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2026-05-16 21:34:25 UTC

semisol on Nostr: people are too busy fighting about whether zaps that cost more to send than their ...

people are too busy fighting about whether zaps that cost more to send than their value are worth it while ignoring the biggest problem with Nostr right now

“allow decrypting everything” must end just like inputting nsecs into every app
I am happy to announce NIP-44 v3: a new encryption standard for Nostr that fixes many of the shortcomings of NIP-44 v2.

This fixes the main problem with encryption today, which is that you cannot allow an application to encrypt/decrypt only some kinds.
This opens up users to risks where applications can exfiltrate private information like DMs, even if you just wanted to allow access to modify your encrypted lists.



It also has some other improvements, such as allowing larger encrypted payloads.

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