Nostr-PHP 90-day OpenSats report #1 May - July 2024

Project Updates

In general the most detailed updates can be found here: https://nostrver.se/blog 

Done in the library itself:

• Improved handling of relay responses
• Added a RelaySet class to send a event to multiple relays
• Added the feature to fetch and read events from relays
• Further integration of NIP-01 with message types which can be send to relays
• Merged the following pull requests
  • https://github.com/nostrver-se/nostr-php/pull/55
  • https://github.com/nostrver-se/nostr-php/pull/57
  • https://github.com/nostrver-se/nostr-php/pull/52
• Processed the following issues
  • https://github.com/nostrver-se/nostr-php/issues/58
  • https://njump.me/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzphtxf40yq9jr82xdd8cqtts5szqyx5tcndvaukhsvfmduetr85ceqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqsq3utlvgf6tz88ctexwu8ppgct9dkahmv5esxhmmgphv675get22qmzah0a

Stuff done around the library (and advocating Nostr):

• Code documentation website: https://phpdoc.nostr-php.dev/ (generated with phpdoc based on the docblocks in the library code)
• Migrated the the https://nostrver.se website from a static to a Drupal website. There I'm sharing notes and long-form content around my contributions to Nostr. This includes a weekly report on the stuff I worked on for the Nostr-PHP library. This Drupal website uses the Nostr-PHP for the content crosspost feature, check this note with a demo here: https://njump.me/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqpnrnguxe8qszsshvgkvhn6qjzxy7xsvx03rlrtddr62haj4lrm3qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3camnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwdjkyctnw35hstnnda3kjctv9uqzqj75dy5eps3lgwum7f9p2l8sywy7wuxjr08pyhzyzv9mklylaydgdyll3z 
• Setup a documentation and educational website for the library: https://nostr-php.dev
• Researching runtime solutions with async and concurrency features
• Met Dries Buytaert at Drupaljam (founder and tech lead of Drupal) who wrote this about Nostr on his blog: https://dri.es/nostr-love-at-first-sight. Here is my recap of the event: https://sebastix.nl/blog/photodump-and-highlights-drupaljam-2024/. I know he is following my contribs by RSS.
• Did a short Nostr introduction in a Dutch webinar (skip to 38m00s) - https://keuzevrijbijmij.webinargeek.com/watch/replay/3487925/f29f93e939ffce35ac4593e407d03a9e/

In July I had two weeks off as a summer holidays with the family.

Plans for Next Quarter

• Attend Nostriga conference in Riga in August
• Finish up the NIP-01 integration with different types of relay responses
• Continue research async, do some benchmarking and it to the library
• Writing more documentation for the https://nostr-php.dev website
• Implement NIP-42
• Implement NIP-50
• Implement NIP-19
• Find other PHP devs in the nostrverse and invite them for contributing to and tinkering with the library
• Attend as a crew volunteer for setting up a Nostr booth at Bitcoin Amsterdam 2024 together with the side-event NostrDam

Use of Funds

• Livings costs
• Visited the NostrDam meetup during the Adopting Bitcoin Arnhem conference (3 days in May)
• BitPopArt created a Nostr-PHP logo - see https://nostr-php.dev/assets/nostr-php_hero-splash.png and https://njump.me/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqsa64uxz3ek0kx2mzlhqs0seavay4l06c4xek6a0zup8pmge8c6vqy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq35amnwvaz7tms09exzmtfvshxv6tpw34xze3wvdhk6tcqypr6u8rc0u5rl283e6humaef5uyynfq5cdnsf08wj6h4nlwtuuk4267kz9a 
• Acquisition of the https://nostr-php.dev domain
• Made a t-shirt with the Nostr-PHP logo