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by Max

December 4 2025
Illustration for Proving You Belong Without Saying Who You Are

Proving You Belong Without Saying Who You Are

Zero-knowledge proofs let Nostr users prove they're trusted without revealing their identity, enabling anonymous rate-limiting and reputation-gated relay access.

by Max

November 28 2025
Illustration for Curated Feeds: A Simpler Alternative to DVM Feeds

Curated Feeds: A Simpler Alternative to DVM Feeds

Replace DVM request/response overhead with simple replaceable events. Publishers maintain feed lists, clients just subscribe. No round trips, no privacy leakage

by Max

December 23 2025
Illustration for The Gap Between PIR and Nostr: Open Problems in Private Relay Queries

The Gap Between PIR and Nostr: Open Problems in Private Relay Queries

Can PIR hide Nostr queries from relays? Compound filters and subscriptions don't map to existing schemes. Here are the open problems.

by Max

November 28 2025
Illustration for Private Relay Connections: Zero-Knowledge Solutions for Nostr

Private Relay Connections: Zero-Knowledge Solutions for Nostr

Nostr relays see everything - who connects, what they fetch, how often they post. Zero-knowledge cryptography can fix all three problems: Semaphore-based authentication hides which whitelisted user is connecting, private information retrieval hides which notes you're fetching, and Privacy Pass enables rate limiting without identity linkage.