Nostr notes by Cocktus 🌵

So fam was listening to one of these asmr frequency beats nature ...

2026-04-03T09:04:21Z

So fam was listening to one of these asmr frequency beats nature sounds mix apps and I was wondering for something like that nostr wise, mixing the 1222s or else with the tags that you like. Knowing nostr I am asking for brain farts probably 🤣 What do you say MK Fain (npub1jvn…89sc) fit for #ditto ? I will vibe it one of these days anyway

From: @npub179e…r96e Anyone knows if #curl is used in the ...

2026-04-02T11:34:53Z

From: Stefan Eissing (npub179e…r96e)

Anyone knows if #curl is used in the Artemis II toilet?😌

https://chaos.social/users/icing/statuses/116334773129632468

That will do.

2026-04-02T11:21:52Z

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That will do.

From: @npub1qhn…lht3 Now playing: Glaciella — Phosphorous ...

2026-04-02T11:19:17Z

From: SynthdragonRadio (npub1qhn…lht3)

Now playing: Glaciella — Phosphorous [Memory Palace]

https://hls.synthdragonradio.com/hls/chill/index.m3u8

https://stream.synthdragonradio.com/listen/synthdragon_chill/radio.mp3

#nevent1q…0an3

2026-04-01T21:31:26Z

quoting nevent1q…0an3
BLOCK 1,000,000
MAY 1st 2026
🇹🇿⚡️🤙🏾
#B1M

Amethyst, quartz, topaz, we are all getting nostr girlfriends ...

2026-04-01T21:26:10Z

Amethyst, quartz, topaz, we are all getting nostr girlfriends soon™ :dunno:

It's nice though not for kind 1 but to see an article like ...

2026-03-31T11:26:30Z

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It's nice though not for kind 1 but to see an article like this one with via Amethyst label, people will get confused enough to start searching for an Obsidian plugin 🤣

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Quartz is the core library powering Amethyst, one of the most popular Nostr clients for Android. Beyond client-side features, Quartz ships a fully self-contained, transport-agnostic relay engine — meaning you can wire it to Ktor WebSockets, raw TCP sockets, or any other transport layer.

The design is elegantly simple: you provide a send callback per connection and Quartz hands back a RelaySession that processes raw JSON strings. Plug, play, and relay.

Note: Both NostrServer and EventStore implement AutoCloseable, so they play nicely with Kotlin's use { } blocks and structured concurrency.

Getting Started in Minutes

1. Add Dependencies

Add Ktor and the Quartz module to your Gradle build file:
dependencies {
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-core:3.1.1")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-netty:3.1.1")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-websockets:3.1.1")
    implementation(project(":quartz"))
}
2. Stand Up the Relay

The entire relay — event storage, WebSocket routing, and NIP-01 compliance — fits in a single main() function:
fun main() {
    // Persistent SQLite-backed event store
    val store = EventStore(dbName = "relay-events.db")
    val server = NostrServer(store)

    embeddedServer(Netty, port = 7777) {
        install(WebSockets)

        routing {
            webSocket("/") {
                server.serve(
                    send = { json -> launch { send(Frame.Text(json)) } },
                ) { session ->
                    for (frame in incoming) {
                        if (frame is Frame.Text) {
                            session.receive(frame.readText())
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }.start(wait = true)
}
That's it — you now have a NIP-01 compliant relay listening on ws://localhost:7777. Any Nostr client (Amethyst, Damus, Iris…) can connect immediately.

Tip: Need an ephemeral store for testing? Pass null as the db name: EventStore(null). All events live in memory and vanish when the process stops.

The Event Store

Quartz ships a SQLite-backed EventStore built on androidx.sqlite with WAL journal mode and a 32 MB memory cache baked in — solid enough for production use on modest hardware.

Tuning the Indexing Strategy

By default, all single-letter tags with values are indexed. You can fine-tune this trade-off between query speed and database size:
val store = EventStore(
    dbName = "relay-events.db",
    indexStrategy = DefaultIndexingStrategy(
        indexEventsByCreatedAtAlone = false,
        indexTagsByCreatedAtAlone = false,
        indexTagsWithKindAndPubkey = false,
        useAndIndexIdOnOrderBy = false,
    ),
)
Override shouldIndex(kind, tag) on the strategy to apply custom rules per event kind. More indexes means faster queries but a larger database.

Policy System

Policies are the heart of Quartz's extensibility. They intercept every client command — EVENT, REQ, COUNT, AUTH — and either pass it through or reject it with a reason string.

Built-in Policies

Policy Description

VerifyPolicy The sensible default. Verifies event signatures and IDs, rejecting malformed events before they touch the store.

EmptyPolicy Accepts everything without validation. Perfect for unit tests where you control all inputs.

FullAuthPolicy Enforces NIP-42 authentication. No command is processed until the client proves ownership of a public key.

Composing Policies

Combine policies with the + operator (or PolicyStack). All must approve — the first rejection short-circuits the chain:
val server = NostrServer(
    store = store,
    policyBuilder = {
        VerifyPolicy + FullAuthPolicy(
            relay = "wss://myrelay.example.com/".normalizeRelayUrl()!!
        )
    },
)
Writing a Custom Policy

Implement IRelayPolicy to restrict your relay to specific event kinds — for example, a curated social relay that only accepts profiles, notes, follows, reactions, and long-form articles:
class KindWhitelistPolicy(
    private val allowedKinds: Set<Int>,
) : IRelayPolicy {

    override fun onConnect(send: (Message) -> Unit) { }

    override fun accept(cmd: EventCmd): PolicyResult<EventCmd> =
        if (cmd.event.kind in allowedKinds) {
            PolicyResult.Accepted(cmd)
        } else {
            PolicyResult.Rejected("blocked: kind ${cmd.event.kind} not allowed")
        }

    override fun accept(cmd: ReqCmd) = PolicyResult.Accepted(cmd)
    override fun accept(cmd: CountCmd) = PolicyResult.Accepted(cmd)
    override fun accept(cmd: AuthCmd) = PolicyResult.Accepted(cmd)
}

// Wire it up
val server = NostrServer(
    store = store,
    policyBuilder = {
        VerifyPolicy + KindWhitelistPolicy(
            allowedKinds = setOf(0, 1, 3, 7, 30023)
        )
    },
)
Testing Your Relay

Because Quartz is transport-agnostic, you can test the relay engine entirely in-process — no HTTP server, no WebSocket handshake, no network. server.connect { … } returns a session you can feed raw JSON directly:
@OptIn(ExperimentalCoroutinesApi::class)
class MyRelayTest {

    @Test
    fun clientCanPublishAndSubscribe() = runTest {
        val dispatcher = UnconfinedTestDispatcher(testScheduler)

        NostrServer(
            store = EventStore(null),        // in-memory
            policyBuilder = { EmptyPolicy }, // accept all
            parentContext = dispatcher,
        ).use { server ->
            val messages = mutableListOf<String>()
            val session = server.connect { messages.add(it) }

            // Publish an event
            session.receive("""["EVENT",{"id":"${"0".repeat(64)}","pubkey":"${"a".repeat(64)}","created_at":1000,"kind":1,"tags":[],"content":"hello","sig":"${"b".repeat(128)}"}]""")
            assertTrue(messages.any { it.contains("OK") })

            // Subscribe and check the event comes back
            session.receive("""["REQ","sub1",{"kinds":[1]}]""")
            assertTrue(messages.any { it.contains("EVENT") })
            assertTrue(messages.any { it.contains("EOSE") })
        }
    }
}
Source Map

Here's where everything lives inside the Quartz module:
quartz/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip01Core/
├── relay/server/
│   ├── NostrServer.kt          # Main entry point
│   ├── RelaySession.kt         # Per-connection handler
│   ├── LiveEventStore.kt       # Reactive event streaming
│   ├── IRelayPolicy.kt         # Policy interface + PolicyResult
│   └── policies/
│       ├── EmptyPolicy.kt      # Accept everything
│       ├── VerifyPolicy.kt     # Signature verification (default)
│       ├── FullAuthPolicy.kt   # NIP-42 auth required
│       └── PolicyStack.kt      # Chain multiple policies
├── store/
│   ├── IEventStore.kt          # Storage interface
│   └── sqlite/
│       ├── EventStore.kt       # Public SQLite store wrapper
│       ├── SQLiteEventStore.kt # Full implementation
│       └── IndexingStrategy.kt # Index configuration
└── relay/filters/
    ├── Filter.kt               # NIP-01 subscription filters
    └── FilterMatcher.kt        # Event-to-filter matching
Closing Thoughts

Quartz makes building a Nostr relay genuinely approachable. The policy system is the real gem — it lets you start with a permissive relay and progressively layer in authentication, kind restrictions, rate limiting, or any custom logic your use case demands, all without touching transport code.

Whether you're running a private relay for a community, experimenting with NIP implementations, or building relay infrastructure for a Nostr app, Quartz gives you a solid, battle-tested foundation that the Amethyst team has been running in production. Give it a spin.

Based on amethyst/quartz/RELAY.md by Vitor Pamplona · MIT License

Policy	Description
`VerifyPolicy`	The sensible default. Verifies event signatures and IDs, rejecting malformed events before they touch the store.
`EmptyPolicy`	Accepts everything without validation. Perfect for unit tests where you control all inputs.
`FullAuthPolicy`	Enforces NIP-42 authentication. No command is processed until the client proves ownership of a public key.

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2026-03-31T09:15:34Z

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Oi, now when Amethyst has a client tag, see how your polls go, ...

2026-03-31T09:10:54Z

Oi, now when Amethyst has a client tag, see how your polls go, hahah

Dobedo?

2026-03-31T09:09:31Z

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Dobedo?

This is how you do a license: ...

2026-03-29T21:18:21Z

This is how you do a license:

At this point, I'm aftaid to open zapstore as there is ...

2026-03-29T19:32:38Z

At this point, I'm aftaid to open zapstore as there is another wisp update waiting :hello:

That's how you use shakespeare properly :buff: ...

2026-03-29T16:46:30Z

That's how you use shakespeare properly :buff:

quoting
nevent1q…kx7a
Nos Vegas is Tuesday, April 28.

Find your people at Bitcoin 2026.

Tickets at:
https://nosvegas.shakespeare.wtf/

Lets see if that works :B: @npub1j42…u4jf Scheduled ... ...

2026-03-28T20:16:00Z

Lets see if that works :B:
Cocktus 🌵 (npub1j42…u4jf)

Scheduled ...

That's Damus winning the polls with 3 ½ options.

2026-03-26T19:52:12Z

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That's Damus winning the polls with 3 ½ options.

🤟

2026-03-26T10:28:04Z

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🤟

:op:

2026-03-25T14:55:54Z

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:op:

Go text recognition is still the best

2026-03-25T12:33:37Z

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Go text recognition is still the best

So so, needs work but overall there, should be dictation on ...

2026-03-25T12:17:43Z

So so, needs work but overall there, should be dictation on articles too.

From @npub1eaz…rcgz: ...

2026-03-24T11:32:06Z

From zap.stream (npub1eaz…rcgz):

https://api-core.zap.stream/514658b7-41c6-4c20-9800-767df2b9106f/hls/live.m3u8

🤣

2026-03-23T19:31:00Z

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🤣

:bottom_up:

2026-03-23T10:20:53Z

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:bottom_up:

Change the kinds of their chat shebangs, i.e just coming from ...

2026-03-23T09:48:27Z

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Change the kinds of their chat shebangs, i.e just coming from owncast from something between 20000 and 30000, the ephemeral range that is not expected to be kept by relays, however it will be up to the clients to display these, but shosho can start first

yep, seeing someone alredy does that, sone of these streams ...

2026-03-23T09:33:21Z

yep, seeing someone alredy does that, sone of these streams should be moved as lives as well

quoting nevent1q…h3ua
90s music iptv 📺 https://lightning-now90s-samsungnz.amagi.tv/playlist.m3u8

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2026-03-21T23:59:33Z

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@npub1j42…u4jf ?

2026-03-21T12:09:37Z

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Cocktus 🌵 (npub1j42…u4jf) ?

From @npub137g…fpat: ...

2026-03-19T22:58:29Z

From emperor's new groove (npub137g…fpat):

:fireoff:

2026-03-19T17:17:35Z

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:fireoff:

From @npub1079…8z3v: ...

2026-03-17T12:07:21Z

From pesec (npub1079…8z3v):

Beautiful tribute, respect to the life story 🤙

2026-03-14T12:16:34Z

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Beautiful tribute, respect to the life story 🤙

Nice 🤙 ...

2026-03-14T10:17:36Z

Nice 🤙 wss://search.nostrarchives.com/ will improve things 🔥

I just like how the nostrich beak is like a zap

2026-03-12T11:57:28Z

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I just like how the nostrich beak is like a zap

zaplife.lol

2026-03-12T09:07:04Z

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zaplife.lol

I've read spanked :kittybitty6:

2026-03-11T14:33:58Z

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I've read spanked :kittybitty6:

From @npub10ym…4dy9: ...

2026-03-11T14:30:09Z

From Minz_highland (npub10ym…4dy9):

I usually do the app from a deep link in my frontend, but the ...

2026-03-11T11:35:52Z

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I usually do the app from a deep link in my frontend, but the site is 🔥

Yep that will be used too 🔥

2026-03-11T11:34:25Z

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Yep that will be used too 🔥

Ah no, that's my front end. Telling me, that I should check ...

2026-03-11T11:31:23Z

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Ah no, that's my front end. Telling me, that I should check shosho? Lemme see.

Good start with inpc+George stream, while listenning to a nostr ...

2026-03-11T10:50:04Z

Good start with inpc+George stream, while listenning to a nostr article:

Marketing thease should be in zap goals 😂

2026-03-11T09:05:32Z

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Marketing thease should be in zap goals 😂

:btest:

2026-03-11T07:52:18Z

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:btest:

:btest:

2026-03-11T07:51:17Z

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:btest:

From @npub1zkm…k9gv: ...

2026-03-09T21:10:06Z

From March (npub1zkm…k9gv):

Wow, beautiful work 🤙

2026-03-09T21:08:28Z

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Wow, beautiful work 🤙

If that's the one without banks, lfg.

2026-03-07T11:45:19Z

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If that's the one without banks, lfg.

:sims:

2026-03-07T10:13:36Z

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:sims:

I like plume, the feeds look neat.

2026-03-06T14:55:24Z

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I like plume, the feeds look neat.

I tried https://stellarid.ikuradon.deno.net/cocktus and ...

2026-03-05T18:57:16Z

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I tried https://stellarid.ikuradon.deno.net/cocktus and that's fucking ugly (probably understandable 🤣) and then I did https://stellarid.ikuradon.deno.net/🌵 and that' pretty :Bot_dance:

From @npub1eaz…rcgz: ...

2026-03-05T11:53:01Z

From zap.stream (npub1eaz…rcgz):

https://api-core.zap.stream/9a05e442-c7cc-407d-ada0-ff97b59563a4/hls/live.m3u8

:oi:

2026-03-04T11:11:45Z

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:oi:

:Bot_dance:

2026-03-04T08:14:15Z

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:Bot_dance:

Ima copy the xdc flex cause these are fun :)

2026-03-03T22:41:17Z

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Ima copy the xdc flex cause these are fun :)

That's already as emoji pack? Or if someone with free time ...

2026-03-03T20:44:35Z

That's already as emoji pack? Or if someone with free time does it, drop a naddr :

quoting nevent1q…czph
New sticker pack drop: Kitty Bitty.

It all started with Bitty (full-sized), then Itty Bitty (fun-sized), and now Kitty Bitty (meow-sized). Tap to add them all plus 143 additional Here Comes Bitcoin stickers to Signal: https://signal.art/addstickers/#pack_id=9d63755854067742717ef404b589fbde&pack_key=79b28f24eb944f5b2bdd77316b170fd6cc9bbdc24735add40a6d90540ec7a1a0

Here Comes Bitcoin is also at over 25,000,000 views on Giphy, and that was before we added dozens more this morning. They’re great if you’re like us and recognize that life is more fun when you act like an idiot: https://giphy.com/herecomesbitcoin

"🥒"

2026-03-03T18:10:21Z

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"🥒"

Depends for what. Nos.today for search , npub.world for name/pub ...

2026-03-02T10:31:10Z

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Depends for what. Nos.today for search , npub.world for name/pub wss://search.nos.today and relay.noswhere.com as search relays in your set

😂

2026-03-01T21:22:16Z

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😂

@cocktus tagelini?

2026-02-27T12:20:15Z

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@cocktus tagelini?

Oh

2026-02-24T18:23:46Z

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Oh

azzamo's good ...

2026-02-24T18:18:33Z

azzamo's good

To get who is hungry?

2026-02-24T17:34:03Z

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To get who is hungry?

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2026-02-24T17:27:47Z

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#nevent1q…9crq

2026-02-21T09:21:19Z

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This looks very cool. Off grid on premise AI.

https://github.com/alichherawalla/off-grid-mobile

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2026-02-11T12:17:42Z

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2026-02-11T11:04:38Z

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Bahahah 🤖🍿 ...

2025-12-09T09:27:20Z

Bahahah 🤖🍿

#naddr1qq…edd6

2025-12-06T18:22:01Z

quoting naddr1qq…edd6

a goal on my whiteboard since 2018 was to write a christmas song. i can write half-decent (in my mind haha) poems in a song structure, and i usually know how i want a song to feel — maybe even more than how i want it to be heard. but for years i just couldn’t cross that one off the list. the missing piece was the actual music.

i tried to solve it the “right” way first: learning piano during covid. turns out musical ability does not simply arrive because you want it to. progress was slow, frustrating, and honestly kind of brutal. i just don’t naturally have that skill set, and eventually the goal went back on the shelf.

cue suno — an ai music studio that creates legitimately professional-sounding songs. i’d tinkered with it a little before, but over the last 6 weeks i went way deeper, probably 40–50 hours of late nights adjusting prompts, rewriting lines, re-recording takes, and slowly shaping all these half-formed lyric ideas into actual tracks. watching something i’d had stuck in my head for years finally turn into music was wild.

and instead of ending up with one christmas song like the whiteboard said… i somehow ended up with an entire christmas album — a bunch of songs that feel like snapshots of my childhood holidays: the moods, the memories, the nostalgia, the magic (curated and crafted by my parents), the weird mix of warmth and longing that christmas always brings.

i’m conflicted about all of this. part of me absolutely feels like it’s cheating. the artists whose work trained tools like suno aren’t being paid for these songs (and for the record, i’m not trying to monetize mine either — this was just for fun). but another part of me doesn’t really care, because i finally crossed off a goal that had been sitting there since 2018 untouched. ai also gives a path for people like me — who can write and imagine but can’t play or produce — to actually get ideas into the world.

apparently the current #1 country song is ai-generated, which still feels surreal to even say out loud. it’s a strange place we’re headed. but of course i want to explore it — and in the process explore my own memories, creativity, and that side of myself that’s been a little starved over the years.

anyway… here’s my christmas album. curious if any of the songs hit or resonate with you. 🎄

01 PAPA PADDY AND THE MAGIC ELF SHOES: my dad saw an elf looking into my and my sister's bedroom window late at night. he chased him around the yard and ended up keeping his elf shoes in exchange for releasing him. all of my siblings would bring these shoes in to show and tell over the years (including me, at 12 years old when i audibly heard gasps that didn't mean what i thought they meant, more of a "how is he... does he...?" haha)

https://blossom.primal.net/748bf00da8ff5075f470442aa28d15d0ef5b1463111a81a8ae9d29223805c78b.mp3

02 THE COAT WITH THE GLITTERY S: the big guy left our house in such a rush, and he accidentally got his red coat stuck on the fireplace doors when he rose up the chimney too quickly. the glittery S on the breast tickled our whimsy and strengthened our belief.

https://blossom.primal.net/f0e83c357e2f60815c8f9f9a6bb63e0d62e5fa4de5f25e73520a8cd72c00fd75.mp3

03 WE TEN KIDS: i am one of 10 children; when we were younger my oldest sister wrote the first verse of this song, which foretells the chaos of 10 kids destroying a newly added fireplace and newly renovated kitchen. i just added the second verse (my mom did actually use earplugs on christmas morning!). i had to sing all of this into SUNO to get it to sound right: a feature i definitely want to play with more. so cool.

https://blossom.primal.net/ebe2c275f1af7cc222c2ae97ebecfac4ab90a448c6b501f2fb61ebca970f5e5e.mp3

04 THAT EVIL ELF! : all of the children would wait at the top of the steps on christmas morning, trying to peek at the christmas piles surrounding the tree. while we were waiting, my dad would take one of us down with a large wooden stick (perhaps a handle from an old ax?). the purpose? to make sure the evil elf was not down there, rummaging through and stealing the gifts. (the real purpose? to turn on the christmas tree lights and christmas music, and to start a pot of coffee, i later found out... genius!).

https://blossom.primal.net/bf6c1aff60f0bd47b64f2d4f244229925f77cd7fc324f022edd9c9490be17b98.mp3

05 BUNKO BUCKY BAH-BAH: we had an actual book about santa claus and the north pole traditions. we would read it front to back all the time and marvel. we weren't allowed to say "SHUT UP" as children, so this one spell from the book was very appealing to us: "bunko bucky bah-bah." it was like a curse word to SHUT UP, and at the north pole., it silenced everyone for 55 minutes. the spell, sadly, didn't work for us. i guess we are not elves.

https://blossom.primal.net/ae267537cb05e4a4fdee4ae1b987293615510f07f473f9f70cbf2cfd70bf4af5.mp3

06 WHERE'S BRIAN? : from about 9 to 15 years old, i would dress as santa on christmas eve and hand out the gifts that my siblings would give to each other. it used to feel so special for me, as i disappeared as brian and reappeared as santa. the younger kids would be asking "WHERE"S BRIAN?!?! he's going to miss this!"

https://blossom.primal.net/21b8e2f417634c93e27fbb186d2570b1c5f6ba2b693b1be45c456e079b1b7c2f.mp3

07 CHRISTMAS JUST ISN'T : during covid, my housemates and i collaborated and tried our best at writing a christmas song. it ended up being a pretty sad song, but luckily we had some musical ability among us to play the guitar and piano. they performed it drunkenly at one of our legendary christmas parties. i always felt like the song lacked the right structure, so this is my remix. i rewrote most of it but kept the same ideas, and kept the main chorus line that we all loved. i feel like it turned out even sadder, somehow.

https://blossom.primal.net/6adb7758ddea070c026d80b01a841517d031a230991e35d585b81e73f69de282.mp3

08 MOST MAGICAL TIME OF THE YEAR: i couldn't end this short album on a sad song... and i wanted one that sounded like a christmas classic... so here we are!

https://blossom.primal.net/5abbc3945fbf1ac3c7dfd02d40eb431df9feaaf19d1f8854437bcf87addb118d.mp3

i have 4 other christmas songs that i am currently working on. but when i found myself singing the hooks on a few of these songs to myself non-stop, i realized i spent way too many hours on this and needed a break!

anyway, hope you enjoy.

#briantries #create

See if the fanfares folks can help #nevent1q…x4gz

2025-11-26T22:00:58Z

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See if the fanfares folks can help

quoting
nevent1q…x4gz
I think we’ve created the simplest, most powerful use-case for Bitcoin and Nostr so far.

A decentralised publishing model where:

⚡ Authors upload their audiobooks in minutes
⚡ Readers unlock them instantly with Lightning
⚡ Curators earn sats for sharing great content
⚡ No platforms, no subscriptions, no accounts
⚡ No censorship, no gatekeepers, no middlemen
⚡ Everyone owns what they create — and what they buy

It’s called Fanfares.

One link. One click. Instant sats.
A sovereign publishing economy.

If this works even once, it will work for everyone:
→ Audiobook authors
→ Podcasters
→ Video creators
→ Indie game devs
→ Every independent creator on earth

This is how Bitcoin and Nostr go mainstream —
not through ideology, but through utility.

We’re bringing publishing, payments, and discovery back to humans.

The future of media is sovereign.
And it has began.

Find out more 👉 https://api.fanfares.live/s/axRQkZ

Nostr event nevent1qqs9llwxw8ps79czesehuywtc7agh6h72wyn4ahvsrl4z8dsnlsavpszyz24gvcfdl9zy0ef4h749gxzmcr683fwk6q0ndxeadkydkged32quxdzj5p

2025-11-26T21:38:11Z

Answering from yakihonne cause they kinda do that proxy thing as native is a stretch, homie Maikel (npub1l3d…0jfd), the gif in this note was just done like that, which is they grab the gif url from the andro gif kb (shared to yakihonne) and upload the gif to the media server you chose in the client without additional blah blah from your part and the link already pastes itself in a fresh note (all in one go), as for replies just copy the pasted link there but its a bother.

quoting
nevent1q…j5p8
is there ONE actual client that allows to natively put GIFs using the typical GIF section of any modern android keyboard?

#asknostr

Ah nostria.app is going somewhere if it improves the mobile ux ...

2025-11-26T11:56:59Z

Ah nostria.app is going somewhere if it improves the mobile ux 🔥 Maybe the first one with badges editor in the actual client. Also:

quoting nevent1q…3vvc
“The essence of government is violence and fraud. If it were not so, it would not be government.” - Lysander Spooner

Nostr event nevent1qqs8kw2g5r3znmuztgtzdpqk6qny3jpzqlanq7a3j385fq3yz7ug5yqzyz24gvcfdl9zy0ef4h749gxzmcr683fwk6q0ndxeadkydkged32quyzfydd

2025-11-25T23:22:35Z

https://pollerama.fun/respond/331200d6421d0fefc22858c12c85801b5d1c7faf37ac83fc2d795199ade123bd

That konda of a day 😌 ...

2025-11-23T13:18:19Z

That konda of a day 😌

Great 🔥, now put that gdg collab in the dad jokes widget when ...

2025-11-23T13:13:47Z

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Great 🔥, now put that gdg collab in the dad jokes widget when you fix it to work 🤣

Are you fucking kidding me, this is nostr, not shitsky, which ...

2025-11-23T12:49:38Z

Are you fucking kidding me, this is nostr, not shitsky, which means decentralized have a meaning here. So even divine andro beta is full, you can upoad from any nostr client that supports that video kind upload, to any blossom that you have there, through any relay they care to support. Haven't tried but amethyst and yakihonne should do as they pay attention to other kinds feeds and not just 1, as long as it is under 6s. Not sure what is happening with the hash but that could be the divine cdn internal thing. In any case it's good to go. https://divine.video/video/0cfbafbfcc2b17f0497e45171c35fadcea20fda102394a0b01b19c5b687667ac

@nprofile…dy3v #nevent1q…w2uw

2025-11-22T09:26:58Z

kohei (nprofile…dy3v)

quoting
nevent1q…w2uw
Meiso

https://zapstore.dev/apps/naddr1qvzqqqr7pvpzp47x6q2txs5ptw3fcj8ngj0y7qrnm7z0ft2cptshx5uqgxn2hd4cqq2x5upwvahkg7ngd9nk2mrvvyhx6etfwdhs3c96nl

From @npub1eaz…rcgz: ...

2025-11-17T20:17:39Z

From zap.stream (npub1eaz…rcgz):

https://api-core.zap.stream/1846cda1-5f6f-47fe-bc11-6ccd77cfbb3f/hls/live.m3u8

Eh I need filtering of 34236 on the video feed @nprofile…k7fe ...

2025-11-17T17:50:42Z

Eh I need filtering of 34236 on the video feed VitorPamplona (nprofile…k7fe) otherwise the vine stuff get drowned in the other shit when adding the divine relay in the soup.

'activityName': ' Running' ...

2025-11-17T11:30:29Z

'activityName': ' Running' 'startTimeGMT': '2025-11-17 10:52:40' 'distance': 4111.6298828125 'manufacturer': 'GARMIN' 'calories': 216.0

@nprofile…r2v8 @nprofile…renr as well along with the lives ...

2025-11-17T11:13:03Z

Rod (nprofile…r2v8) Shosho – Live Stream on Nostr (nprofile…renr) as well along with the lives for < 6s with 34236 thru divine and openvine relays uploading to blossoms, complying with their events format? rabble (nprofile…62p3) the ui there is already 🔥

Nostr event nevent1qqstgwc8ra9r3y7qw9y37eaqlycldjc8tnz28sjy4h7j24cf04egk5czyz24gvcfdl9zy0ef4h749gxzmcr683fwk6q0ndxeadkydkged32qupuqjur

2025-11-16T19:55:10Z

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Nostr event nevent1qqsv7wrmettta3622k87wld3afwavxd07suq9due42fjv82cymjwumqzyz24gvcfdl9zy0ef4h749gxzmcr683fwk6q0ndxeadkydkged32quhdhjms

2025-11-15T21:15:45Z

divine bin... bin ?!

From @npub1q3s…d26p: ...

2025-11-15T21:14:55Z

From Alex Gleason (npub1q3s…d26p):
https://cdn.divine.video/b56ab88d10ed9d275b2893334f1f32b1578755fe5a862cf7596d18107de953a0.bin

#nevent1q…e7ku

2025-11-15T21:09:40Z

quoting nevent1q…e7ku

Nostr event nevent1qqsdty8za9rw6688y9ark0cu8arajuwnh7nx0akmxzm4vhtve3w0cpgzyz24gvcfdl9zy0ef4h749gxzmcr683fwk6q0ndxeadkydkged32qul33zfn

2025-11-15T19:21:38Z

Listing 📝

Your mind is fine. It's crap.

2025-11-15T17:51:07Z

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Your mind is fine. It's crap.

You intend to do chunking from several? Otherwise option to ...

2025-11-15T13:39:08Z

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You intend to do chunking from several? Otherwise option to choose a blossom server from popular ones to upload to with short description to each one, what they support size/compression, mybe a recommendation to spin your own blossom, for the rest of us who know the drill fetch the 10063 with the blossoms we already chose to upload to in some client (wasn't that what bouquet did), including self-hosted etc.

Yo nostr.blue , I see u 🔥 @npub1pat…9h9a

2025-11-15T13:08:31Z

Yo nostr.blue , I see u 🔥 Patrick (npub1pat…9h9a)

It's on https://nostube.vercel.app/ @npub1klr…7gxc is ...

2025-11-15T13:06:18Z

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It's on https://nostube.vercel.app/
florian (npub1klr…7gxc) is working on it, Florian when uploads there to work? I believe you can upload a video on any nostr client that supports video upload kind and it will show there. You may like to check plebs.app, zap.stream for upload as well.

Nostr event nevent1qqspv64qqp4emy6xejz5rj3d498afpztz4f5vx73n7gf46es5xu3hrqzyz24gvcfdl9zy0ef4h749gxzmcr683fwk6q0ndxeadkydkged32qugh4d5k

2025-11-15T12:51:32Z

From @npub1gv0…wa6q: ...

2025-11-15T12:45:53Z

From 🦄⚡️ (npub1gv0…wa6q):

#nevent1q…p7yj

2025-11-15T12:28:43Z

quoting nevent1q…p7yj
Animated nostube logo

'activityName': ' Running' ...

2025-11-15T10:02:58Z

'activityName': ' Running' 'startTimeGMT': '2025-11-15 09:32:19' 'distance': 4147.89013671875 'manufacturer': 'GARMIN' 'calories': 223.0

'activityName': ' Running' ...

2025-11-13T11:56:37Z

'activityName': ' Running' 'startTimeGMT': '2025-11-13 11:24:58' 'distance': 4069.68994140625 'manufacturer': 'GARMIN' 'calories': 235.0

From @npub1mca…xt8t: ...

2025-11-13T08:51:30Z

From Forest Art (npub1mca…xt8t):

Nostr event nevent1qqsylznjd6pup357pmxecf76eapqzqmfflc3vqlpj3eg8k54ml7fuxszyz24gvcfdl9zy0ef4h749gxzmcr683fwk6q0ndxeadkydkged32qun4xpxp

2025-11-12T19:21:51Z

Alex Gleason (npub1q3s…d26p)

quoting nevent1q…v02w
I have created a Nostr meme chat generator https://nostr-chat-meme.shakespeare.wtf/

(Edit with Shakespeare: https://shakespeare.diy/clone?url=nostr%3A%2F%2Fnpub1q3sle0kvfsehgsuexttt3ugjd8xdklxfwwkh559wxckmzddywnws6cd26p%2Fnostr-chat-meme )

I dog the riffs of this one a lot 🔥

2025-11-12T19:08:21Z

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I dog the riffs of this one a lot 🔥

Nah, was refering fam here. Gave up the op written above time ago ...

2025-11-12T17:35:46Z

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Nah, was refering fam here. Gave up the op written above time ago 🤣

An auto follow pack including Jay in a nostr client for wives is ...

2025-11-12T12:43:03Z

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An auto follow pack including Jay in a nostr client for wives is needed ... asking for a friend 🤣

#nevent1q…yn2t

2025-11-12T12:23:02Z

quoting nevent1q…yn2t

:rock:

2025-11-12T12:20:16Z

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:rock: