The decision was mostly driven by the fact that NIP-44 does specifically state the input has to be a UTF-8 string. The rust-nostr libraries allowed us to encrypt raw bytes but that was technically off-spec and the TypeScript nostr libraries don't allow that.
So instead of making the TypeScript libraries break the spec, we decided to simplify.
JeffG / JeffG
npub1zu…6c2uc
2026-03-05 14:25:08 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…3wdq
Author Public Key
npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2ucPublished at
2026-03-05 14:25:08 UTCEvent JSON
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