giftwraps are a way to encrypt any nostr note to someone completely privately without anyone seeing that you sent it. no metadata leakage!
I just finised first class giftwrap support in #nostrdb! this means damus ios, android, and notedeck will be getting private note support.
here's a nerdy tech demo that shows how it works:
cheers,
jb55
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