobile router, so with GNSS you can track where it's going, or where it's installed, if you're managing many of them.

2026-07-31 10:45:09 UTC

Freedom router: wifi, 5g modem, esim, bluetooth, gps, lora, <100wh battery / powerbank (air travel compatible). What else?

2026-07-22 13:46:37 UTC

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https://github.com/DanConwayDev/ngit-cli/pull/14

2026-07-22 06:59:24 UTC

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Maybe we can add hashtree support to ngit. NIP-34 by itself is transport agnostic, git-remote-htree posts repository announcements using it.

2026-07-12 21:27:28 UTC

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https://zapstore.dev/apps/org.nostrvpn.app
APK also has autoupdater https://nostrvpn.org/

2026-06-21 13:04:03 UTC

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Maybe you can register at namecheap.com with a pseudonym, but that probably requires an email address in the first place

2026-06-21 13:03:08 UTC

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Where can you register domain names anonymously these days? I vaguely recall a site called anonymousspeech.com...

2026-06-17 12:05:12 UTC

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"Price: 1000 sats for 1 year" — incredibly low price, I wonder if they can keep spammers at bay and not get blocked by other email hosts 🤔

2026-06-17 11:54:12 UTC

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I don't know if this has changed or depends on your IP address, but last time I registered a proton account they asked for another email address or phone number

2026-06-17 11:30:36 UTC

Is there any email provider that can be paid in lightning and doesn't require kyc, phone number or another email address?

2026-06-12 13:50:36 UTC

Noticed again that FB / Instagram are just fine, until they don't let you log in to your account and shut you off from your social connections.

2026-06-12 13:16:28 UTC

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iris.to 👍

2026-06-03 10:16:55 UTC

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Thanks for reporting. Sounds like unnecessary CPU usage, I'll look into it.

2026-06-01 06:14:02 UTC

/goal maximize paperclip production

2026-05-28 16:16:04 UTC

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Seemed to work 👍

2026-05-28 15:43:39 UTC

Is there a way to delete apps on @npub10r8…t2p8 ? There's an older Nostr VPN version by app id to.iris.nvpn that's listed before the newer org.nostrvpn.app which is confusing.

2026-05-28 06:57:32 UTC

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Works after zapstore update

2026-05-28 06:55:19 UTC

No apps found for "amber" in @npub10r8…t2p8 . Is my android test phone too old or something.

2026-05-20 10:48:09 UTC

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Does it work with sudo?

2026-05-19 21:27:06 UTC

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Yes, I haven't tested the linux GUI side lately and someone reported a scroll issue in it though 🫠

2026-05-19 21:23:19 UTC

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Thanks for reporting!

2026-05-19 18:30:16 UTC

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Thanks for testing and reporting!

2026-05-19 07:18:51 UTC

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It announces presence and finds FIPS peers on Nostr. Then it uses FIPS to route packets to the recipient device npub, directly or through fips peers.
https://github.com/jmcorgan/fips
https://git.iris.to/#/npub1xdhnr9mrv47kkrn95k6cwecearydeh8e895990n3acntwvmgk2dsdeeycm/nostr-vpn

2026-05-19 06:39:34 UTC

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You have a point: the lower you go on the stack, the more scrutiny it needs (think OS)

2026-05-19 06:36:31 UTC

I've made a nostr & https://hashtree.cc native Chromium fork "Iris Browser". It has in-built NIP-07. It shares files and sites p2p, no need for blossom servers. It has adblock, you can watch youtube without ads.
But I think I'll need a threadripper build server because build time is a major development bottleneck 😅 Takes hours on a 64gb 14 core mac mini.
#note1trc…kd40

2026-05-19 06:19:14 UTC

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This version also has wireguard exit capability, so can be used with e.g. Mullvad or Proton exit nodes

2026-05-19 06:18:04 UTC

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FIPS: https://github.com/jmcorgan/fips

2026-05-19 06:03:17 UTC

https://npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk.blossom.band/24c40e48629289d3bc0119ce398d9dd1b91fa071bada88d05394ecb5a91cb3b6.png
New version of Nostr VPN is out. Like tailscale, but no email addresses or 3rd party accounts, just public keys. New:
* native multiplatform user interfaces
* Nostr-based multihop routing (FIPS protocol) — very useful when NAT holepunching fails
* improved network management UX
https://nostrvpn.org

2026-05-16 16:01:50 UTC

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https://hashtree.cc supports fuse mounting. you'll probably need some vibing to make it google drive like experience

2026-05-12 08:15:56 UTC

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Also codex "pragmatic" personality option is great: just facts, no emotion or human larping 😄

2026-05-12 08:14:18 UTC

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I recommend trying both if you have the option. In my experience, Codex is faster and much more intelligent. The desktop app is more responsive and clear.

2026-05-12 08:04:52 UTC

Codex weekly quota back again. Such a relief after Claude retardmaxxing for a few days. I might need multiple Codex accounts.

2026-05-08 05:07:45 UTC

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You can still discover organically, but get content from multiple networks instead of just one

2026-05-08 03:36:17 UTC

When AI becomes the user interface, network effects like that of X are gone? You can just ask to see interesting content, and it will be pulled from many different networks. Publishing goes to all networks as well.

2026-05-05 06:13:34 UTC

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Latest version of the file or directory is published as a nostr event. "d" tag is the filepath and content has the blossom hash.

2026-05-03 21:29:30 UTC

DaisyDisk is great, but SquirrelDisk is free, and works on mac, linux and windows. Made some performance and UX improvements. Source and binaries: https://git.iris.to/#/npub1xdhnr9mrv47kkrn95k6cwecearydeh8e895990n3acntwvmgk2dsdeeycm/squirreldisk
https://npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk.blossom.band/b05538de8f9fcf3508e932f221942fd0c494a59956d16ae3cd859e13e14f44a9.jpg

2026-05-03 21:19:00 UTC

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https://files.iris.to/ is an easy tool for sharing dirs or files that will be publicly visible under your nostr npub

2026-05-03 21:14:27 UTC

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You can create a new catalog or make a copy of an existing one on audio.iris.to and add your songs to it from the edit button in home view. There's also a crawler example in the source code, you can ask your agent to crawl another source. Good idea about v4v music. https://git.iris.to/#/npub1xdhnr9mrv47kkrn95k6cwecearydeh8e895990n3acntwvmgk2dsdeeycm/iris-audio

2026-05-03 21:11:47 UTC

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The post you replied to doesn't load for me, so I don't know the context, but: You always need a link that contains the hashtree decryption key, but you can share those links publicly on nostr or otherwise.

2026-04-28 18:58:10 UTC

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Important systems to decentralize 👍 many things have secure private messages as a prerequisite — still working on it!

2026-04-25 08:12:12 UTC

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This is not replacing Noise, but NIP-17 gift wraps. My PR was poorly titled, changed to "Add double-ratchet encryption for Nostr relay DMs".

2026-04-24 20:21:37 UTC

Nostr double ratchet pull requests for Bitchat. Forward secrecy enables disappearing messages feature: past messages on relays can't be decrypted anymore after key rotation. Also future messages stay safe even if one key is compromised.
I don't know how mergeable it is in its current form, but I've tested it to work between real Mac and Android devices.
https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/pull/1107
https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat-android/pull/697
@npub12rv…85vg

2026-04-23 20:21:28 UTC

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Artists claim is an interesting problem looking for a solution. I'm hoping that could somehow work via social graph attestations.
Artists would be represented by a UUID in the catalog, which would be connected to an npub by users in your social graph, and the npub itself. Similarly the npub-uuid link can be revoked if keys are lost, band members change etc.
It's useful if different catalogs converge on same UUIDs, but they can be also linked to the same entity.
The same arrangement would of course work for npub attestation / revocation in general, allow targeting of reviews for entities that are not on Nostr and much more.

2026-04-22 21:44:59 UTC

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You can add any audio files. Someone had the 100M song dataset...

2026-04-22 21:41:15 UTC

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Hmm, that's for webrtc peerfinding and signaling. I could make it stop asking after a reject, and maybe display toast notification about how to re-enable.

2026-04-22 21:39:47 UTC

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This has its own kind of data structure

2026-04-22 20:42:49 UTC

https://npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk.blossom.band/a4e199c8416b531337f9ff1d3fd30100ceb64c6afe14cc1e65e3c95ccadc5bd4.png
https://audio.iris.to/#/npub1af8708jh7gynpxlla5he9u9etdva85wtf6yfy3zrnzhw5lhrzlks685f8p/metal-catalog
Spotify clone on nostr / blossom / hashtree. Data is loaded from peers over webrtc even if you disable the blossom servers.
Hashtree is a nostr native "IPFS lite", basically just blossom + directories and file chunking. Everything is content hash key encrypted by default, which is nice for blossom server admins. More: https://hashtree.cc/#/dev
Btree indexes on hashtree enable large, searchable decentralized databases that can be used for all kinds of "platform" applications.
Hashtree indexes can be queried a bit like nostr relays, but they're not tied to any IP address, domain name or host. You can sync them over any transport and search offline.
Content-addressed indexes are transparent: you can verify that you see the same search results as others and aren't shadowbanned.
You can easily fork the large indexes (such as audio.iris.to catalogs) and add your own results into them, even in the browser.

2026-04-22 12:57:28 UTC

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Awesome! I've got to fix the links on hashtree.cc though. Here's a version that works https://enshittifier.iris.to/#/song/npub1jqvh8hfmz5spsxd563jq4h2u3enf092emy94ragn8d9c8t88mrmq06llmf/enya-only-tjme-pt-2-the-sequel-h83fch

2026-04-21 13:23:50 UTC

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Even un-enshittified, midis are a great way to kill your love of music

2026-04-21 12:49:26 UTC

https://npub1g53mukxnjkcmr94fhryzkqutdz2ukq4ks0gvy5af25rgmwsl4ngq43drvk.blossom.band/bcdbf1929c6396c94ed407cb2ba579e5c43736335552fad43c3166420b93a7b5.mp4
https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/4523be58d395b1b196a9b8c82b038b6895cb02b683d0c253a955068dba1facd0/bf13b038a1d264d9b69fc243f17f6dfd97be6eeb88bb1f4d774b757bf8b365b8.mp4
I may have created the killer app of Nostr: MIDI Enshittifer
Also demonstrating Iris Sites, a way to easily deploy websites over nostr / blossom / hashtree.
https://63dvmlmvh6sxd65q7abane2j23fl4e7hmub4lwdjvl6vwmzlobda.hashtree.cc/#/npub1xdhnr9mrv47kkrn95k6cwecearydeh8e895990n3acntwvmgk2dsdeeycm/enshittifier/index.html

2026-04-16 12:32:00 UTC

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It works just fine. You just need multiple remotes and sync between them, instead of everyone pushing to the same remote.

2026-04-10 14:03:28 UTC

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It should work now. Integrated the debugging improvements. Thanks for testing!

2026-04-10 10:07:49 UTC

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Ah, seems some of the platform binaries are not there. On it!

2026-04-10 09:57:35 UTC

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The url https://upload.iris.to/npub1xdhnr9mrv47kkrn95k6cwecearydeh8e895990n3acntwvmgk2dsdeeycm/releases%2Fhashtree/latest/install.sh is working for me. I wonder if it could be different handling of the url encoding. What os did you run it on?

2026-04-02 16:26:56 UTC

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👍

2026-04-02 12:19:02 UTC

Could bitchat use wifi aware on android? The bandwidth would allow to send images and files and sync chat histories quickly. @npub12rv…85vg

2026-03-28 11:58:46 UTC

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Hmm, NAT hole punching failure comes to mind if they're on separate networks. For that case, we'd need forwarding of the traffic via relay, like tailscale does it. Have you tried if they connect on the same local network? Could be something else too.

2026-03-28 09:59:13 UTC

"Thank you for contacting us. We’ve received your support request and will get back to you as soon as possible."
Waiting for permission to publish my iOS app 💔

2026-03-27 12:48:24 UTC

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Just noticed wifi aware takes care of discovery as well

2026-03-27 12:06:23 UTC

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Iphone does too, but the app must be open

2026-03-27 11:42:02 UTC

Nostr running android phones could detect each other via BLE and automatically sync events with random nearby peers over Wifi Aware? Sneaker network. When the internet is turned off, you could sync your feed in Moscow by taking the subway.
On iPhone I suppose it would require keeping the app open and maybe accepting every pairing.
https://www.wi-fi.org/alternative-topologies

2026-03-25 13:03:42 UTC

https://cdn.iris.to/5d64b22e0c6d40a7ec9bfab45106b9b9ac538ae8f47204fb1bb1e220099cafd0.png
Improved video & thumbnail loading on https://video.iris.to

2026-03-24 12:31:49 UTC

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The problem persists. My internet is otherwise fine, speed tests shows 80 mbps upload. The timeout is probably something that can be solved on the zsp app level even if upload is slow at 100 kbps.
That said, thanks for running zapstore! Such an improvement over play store.

2026-03-23 11:22:38 UTC

@npub10r8…t2p8 upload is slow at 100kb/s and times out
Uploading APK to https://cdn.zapstore.dev ████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 25.1% (21.2 / 84.3 MB)Error: failed to upload APK: upload failed: Put "https://cdn.zapstore.dev/upload": context deadline exceeded (Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers)

2026-03-20 19:49:16 UTC

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Iroh seems interesting https://docs.iroh.computer/concepts/relays

2026-03-20 14:08:04 UTC

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Fips looks very interesting, will take a look. I was thinking of doing something similar. However, Nostr VPN is a private network tool, yggdrasil and fips are open meshes.

2026-03-20 13:01:25 UTC

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Nebula seems similar, but uses its own keys and lookup servers instead of nostr relays

2026-03-20 12:58:41 UTC

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Tailscale / headscale / Nostr VPN solve connections between changing IP addresses behind NATs. Nostr VPN doesnt have a TURN server though, so doesn't work in cases where NAT hole punching fails.

2026-03-20 11:56:22 UTC

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Yes

2026-03-20 11:40:19 UTC

Got annoyed by Tailscale requiring 3rd party accounts, so created Nostr VPN. https://github.com/mmalmi/nostr-vpn
It signals over nostr relays and creates a wireguard / boringtun network. Builds for Macos and Linux. Using it between my Macs, but haven't tested extensively yet.
https://cdn.iris.to/4f12bc5ec444a2576fc199bfb6b6220c41403ae3b6bf863a24fecd7e11cc4219.png

2026-03-05 04:33:54 UTC

10 days old Reticulum video with 1.7M views https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTnYVh7K6xQ

2026-03-03 10:14:19 UTC

Qwen 3.5 probably not good for coding vs Codex and Claude, but could be interesting for local feed curation

2026-02-23 11:50:48 UTC

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https://hashtree.cc asks webrtc peers for blob by hash if not available locally

2026-02-19 11:00:11 UTC

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hashtree.cc frontend is svelte. Hashtree lib is available in typescript and rust.

2026-02-19 10:09:06 UTC

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As long as the blossom server keeps it, or someone who has viewed it keeps hashtree.cc open and seeds over webrtc

2026-02-18 15:29:50 UTC

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Afaik Chrome doesnt send to google the #fragment part of urls, where the decryption key lives

2026-02-18 13:16:22 UTC

Private fileshare / pastebin / github alternative on Nostr : https://hashtree.cc
https://cdn.iris.to/d92fa19a23090661f7ae330315ca5db64b7ddec4b2e1e88516de85413218dbeb.png

2026-02-05 07:38:19 UTC

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Cool 🔥🦀

2026-02-05 07:31:48 UTC

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Wow, didn't know it was from Vancouver. Were you involved?

2026-02-05 07:07:15 UTC

🦀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDU_Txk06tM 🦀

2026-02-04 20:58:18 UTC

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On https://video.iris.to/ (source code in the hashtree repo iris-files package) I have a service worker that handles http range requests to /htree/nhash... and the browser video player can request only the relevant part of the file from the hashtree.

2026-02-04 20:56:14 UTC

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Usually equally sized leaf nodes, but that's not enforced. Actually I made a video-chunker which makes the first chunk 256kb so it starts faster, while the rest are 2MB. Bittorrent v2 compatible 16kb would have been nice, but it's too much overhead for blossom servers.

2026-02-04 20:49:57 UTC

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Yes, it uses kind 30078 events with tags:
d Tree name (replaceable event key)
l "hashtree" label for discovery
hash Merkle root SHA256 (64 hex chars)
key Decryption key (public trees)
encryptedKey XOR'd key (link-visible trees)
selfEncryptedKey NIP-44 encrypted (private/link-visible)

2026-02-04 20:28:57 UTC

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Here's the ts & rust library https://files.iris.to/#/npub1xndmdgymsf4a34rzr7346vp8qcptxf75pjqweh8naa8rklgxpfqqmfjtce/hashtree

2026-02-04 20:06:29 UTC

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nhash is a blossom hash of a video file's merkle root + decryption key. /video.mp4 is a filename hint. It's viewable on Iris or https://files.iris.to/#/nhash19j2003959cltp77c7dnlwrfwawqgleju7ethswdsr3q8e8y0xj5qyh4lf9/video.mp4

2026-02-04 12:28:56 UTC

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https://iris.to/note1kqvxuw8trq38rw4xsqqf0nqjj27046zjcqvplftw7pya7tazj83sj8j8le

2026-02-04 11:49:54 UTC

nhash19j2003959cltp77c7dnlwrfwawqgleju7ethswdsr3q8e8y0xj5qyh4lf9/video.mp4

2026-02-04 11:35:57 UTC

https://cdn.iris.to/43bcb4cd24d5b74af97bba42d400968a6bacc96c83506c09db4749da7ac31688.jpeg

2026-02-02 15:34:11 UTC

⛔ moltbook
✅ https://clawstr.com
#note1n4x…hgw7