2025-12-20T09:22:26Z https://nostr.ae BudaBit https://nostr.ae/npub1p28vhfyx3sf7r6zvch943spvrlggsrv7tgj62pgwa94d3gtx6lyqqkhpp3 https://i.nostr.build/a5QmIFtFId7fF5N6.png https://i.nostr.build/a5QmIFtFId7fF5N6.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgstmsd2ytj967m6z34s892acnx6dt4tx9zmpjsftszzr68aczp8szyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusdf8jzv Join us tomorrow 15:30 UTC for BudaBit demo day! <br/>Apply for a slot to demo whatever you&#39;re up to in Freedom tech or join for the discussion! <br/><br/><a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a> 2026-03-03T16:58:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqvlcaujp66eejrdcv5mlaggy9nkh8l3wh0urrwwlfnn79ussdkfszyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusvr6lgc Present your work next Wednesday (march 4th 1530 utc) !<br/>Apply for a slot in BudaBit Demo Day!<br/><br/><a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a> 2026-03-02T05:37:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8wwkd59cxzml58zy23uavxt5aeqedh32l93ryw9ry2zyqyr0h5kgzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusrxqsup Got a project update?<br/>Exciting ideas or software to demo!<br/>Apply our next demo day!<br/><a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a><br/><br/>#budabitdemoday 2026-02-26T07:59:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf2sr24n3yhnzc2mhd0y7mmd5wukcq9mjsnsf90xr4a287ngycylczyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusxturfq Applications for the 3rd Demo Day are already available!<br/>- Date: march 04 1530 UTC<br/>- Where to apply: <a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a><br/><br/>Why apply or join?<br/>Be part of a high-signal conversation on cutting-edge freedom tech!<br/><br/>Give and receive valuable feedback and connect with like-minded builders!<br/><br/>Let&#39;s go!<br/><br/>#budabitdemoday 2026-02-23T08:46:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8wkzkys6t76nnj49suepqc40me73dh7c0ry7lfcunwk4ktrewkwgzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusgrsm5q Applications for the 3rd Demo Day are already available!<br/>- Date: march 04 1530 UTC<br/>- Where to apply: <a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a><br/><br/>Why apply or join?<br/>Be part of a high-signal conversation on cutting-edge freedom tech!<br/><br/>Give and receive valuable feedback and connect with like-minded builders!<br/><br/>Let&#39;s go!<br/><br/>#budabitdemoday 2026-02-23T08:45:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfjvydcnxmrczl0jx0vpkuq4mwxk4775cuzjgj257achdmna8aj2qzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtus4nppsz Join us in 5 minutes!<br/><a href="https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/BudaBit%20Demo%20Day">https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/BudaBit%20Demo%20Day</a> 2026-02-18T15:25:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswthgt6fkql9jhlt0s9ksnavy4h4ns8gnwucmk9q7ys2r53fxp86gzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusfpdfm7 In reply to <a href='/naddr1qq25c56wgdexcepddfxkyd6wxfr925m0vap97q3qz0lcg9p2v5nzg5fycxq0k56ze6snp42clmrafzqpn5w6u74v5x9qxpqqqp65wrhjggp'>naddr1qq…jggp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Really excited for Hivetalk pay and play for BudaBit!<br/>Wish you all the success! 2026-02-18T09:26:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8y9v7nsctgqtypd75440m844e86563lf6dllkh7r2dj0cl289wfgzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusuc4jkh Come join today&#39;s Demo Day at 15:30 UTC! <br/>Watch, learn and join the discussion after the demos!<br/><br/>call link:<br/><a href="https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/BudaBit%20Demo%20Day">https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/BudaBit%20Demo%20Day</a><br/><br/>Explore the group on <a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a> ! 2026-02-18T09:19:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0cc7dyxpsuekpq02egy4u0ufz8wd2wf5ry8tst2zehnxcdh4ay7gzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtuszmmwmv Apply to BudaBit Demo Day for 15-minute presentation!<br/><br/>Show off your recent work and ideas in Freedom tech!<br/><br/><a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a><br/>nostr:naddr1qvzqqqrukvpzp5zweue6xqa9npf0md5pak95zgsph2za35sentk88jmzdqwk925sqqgnzv3cxvmnxdeexqurvv338yenqvc8xu7xg<br/><br/>#budabitdemoday 2026-02-17T18:48:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxe763966k4nxurf6cmy5jnfx4guc34wlr9vrg20g45j4uc4p8hhczyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtuscj7k3c We still have one slot left in BudaBit DemoDay tomorrow!<br/>Show off your work in 15 minutes, then join the discussion after the 3 demos!<br/><br/>Submit your demo in the group: <a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a><br/><br/>#BudaBitDemoDay 2026-02-17T07:23:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs99nngjwjte4gy504epwc20l924m28579n6sutlskg70e7hg789wgzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusxzstjj #BudaBit is about a couple of months away from becoming a viable daily driver replacing the GitHub + Discord/Slack walled garden.<br/><br/>But there&#39;s more. So much more to it.<br/><br/>We don&#39;t believe in copycat products that merely wrap xyz in freedom tech. We believe that freedom tech enables much more than a closed platform could ever dream of:<br/><br/>- Seamless collaboration over multiple redundant hosting providers: GitHub, Gitlab, Gitea, Grasp...<br/>- Permissionless marketplace of CI providers<br/>- Deeper integration with social aspects like group chat and DMs<br/>- Unbounded extensibility via smart widgets: Kanban, live-streaming, conference calls, AI...<br/><br/>However, all this would drown in chaos without the right constraints. BudaBit uses exclusive relays for tightly-knit communities and will leverage Web of Trust for a personalized view of Nostr.<br/><br/>Community leaders can take risk and responsibility to build sustainable groups with a unique flavor.<br/><br/>Members can be part of high-trust, high-signal places that don&#39;t waste your precious time but inspire you to learn, share, and connect. <br/><br/>Service providers gain portable and verifiable reputation that cannot be rugpulled, and a market free of middle-men.<br/><br/>I can promise that you will find it hard to follow all the action surrounding BudaBit this year.<br/><br/>Let&#39;s go. 2026-02-15T15:23:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqkuvlgtge7ea7h4aapqqmceavg0tlp507tdwqt6jj80gvl49ph9qzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtustmm4ft Delete repos with ease on #BudaBit :<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://video.nostr.build/cbc81c1d1696852981a3e99267f369c05d179d26c54e6fdffce6e3cf11efbdfc.mp4"></video><br/><br/>- Can delete on multiple (non-grasp) remotes<br/>- Deletes all directly associated events: announcement, branch state, issues, etc.<br/>Does NOT delete comments and other second-order events, and events others created.<br/>- Can only delete with admin/owner rights on github/gitlab for safety 2026-02-15T08:55:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyea33nvxjwzpn8ejdpkmquyxm27yahnqkhmda750y7psuq397tgczyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusjrtxhn BudaBit demo day next week!<br/>Show off your ideas and what you&#39;re building!<br/><br/>2 projects already applied!<br/>1 slot left. (Unless you get your application zapped!)<br/><br/>Join the presenters or spectators next Wednesday!<br/><br/>Until then, discover how BudaBit makes it easy to browse, share, and discuss code!<br/><br/><a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a><br/><br/>#budabitdemoday 2026-02-14T19:34:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2cs8capmdyz2599na3vvzr6v56x5wd9mwxvc0w842fjz382nlchszyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusnm8pty #BudaBit Demo Day!<br/>Showcase your awesome work in Freedom tech again!<br/>Date: 02/18 15:30 UTC - 16:30<br/>Apply with your demo:<br/><a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a><br/><br/>BudaBit: Learn. Share. Connect. 2026-02-08T17:21:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqq2u9l4lxve0z467wv2kspm5a89a2vyj7lh30t6nhcuk7mk92u7czyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtus7snn9z Demo Day in a couple of mins join us!<br/><a href="https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/BudaBit">https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/BudaBit</a> Demo Day 2026-01-15T14:58:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2xnaulyhwfgj7qcsjt5hjke0x8lrmp8uw32x2l4zcucq328608fczyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusc8v4pv Join us tomorrow for the first ever BudaBit demo day!<br/>- Starts 3pm utc<br/>- hivetalk link: <a href="https://honey.hivetalk.org/dashboard/event/naddr1qvzqqqrkdypzp5zweue6xqa9npf0md5pak95zgsph2za35sentk88jmzdqwk925sqyv8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtngd9mx2arpd34jummjvuqq5unvwa5nsmmtdcenqsgnxyj">https://honey.hivetalk.org/dashboard/event/naddr1qvzqqqrkdypzp5zweue6xqa9npf0md5pak95zgsph2za35sentk88jmzdqwk925sqyv8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtngd9mx2arpd34jummjvuqq5unvwa5nsmmtdcenqsgnxyj</a><br/><br/>1 hour, 3x20min demos, pure freedom tech:<br/>- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqspp9hkhc9y6lcwesklfmfvs6plzsl0eq0whglvumd2m5hu5ax8anqprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezucmgv95k6cfwd9hxvme0qyt8wumn8ghj7ct4w35zumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuvrcvd5xzapwvdhk6tchx94rw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>TollGate</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…94rw</span>)</a></span> <br/>- #BudaBit community extensions<br/>- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs0q9h5yjj7rvcec77neezcmcquhngkyel88dk24wk5uzazr5re5vqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytngw5hsuganzv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Zappool</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…anzv</span>)</a></span> by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqstryqhtnh5qlze8utuz42gpmdp5th87myyx78w7r5hx5lc0mjexqqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0vf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdshszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7mu92rw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>optout</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…92rw</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>See you there! 2026-01-14T18:21:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxd8mn882hw5064mrflhlxpkd0ag3pe2zfle3kyg67mhg0ehpnnnqzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusq2kwqp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy0p835zlmglq46ms02u7y9ecpn9vll3keenq0us6v0vzczt96qkgpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtc6u07s2'>nevent1q…07s2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Btw You can still apply!<br/>If there are more than 3 applications the most zapped will win the slot!<br/>#pow 2026-01-10T09:18:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy0p835zlmglq46ms02u7y9ecpn9vll3keenq0us6v0vzczt96qkgzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtus9udyzl Take a look at the exciting demo applications for #BudaBit Demo Day!<br/><a href="https://budabit.club/spaces/budabit.nostr1.com/Demo%20Day#2373734363198977">https://budabit.club/spaces/budabit.nostr1.com/Demo%20Day#2373734363198977</a><br/><br/>Meet you guys next Thursday 3pm utc ! 2026-01-10T09:17:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrwp3pj3aj40ngd3c6dthdp84pqfczmfw5pmxpza2usshtqaehnjgzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtus33zncl This is the way!<br/>Join #BudaBit Demo Day next Thursday 15:00 UTC for a cool demo from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqs0q9h5yjj7rvcec77neezcmcquhngkyel88dk24wk5uzazr5re5vqzjx3vh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Zappool</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…x3vh</span>)</a></span> , and witness the zap-powered #Bitaxe revolution!<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqs2c9hmrh9n7gcl80l5jh3nsq6ny686lqpz3z7hkf59gz0m5wzzdeqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtczyzceq96uaaq8ckflzlq42jqwmgdzaelkepph3mhsa9e487r7ukfsqqcyqqqqqqghxalmd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…almd</a></span> </div> ## BudaBit Demo Day application<br/>### Title: Zappool.org<br/><br/>Pitch:<br/>I plan to present Zappool.org, a young project where you can get daily zaps from your Bitaxe homeminer. You just have to enter your npub and Zappool's pool server into the miner, and earnings will be sent to you in the form of daily zaps. Zapping away your mined sats is a cool usecase for a Bitaxe!<br/>I plan to explain the goals of this project, present the idea of a proxy pool, and say a few words about the recently turned on payout-as-zap feature. </blockquote> 2026-01-09T14:24:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszcsupr6p92q0t64qqc7l6vk47r9frujemvh2syuk2l4gf2yzr7gszyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtustxmfcc Builders of Freedom tech!<br/>If you got interesting stuff up your sleeves, don&#39;t be shy!<br/><br/>Apply to #BudaBit Demo day!<br/>Visit <a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a> for details! 2026-01-07T18:31:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsznpxyayu2xaqwjkfv477nuzgwc0s3gxxm4yvldyaalc2xapx0t0qzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusq0mzlf We began the era of AI in 2025 for real. <br/><br/>Yes, a lot of the hype is fake and fiat but just like with the internet, when the dust settles and bubbles pop, it will be obvious to everyone how productive we can become with it.<br/><br/>In the new era however, trust is becoming an issue: the same tool that boosts productivity in good hands can generate slop in another. The result is more of everything, just like with the internet, and filtering noise is going to be the name of the game.<br/><br/>That&#39;s why we need places of high trust. The more open and auditable while remaining curated is the right recipe. This is where builders and creatives will thrive.<br/><br/>#BudaBit adheres to the Nostr standard to achieve the high-trust environment builders need. Open but curated. Inclusive and Exclusive can indeed coexist in this paradigm, and it will work like a charm.<br/><br/>It is a small colony now. It will be an army of freedom tech builders tomorrow.<br/><br/><a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a> 2026-01-06T20:32:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszda4rlvwlvens7f3jsptydmq6p3nvjnk3nz4kmggrrg00rau0fgczyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusl7q9dm Discord promised us ownership of our groups. It is all over their wording like &#34;Create your Server&#34; and such.<br/><br/>The reality?<br/>They run your server and they can shut it down at will. <br/><br/>It turns out that discord controls just about everything from users to data and integrations. It&#39;s the usual closed platform with minimal twists to make it seem like it&#39;s &#34;yours&#34;. The usual fiat mentality of minimum effort short-term, traded for lock-in longterm.<br/><br/>We want better. We want:<br/>1. Open-source<br/>2. Easy-to-run<br/>3. Portability guarantees: standardized data formats signed with sovereign identites. In one word: Nostr<br/><br/>#BudaBit does not compromise on the freedom aspect. It is the harder path, so why bother?<br/>Because the future is freedom tech and open-source, and don&#39;t answer to fiat VCs.<br/><br/>Come build your future with BudaBit!<br/><br/><a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a> 2026-01-04T07:46:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9n39fgwh05nzc8w8vrhjw8nrqd7575jzfqrdmcq9dd4gwnjghqwczyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtuspgheqg The idea: web extensions / plugin systems for high flexibilty, Nostr #WoT to improve confidence in plugin security:<br/>Come and watch the exciting plans for BudaBit, where builders share their innovations and can be contributors to the community at the same time!<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/nevent1qqsyf5uy7x35ktzpqzzk39aky4rlvmnexqmjrdtmx30gmyuraqkl3fcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsvmm558ja3n3g6hpr6vm2awaph825lv0fgwfrtkkdssfl6te3hgqqrqsqqqqqp43ql5l" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">nevent1q…ql5l</a></span><br/> </div> ## BudaBit Demo Day application<br/>### Title: Collaboration as a protocol: Smart Widgets and Flotilla-BudaBit<br/><br/>Pitch:<br/>At Budabit Demo Day I propose to show the new extension system for Flotilla-Budabit - a big step toward making it a real, decentralized alternative to Slack and Discord. Instead of shipping a bloated “everything app,” Flotilla-Budabit will let users pick and choose exactly what they need via sandboxed, policy-enforced extensions discovered over Nostr. Based on YakiHonne's Smart Widgets, Integrations are portable, composable, and published as Nostr events, so they don’t just work in Flotilla-Budabit - they can interoperate across clients. Think huddles, kanban boards, wikis, bots, and workflows, all without platform lock-in, accounts, or permission begging. Collaboration as a protocol, not a product. </blockquote><br/>#BudaBitDemoDay 2026-01-04T05:24:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst6swjxklhtn3fggenvfxvy7lngq0z066fvdq7nqdntnndmh7ppcczyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusc39h6z BudaBit brings community-driven FOSS development to a whole new level, while GitHub is busy getting enshittified:<br/><a href="https://youtu.be/xTSar1SEmIU">https://youtu.be/xTSar1SEmIU</a><br/><br/>They essentially want to seek rent from self-hosted CI-s, via their platform lock-in. It was always going to end up like this when you set a system up for capture.<br/><br/>We need to gradually deplatform ourselves away from capture, towards more freedom.<br/>We will not wait until we are rugged again and again, just because another new shiny platform is making another empty promise.<br/><br/>We want well-designed protocols and systems with cryptographic guarantees.<br/>This is what #BudaBit is about:<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/naddr1qq24qcn5g92ywnt0fsmy5jzgd3knz7j0vf55zqgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctczyrgyanen5vp6txzjlkmgrmvtgy3qrw59mrfpnxhvw09ky6qav24fqqcyqqq823chtfvvz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">naddr1qq…fvvz</a></span> </div> <p>Open-source software is becoming increasingly critical to our civilization: projects like GNU, Linux, Bitcoin, and many others are becoming absolutely essential to our flourishing and freedom in the digital age. Yet, the tools for open-source collaboration as a community effort fall short in so many ways: code collaboration and social interactions are fragmented across isolated platforms waiting to be rugpulled in one way or another.</p> <p>Discovery, coordination, and discussion mostly happen on GitHub, Discord and a handful of other corporate solutions. They own our accounts and discourse: we have no real way to protect our projects from them. They created a false sense of safety, and we traded most of our freedom for convenience.</p> <p>Current more freedom-oriented solutions do not solve the problem of capture either: Mastodon has shown us that server operators with absolute power are not the answer. Even if the dictator of the self-hosted server is benevolent, conflicts are inevitable. Others like Matrix and Bluesky are too complex to operate, so they do not provide a practical means of exit either.</p> <p>We need to lay new foundations for communities around open-source software. Self-owned, easy to operate, and leader-accountability baked-in from the start. This is <a href="https://budabit.club">BudaBit</a> in a nutshell.</p> <h2 id="open-source-development-not-just-code-but-a-community-effort-2">Open-source development: not just code but a community effort</h2> <p>Outsiders might think of open-source software development as just nerds hacking on code. In reality, this is about 10% of the whole picture: like any software project, open-source needs all sorts of support: funding, testing/feedback, coordination around events, marketing and spreading the word... the list goes on.</p> <p>Serious developers realize the need for social coordination but in practice the different aspects of open-source software development are heavily fragmented. It exists on a myriad of platforms and apps, using <strong>incompatible and unverifiable data</strong>. The rise of sovereign digital identity protocols gives communities the opportunity to jump sinking ships and build lasting relationships.</p> <p>Nostr is the protocol that can make this shift happen. It provides sovereign cryptographic identities, is agnostic about data storage (a Nostr event is meaningful and verifiable on its own without any servers), and has open standards for any content type imaginable. This makes Nostr the firm foundation open-source needs.</p> <h2 id="pragmatic-decentralization-how-budabit-works-2">Pragmatic decentralization: How BudaBit works</h2> <h3 id="leadership-with-accountability-2">Leadership with accountability</h3> <p>Some community solutions disregard freedom entirely: they’re designed to lock people in and inevitably become enshittified. Others try to decentralize without a practical approach to user experience. If the average user cannot easily fork the community, it is bound to repeat the mistakes of the Fediverse, Matrix, Secure Scuttlebutt or Bluesky.</p> <p>Therefore, BudaBit uses a moderated Nostr relay as the basis of a community: One central relay that anyone can back up means: - Consistency of community data - A way for contributors to step up as community leaders - <strong>An easy way to migrate or fork the community by any member</strong></p> <p>This creates a usable group with high signal, and keeps its leaders accountable. They have less incentive to kick people out and more incentive to solve conflicts. Nevertheless, if some people want to go the other way, they can trivially do so by downloading the Nostr events and uploading them on another relay. Relays do not have critical functionality tied to them but are mere repositories of events. They matter for good UX, but cannot lock users in. This is secession made simple.</p> <p>Reputation of members in BudaBit accumulates and cannot be easily erased, but the real people behind them can freely create any number of Nostr identities. An identity reboot can happen with the trade-off that it starts with a clean slate of reputation and might be less trusted initially. However, communities can quickly recover from a leaked or stolen identity in practice if some members vouch for each other or by using off-protocol methods. The absence of protocol-level key rotation is another design aspect Nostr got right: resist complexity, and let <a href="https://github.com/FROSTR-ORG/">people figure out the rest</a>.</p> <h3 id="use-platforms-where-it-makes-sense-avoid-where-it-doesn-t-2">Use platforms where it makes sense, avoid where it doesn&#39;t</h3> <p>BudaBit is not a drop-in replacement for GitHub, GitLab or such. However, it deeply integrates code collaboration from any of these, <strong>while making them redundant utilities for open-source projects</strong>.</p> <p>Code can still be hosted on popular platforms so projects make use of the convenience they provide, while drawing a clear boundary around social features they want to keep separate. Issues, discussions and the PR workflow must be protected by Nostr events. Code, CI/CD (like GitHub actions), and file hosting (such as releases) can either remain on platforms or be gradually migrated to an even more sovereign setup, like <a href="https://ngit.dev/grasp/">Grasp</a> servers with Nostr-native Git server authentication.</p> <p>Freedom tech tools are getting better for heavier tasks by the day but first movers have to endure an unpolished experience while the tech is maturing. BudaBit wants to provide a straightforward complementary experience requiring minimal changes to the usual workflows but delivering maximum impact on control and peace of mind. This is laying the groundwork for further steps toward freedom later on.</p> <h3 id="ecosystem-over-platform-bloat-2">Ecosystem over platform bloat</h3> <p>BudaBit wants to offer a good community experience with git-centric workflows but not more. We strive to build software that is extensible via the Nostr protocol, similar to how WordPress has done it with blogs in the past. With Nostr, however, we have stronger cryptographic guarantees instead of loose conventions, and a vast number of use-cases instead of an inherently limited reach (e.g. only blogs and very basic websites for WordPress).</p> <p>Nostr apps find niches and interoperate while platforms bloat. GitHub users understand what I am talking about: a mishmash of features that try to do everything at once. Users cannot draw clear boundaries and extend or modify features because GitHub is not open-source software and it is not trying to adhere to open-source values. It merely wants to <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/sponsors/sponsoring-open-source-contributors/about-sponsorships-fees-and-taxes#sponsorship-fees">leech off of open-source</a>. In contrast, BudaBit is <a href="https://github.com/Pleb5/flotilla-budabit">fully open-source</a> and embraces cypherpunk values while meeting projects where they currently are.</p> <p>BudaBit uses standard Nostr events for content types and <a href="https://nostrhub.io/34/">NIP34</a> for git-related operations. In fact, <a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a> is just a static website <a href="https://github.com/Pleb5/flotilla-budabit">easily deployable</a> on a cheap web server. Moreover, running or <a href="https://relay.tools/">renting</a> a Nostr relay is considered quite simple already. This means that you can launch your own BudaBit community today, and we will make that even simpler in the future. Existing communities are compatible with each other, and thanks to Nostr the data speaks for itself, so the only thing required is to keep a copy of it somewhere.</p> <h2 id="current-status-and-future-plans-2">Current status and future plans</h2> <p><a href="https://budabit.club">BudaBit</a> is focusing on delivering a stable experience for basic social interactions and code collaboration: - Chat rooms - Forum-like threads - Event calendar - Direct messages - Create and fork repos using GitHub, GitLab or Gitea - Track and browse repos announced on Nostr - Issues and Comments on Nostr - A basic PR flow that handles patches posted with <a href="https://gitworkshop.dev/">ngit</a> - Share git-related data anywhere</p> <p>Expect some rough edges, with quick stability improvements on the basics. The future of BudaBit communities holds even simpler hosting, easy migration, and exciting innovations only possible on Nostr: - One-click migration from popular platforms for repo metadata, issues, and discussions - One-click deployment of all important components of the community - Full <a href="https://ngit.dev/grasp/">Grasp</a> compatibility - Seamless PR workflow across all hosting providers, thus making <a href="https://gitworkshop.dev/">ngit</a> optional - CI/CD as a marketplace on Nostr for sats: generate income or help your cause by running CI jobs on your machine or phone - A Nostr-wide marketplace of extensions (<a href="https://nostr-nips.com/nip-89">NIP89</a>) for extra features in BudaBit such as community calls, streams and job listings</p> <p>BudaBit is here for the adventurers to start their own colonies on the new continent of digital freedom, unlocked by Nostr and Bitcoin. <a href="https://budabit.club">Try it today in beta</a>, or <a href="https://github.com/Pleb5/flotilla-budabit">take a glance</a> at how the magic is made! We need feedback from open-source contributors, community leaders around OSS, and everyone trying to help open-source projects succeed.</p> </blockquote> 2026-01-03T06:50:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfc4rz4kj8tx25ssungc84ryvyr5kvpsptmnfra5f00uf6e09mlegzyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtushyhx9q If you want to make a New Year&#39;s commitment that serves you well:<br/><br/>Build and ship more often.<br/><br/>We created BudaBit Demo Day so builders can commit to ship regularly and more importantly, **to receive regular feedback** .<br/><br/>Just a couple more pair of fresh eyes to get out of that sticky rut that holds us back. A deadline we can always use to not quit. To discover new ways. To connect with the cypherpunk hivemind.<br/><br/>&#34;By Endurance we conquer&#34; - a principle BudaBit took to heart from #SEC and takes to the virtual realm to spread far and wide. 2026-01-01T12:16:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs09swlu6sfn98ur2m05n3x7jrc6nu9rzs8n3rr6g043cdnc6ravdczyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtuswq4dw7 The folks at <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qqspp9hkhc9y6lcwesklfmfvs6plzsl0eq0whglvumd2m5hu5ax8anqprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezucmgv95k6cfwd9hxvme0qyt8wumn8ghj7ct4w35zumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuvrcvd5xzapwvdhk6tchx94rw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>TollGate</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…94rw</span>)</a></span> are innovating non-stop!<br/>They already signed up for #BudaBitDemoDay !<br/>Come check it out on <a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a> !<br/>Got your own project? Apply today! 2025-12-30T12:36:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz3hhaut02za8z7jcx5kjlyskhzxd5p6cne9zfqf7gfms473yefqczyq9gajays6xp8c0gfnzukkxq9s0apzqdnedztfg9pm5k4k9pvmtusurkhts We are improving #BudaBit non-stop, to be the go-to place for builders in freedom tech who want to learn, share, collaborate and discuss technical topics.<br/><br/>It has social features like threads, chat rooms and calendar, as well as a code collab part that can work with any git-hosting platform and will allow **a seamless PR workflow no matter where you host your code.**<br/><br/>And the best part? It&#39;s powered by nostr. All data, be it social or git-related is verifiable anywhere by anyone. It is open-source and highly extensible as a nostr app should be.<br/><br/>We call this model &#34;Community driven development&#34;. <br/>It is best suited NOT for closed corporations but for people who think they thrive building in the open.<br/><br/>Check out our latest event series on <a href="https://budabit.club">https://budabit.club</a> where we want builders to showcase their work for more visibility and an excellent learning experience for the presenters! 2025-12-28T09:15:37Z