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Nostr empowered Drupal initiative

Most content is always centralised. When content is published on a Drupal powered platform, it usually only exists on that website (or websites in case of a multisite). Let's use Nostr as a tool to distribute it in an open and permissionless ecosystem.

Week 26 updates

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Nyves

Here are some updates about things I've done in week 26.

Updates from week 23, 24 and 25

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Week 23, 24 and 25 update

I missed out quite some weekly updatess, so hey ho! Here are the updates from week 23, 24, 25! Let's go!

Week 22 updates

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daisyUI

Here are my updates from week 22.

Nostr-PHP progress report #3 March & April 2025

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OpenSats

This is my OpenSats progress report number 3 covering the months March and April 2025 while I paused the grant during December '24, January '25 and February '25.

Week 21 updates

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1.8.0 release

What are the Nostr things I've done in week 21?

Updates from last 4 weeks

I had such a busy time I haven't found any time to write down the Nostr things I worked on every week since week 16. So it's time to catch up and highlight the Nostr stuff I've worked on.

Week 14 + 15 updates

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Nostr-PHP release 1.7.0

NIP-19 is finally there in the Nostr-PHP library.

Week 12 + 13 updates: NIP-19 in Nostr-PHP

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NIP-19

I don't have much to share, because I'm basicly working on the NIP-19 integration in the Nostr-PHP library. You can read why it's taking quite some time to finish it up as I started to work on this back in October '24.

Week 11 updates

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Nostr-PHP logo

Back at it, trying to find some flow on the things that are waiting to be implemented.

FOSDEM & Nostr-PHP updates from week 5 and 6

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FOSDEM stand

What started as an idea during Bitcoin 2024 Amsterdam, we accomplished it on February 1 & 2: be there with Nostr at FOSDEM! FOSDEM is one of the worlds biggest conferences for free and open-source minded people & communities held since 2000 in Brussels (Belgium).

Week 48 + 49 updates

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Nostr stand at FOSDEM

2025 already started and I'm behind sharing weekly updates around the Nostr stuff.

Nostr-PHP helper library 90-day OpenSats report #2

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OpenSats

As a OpenSats grantee every quarter I need to report what I've done regarding to my grant application. This is my second 90-day report (Augustus - October 2024) for the work I've done for the Nostr-PHP helper library.

Week 47 updates

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PHP 8.4

While a new version of PHP is released (8.4) the latest version of 8.2 and 8.3 introduced a bug which leads to errors for signing en verifying events in the library.

Week 45+46 updates

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stats

Summary of Nostr stuff I worked on in these two weeks.

Your personal graph

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Personal graph

In the previous article, "Personal data are outlawed" it was described how everyone, in theory, has a personal graph. This graph can be built up from existing graphs such as the link, social, and interest graph.

Personal data are outlawed

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prison

In a previous article, "We're Giving Everything Away," it was described how each of us is a product within various social media services. We trade our digital identity for the free use of these services. We pay, as it were, with a piece of our privacy. In itself, this principle is not necessarily a problem. However, it often remains unclear what exactly happens with our data.

We're giving away everything

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Leaked data

Personal information belongs to you, not to Facebook, Google, Hyves, or other social media platforms. Yet, we've been giving it away to them for years, without fully realizing the potential indirect consequences that may arise in the future. In my opinion, there are still many people who don't fully understand that they can use these social media platforms for free, but at a cost.

Week 44 updates

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Nostr stats 2024

1 year later, why Nostr still resonates and NIP-19 struggles with encoding TLV

1 year later, why Nostr still resonates

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Nostriga

After 1 year deciding to do more with Nostr, my love for the protocol has grown significant. It's not only the protocol, but also being part of an ideology-driven movement is something that really hits a sensitive chord.

Week 43 updates

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FOSDEM 2025

FOSDEM 2025, NIP-42 and NIP-19, transpher

A Nostr stand submission for FOSDEM 2025

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FOSDEM 2025

FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. With a group of volunteers we would like to attend the event with a stand / booth. In this article you can read our submission for a Nostr stand.

Week 40 + 41 updates

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Nostr booth crew

Week 40: PHP async concurrent websocket requests
Week 41: Nostrdam and the Nostr booth @ Bitcoin Amsterdam 2024

Week 39 updates

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Nostrdam

Weekly updates for week number 39.

Week 38 updates

Some work in progress updates of this week.

Week 37 updates

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Botstix note

Working out the code for doing async PHP requests with a WebSocket connection and the famous Http/Guzzle client.

Week 35 & 36 updates

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Nostr ad

A lot of Nostr side-projects are on my plate as we're gearing up for setting up a next-level Nostr Booth at Bitcoin Amsterdam. For Nostr-PHP I finally started to work out a proof-of-concept doing async concurrent requests.

Week 33 updates for Nostr-PHP

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Nostr PHP vibes

I picked up the work from kriptonix he has done a couple of weeks ago for setting a structure of handling relay responses.

Week 29, 30 & 31 updates for Nostr-PHP

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Kroondomein Het Loo

As I'm enjoying my summer holiday with my family I haven't worked on Nostr-PHP. I will be back on the 5th of August (week 32).

Week 28 updates Nostr-PHP

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Nostr apps

Weekly update for the work I've done. I also gave an intro on Nostr at a webinar and made quite some progress on the Drupal contrib modules which I also use on this website to crosspost this content.

Week 27 updates Nostr-PHP

List with updates from week 27 for Nostr-PHP and other Nostr Stuff