Nostr notes by Arjen

FAMILY MULTIPLAYER! 🔥 Having too much fun building Myco for ...

2026-10-14T20:41:02Z

FAMILY MULTIPLAYER! 🔥

Having too much fun building Myco for Android tv 😂

Myco v0.11.0 - FIPS over USB 🔥 - NAP-RESOURCE https support - ...

2026-10-14T11:43:32Z

Myco v0.11.0

- FIPS over USB 🔥
- NAP-RESOURCE https support
- App icons, screenshots (new napplet spec)

https://zapstore.dev/apps/app.myco

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2026-10-13T23:49:58Z

Garmin Inreach 66i

2026-10-13T23:25:19Z

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Garmin Inreach 66i

Cc @npub1a6c…lfrr This. But for event tickets... Seems like a ...

2026-10-13T17:13:24Z

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Cc OpenMike (npub1a6c…lfrr) This. But for event tickets... Seems like a decent system

The nostalgia is real, I think Nyves has a good shot of gathering ...

2026-10-12T19:37:23Z

The nostalgia is real,

I think Nyves has a good shot of gathering the attention of Dutch people. National newspapers jumping on the recent relaunch I think demonstrate that it's still very much alive in people's minds.

Very similar effects as Divine, even if Nyves doesn't succeed I think the attention to the protocol will be good.

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nevent1q…20ss
7.8 million profiles for Nyves.nl (npub1nyv…9nc9) now 🚀

nevent1q…08xh

Yeah, bad compression support...

2026-10-09T13:52:16Z

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Yeah, bad compression support...

Zaza has the gift of being able to make you experience & FEEL ...

2026-10-09T13:51:19Z

Zaza has the gift of being able to make you experience & FEEL software the way it ought to be. Pay attention to his work...

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GM

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2026-10-09T12:22:58Z

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2026-10-08T21:27:45Z

🫠

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Nerdsniping myself into building FIPS over USB....

Help.

What you gunna make?

2026-10-08T20:04:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…jtuq
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What you gunna make?

The focus now is indeed on interoperable transports, AWDL would ...

2026-10-07T17:53:45Z

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The focus now is indeed on interoperable transports, AWDL would be an optimisation for Mac. I haven't looked into that yet.

So yes, Bluetooth will be compatible between MacOS, Android and Linux :)

Good! We're working on some fundamentals like multiple paths ...

2026-10-07T17:41:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…sksm
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Good! We're working on some fundamentals like multiple paths (transports) between 2 peers, which takes a while to get right. But the experimental version works quite well already. (I ship Myco with that version because mobile lends itself to multi-path)

And lots of background work on a proper v2 spec that will help the FIPS mesh scale better.

Also small things around integration:
- Dynamic interface binding (makes stuff like ethernet dongles work well)
- MacOS Bluetooth
- And all the bugfixes that make it generally more reliable

mood #nevent1q…tj8c

2026-10-07T14:36:59Z

mood

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2026-10-07T00:17:48Z

Doodle Duo: we scored 417 🐸

◀ left button — Arjen (npub1hw6…65gr)
▶ right button — Myco Guest 32013 (npub193s…q5m5)

Two phones, one doodler, no internet.
Beat us! Get Myco: https://zapstore.dev/apps/app.myco

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2026-10-06T15:25:12Z

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We just scored 544 in Doodle Duo 🐸 I was the ◀ left button, ...

2026-10-04T16:01:56Z

We just scored 544 in Doodle Duo 🐸 I was the ◀ left button, Myco Guest 12546 (npub1gyu…d444) was right ▶. Two phones, one doodler, no internet.

Beat us! Get Myco and try: https://zapstore.dev/apps/app.myco

Yes each app comes bundled with FIPS, a relay and a Blossom ...

2026-10-01T11:21:11Z

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Yes each app comes bundled with FIPS, a relay and a Blossom server.
Connecting with people (IRL) allows connecting to each others relay/blossom over the mesh.

publishing using mesh pushes the message 3 (human) hops. and nostr subscriptions go out 2 hops. So you can reach 5 devices away (if the 5th is interested in your data).

Can you tell me what phone model and Android version, and ZapStore version you're using?

GM #nevent1q…l8kt

2026-10-01T11:14:11Z

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Myco V0.9.0 released

Walkthrough video

Shown:
- feed napplet, first uncached load, after that will be instant.
- (mesh) incident management system (2 napplets)
- SeedHammer 3D viewer (thanks snicktoshi🥩 (npub1zj0…y9th), great napplet to test the runtime with :))
- (mesh) Bitchat

In V0.9.0
- More default apps to get you started. (feed & profile viewer)
- Every note and blossom file you view gets cached, other napplets get the same data instantly
- Added NAP-INTENT so napplets can open other napplets
- Created NAP-LOCAL (experimental) to let napplets explicitly keep events for longer.
- Massive speed improvements relays

Get the app: https://zapstore.dev/apps/app.myco

CC @npub1der…xzpc @npub1uac…99rx @npub1ye5…knpr ...

2026-10-01T03:00:50Z

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CC Gigi (npub1der…xzpc) sandwich (npub1uac…99rx) hzrd149 (npub1ye5…knpr) Max (npub1klk…x3vt)

Juraj (npub1m2m…r8p9) The mesh ones are basically the idea I shared with you in Prague :)

Myco V0.9.0 released Walkthrough video ...

2026-10-01T02:57:38Z

Myco V0.9.0 released

Walkthrough video

Shown:
- feed napplet, first uncached load, after that will be instant.
- (mesh) incident management system (2 napplets)
- SeedHammer 3D viewer (thanks snicktoshi🥩 (npub1zj0…y9th), great napplet to test the runtime with :))
- (mesh) Bitchat

In V0.9.0
- More default apps to get you started. (feed & profile viewer)
- Every note and blossom file you view gets cached, other napplets get the same data instantly
- Added NAP-INTENT so napplets can open other napplets
- Created NAP-LOCAL (experimental) to let napplets explicitly keep events for longer.
- Massive speed improvements relays

Get the app: https://zapstore.dev/apps/app.myco

Awesome, in case you're interested in making your own ...

2026-09-28T16:02:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…eq22
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Awesome, in case you're interested in making your own nappets: It should be very easy to vibe-code one. Just point an agent at napplet.run and the myco code and it should be able to figure out how to use it.

🍄‍🟫 Myco V0.8.0 - (Amber) account support for napplets - ...

2026-09-27T01:04:07Z

🍄‍🟫 Myco V0.8.0 - (Amber) account support for napplets

- Login with your own npub (Amber)
- An app store to discover napplets
- Mesh integrated (download apps from your peers)
- Bugfixezz

https://github.com/Origami74/myco/blob/main/RELEASE-NOTES.md

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wp6lXnChWBq4tkO8qoiFP *Pulls ...

2026-09-20T02:18:48Z

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wp6lXnChWBq4tkO8qoiFP

*Pulls up Notepad*

"Welcome to my turori [backspace 5x] tutorial"

I believe too many nostr clients are applying old paradigms to ...

2026-09-18T12:34:57Z

I believe too many nostr clients are applying old paradigms to new primitives. We don't have to do that.

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naddr1qv…fjq7

When the internet goes down, a lot goes down with it. All communication grinds to a halt. And communication entails more than WhatsApp, TikTok and other brainrot-catalyst apps. It is about getting in the new order for tomorrow's groceries that will await you fresh 'n green. It's about getting the truck-driver at the right loading-dock to pick up that load, and give him the right delivery address. It's his navigation to even get there. It's the Fuel-pump payment terminal to get him the gas to do it. And (nowadays), it's your good night's sleep.

F*cked would be an understatement to say the least. Now imagine that when the internet goes down, we simply...

...wouldn't care?

What if we can live in a way where we wouldn't even notice that the internet is down. That's what I want to talk about with you today.

The first two pillars

I want you to think about the physical location of data. Now what does that mean? I mean the physical location where a copy of data exists.

On the normal internet, this data is in a central data centre somewhere far away. When you visit a site, you pick up that data, it gets displayed on your browser, and discarded when you close the page.

This is a very wasteful and fragile model. If you visit the same page, and try to find the same information again, the whole circus starts all over, to once again throw away the data at the end. This means that you're incredibly dependent on all parts remaining accessible. Which we know isn't always the case.

Compare this to processes in nature, like a tree that gathers nutrients. A tree doesn't send out something to go to the roots and pick up a nutrient, go back, and deliver the nutrient. Go out and fetch, go out and fetch, and so on... Instead, a tree has liquids that flow up and bring along nutrients as they are needed, after which it travels down with products like sugars that go back into the soil. It's a continuous flow, with no start and no end.

This is exactly the model that's possible with Nostr and Blossom. Because the data integrity can be validated from the data itself, the data can flow freely. And since it's data, these flows can be filtered and duplicated at any point.

If that sounds a bit woowoo, let me give you an example: I go to a friend's profile on a Nostr social app and I load their posts, including the images, which are Blossom files. At that very moment I tap into an existing flow of data somewhere on a far-away relay & blossom server and filter it to my liking. But unlike the go-and-fetch model, the data is now physically replicated on my device. This means that the connection to that far-away relay is never again needed for this same information to propagate.

Let me repeat that: After receiving data from a far-away relay, that same connection is NEVER AGAIN needed for the same information to propagate.

Now that this data exists in my local community, ANYONE in need of this information can retrieve it from me rather than the far-away place.

THIS is what makes Nostr + Blossom so incredibly potent. Though few seem to realize it.

The monetary pillars

Because Nostr/Blossom are free of any interpretation of the data, we can transport anything with the model described above. AKA: relays don't care if it's a social media post or some event that makes a doorbell ring.

So, for example, this model can be used for propagating websites with nsite as well. Now anyone in my community can view a website that I've already collected from the other side of the world once.

I want to sketch a scenario here:

Let's say the internet is down and this (nsite) website happens to be a webshop for a local bakery. I've visited the webshop before, and just by doing that this data has already been propagated to my devices.

This means that anyone in my community can get this data from me, rather than from that connection to far away that's now unavailable. My neighbour who's a carpenter now loads the site and products by getting it from me, selects what he needs and goes to check-out.

Now we're stuck with a problem, because we can't pay without an internet connection. Except... we actually can. With Bitcoin Cashu mints. And not with fancy token-locking, but because our community has its own Cashu mint that continues to be accessible within the bounds of our local network.

Yes, we can't make bitcoin payments OUTSIDE our community as the internet went down, but we can definitely keep circulating the value that is already present within the community. Which accounts for MOST economic activity that we need to survive.

My neighbour can order his bread for later pick-up. I can pay him for that job he did for me the other day from the sats I have of this local mint.

Then, whenever the wider internet returns, we all pay in/out of the mint as we desire. I might top-up because I net spent and the bakery might cash out over lightning to pay their supplier for next week's flour.

Foundation for propagation

But, one huge problem remains... The internet's architecture doesn't support this organic flow of information. It is structured in a way that is too rigid to support a flow so organic, between parts that move around in physical space. The foundations are rattling and about to crumble...

It's not strange that it evolved this way, the great minds behind TCP/IP and adjacent protocols couldn't have designed for this world of flowing, self-validating data, as the tools we have at our disposal now simply didn't exist yet.

But we can't keep using a hammer now that we have screws. The tools may look similar and have similar goals. Yet, they're fundamentally different.

Many projects have come and gone that tried to create this new foundation, but never seemed to put all the parts in at once. Focussing on the reinforced concrete, but built on unstable ground. Or put in the pile foundation, but neglect the reinforced concrete. All these genuinely want to build a beautiful structure, but you need to get the touch-points between earth, foundation and structure exactly right.

In internet-land that means that we can't throw away 4+ decades of TCP/IP libraries for a new protocol. We have to be 100% compatible with the existing IP stack. You can't build a protocol and rebuild everything from the ping application up to Minecraft.

At the same time, we can't build on top of IP itself either, inheriting all its limitations. But, we won't get anywhere without fully supporting it either. It's a fine line and hard to get right, but I think FIPS has a good shot at making it work.

The harmonious hand-off

The key is in the touch points on top, where applications interface with the networking stack. And the earth, where the networking stack interfaces with the physical world.

Structure & foundation

This is the intersection where the pillars rest on their foundation. We can't require the whole structure to be designed around the foundation, it should just expect a sturdy footing.

Cashu mints, Nostr relays and Blossom servers currently rely on DNS as their de-facto identity, it's not truly theirs. An npub is. However, the system already exists, current tools expect a domain name. FIPS won't fight this fact, but interoperates with it. Npubs as domain names cover this gap, owning their identity, zero code changes.

Not forever, but as an in-road, possibly for decades, but it must be in place to invite the transition to Free Internetworking.

Foundation & Earth

The foundation & earth connection is the interface between FIPS and physical transport, which can be any medium and should be many of them at once. A good spider-web is attached at many places, a leaf, a piece of bark and a branch. Any of which can fail for its own reasons, amounting to a mere nuisance when it happens. No catastrophic failures like an interrupted network today.

In practical terms this means a network where fiber, Bluetooth and Serial all become your carriers, regardless of the application, or type of data. No application should be bothered with how Bluetooth transport works. And no Bluetooth transport implementation should care what application is using its link.

In closing

We're in a huge paradigm shift of data propagation, in a way we've never done, on a scale we've never seen. And with that scale I mean a scale so small that we tend to overlook it. A resilient internet is not one with huge backbone gateways, hyperscale compute clusters and fiber lines. It's a messy interplay of small relays, mints and Blossom blobs hopping over crappy links in all directions, right to where it needs to be. It is a network that persists through power-cuts, human error and shutdowns. It's a network where Bluetooth, USB cables and MicroSD cards become your carriers. Data will flow no matter the circumstances, or the scale. You can dam a river, but not the rain.

-Arjen

The meshed internet:

And and and and... Kudos for this napplet go to @nprofile…tfpf

2026-09-16T17:29:44Z

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And and and and... Kudos for this napplet go to hzrd149 (nprofile…tfpf)

Myco v0.7.0 now comes with napplet support! In this release: - ...

2026-09-16T17:21:21Z

Myco v0.7.0 now comes with napplet support!

In this release:
- Napplet support (with mesh support)
- Share files with your cirlce over FIPS
- More reliable mesh (experimental multi-path switchover)

Download: https://zapstore.dev/apps/app.myco

Thank you Sherry (nprofile…ulqg) & fr34aky (nprofile…vwwj) for contributing 🧡

- Napplets: https://napplet.run
- Release: https://github.com/Origami74/myco/releases/tag/v0.7.0
- Docs: https://github.com/Origami74/myco/tree/main/docs

Beautifully said. If we can still see and interact with the word ...

2026-09-02T09:11:53Z

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Beautifully said.

If we can still see and interact with the word outside of the screen I think we're okay.

I'm definitely the moth sometimes...

GM #nevent1q…tuc4

2026-09-02T07:09:42Z

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nevent1q…tuc4
You pity the moth confusing a lamp for the moon, yet here you are confusing a screen for the world

Abandoning the internet. One FIP at a time

2026-08-19T08:22:45Z

Abandoning the internet.

One FIP at a time

Thank you for your work @nprofile…a0kj 🫡 You write some damn ...

2026-07-01T06:33:10Z

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Thank you for your work egge (nprofile…a0kj) 🫡

You write some damn good software

👀 Do you have a link to the project? what's your setup?

2026-06-27T16:16:42Z

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👀 Do you have a link to the project? what's your setup?

The invention of Nostr is like the invention of the shipping ...

2026-06-16T14:35:31Z

The invention of Nostr is like the invention of the shipping container.

It's just a fixed shape for data; Same width, height and length around which we can build our tools.

- The containership
- The cranes that lift it
- The trucks that move them

Social media just happened to be the first thing we've put inside this container...

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2026-06-13T00:12:35Z

Feeling pretty bearish on IP's today...

I'll have a look!

2026-06-12T10:24:00Z

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I'll have a look!

FIPS supports the Pillars of Propagation; the way information ...

2026-06-10T22:32:50Z

FIPS supports the Pillars of Propagation; the way information flows throughout the internet will change forever.

If you're in Prague this week and want to talk about FIPS, let's chat!

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Now my Nostr relay @ towardsliberty.com is exposed via fips (nprofile…the5)
ws://npub1v5fmkz5s8ygrrzw2rtje8eej7gt69sysllytwh93vjk47mvu9eqqjw05pz.fips:3355

Great blogpost #nevent1q…msll

2026-05-11T18:40:31Z

Great blogpost

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VERVAEKE https://larsfaye.com/articles/agentic-coding-is-a-trap

Interesting! Is it available as an ebook? (Can't find it on ...

2026-05-08T15:32:19Z

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Interesting! Is it available as an ebook? (Can't find it on the site)

Turns out my app was quite outdated 😅 Got it to work! Great ...

2026-05-05T19:09:03Z

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Turns out my app was quite outdated 😅

Got it to work! Great feature! Deserves a more prominent spot...

🏛️ Pilars of Propagation ...

2026-05-05T19:06:54Z

🏛️ Pilars of Propagation

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Boom. New episode dropped. This is a good one folks… really enjoyed recording it.

cc: Arjen (nprofile…af2f) sync (nprofile…kl87)
nevent1q…veyu

CC: justinmoon (nprofile…vu4x) ODELL (nprofile…cd8v) calle (nprofile…f95z) Wanted to bring this part to your attention as I think the scenario sketched here shows what FIPS + Nostr/Blossom + Cashu is capable of.

#askNostr How do you make one of those podcast excerpts and share ...

2026-05-05T16:42:18Z

#askNostr

How do you make one of those podcast excerpts and share it in a kin1 note?

GM. Wonderful!

2026-04-29T08:50:59Z

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GM. Wonderful!

nsite-deck is for local loading of nsites, works when you're ...

2026-04-27T17:22:58Z

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nsite-deck is for local loading of nsites, works when you're offline (after loading once)

https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1hw6amg8p24ne08c9gdq8hhpqx0t0pwanpae9z25crn7m9uy7yarse465gr/nsite-deck

Let's mesh up the internet! I made this dashboard to find new ...

2026-04-18T19:06:50Z

Let's mesh up the internet!

I made this dashboard to find new fips (nprofile…vhfa) peers to connect to.

https://join.fips.network

Join us! 🎮 FIPS Q3 Arena Quake III Deathmatch over FIPS mesh. ...

2026-04-05T15:12:20Z

Join us!

🎮 FIPS Q3 Arena

Quake III Deathmatch over FIPS mesh. Retro LAN party, zero clearnet.

Setup Guide:

FIPS
http://npub1g2nzv39usf0z98l9xd6r577ju7aqjyelpm2fxfds55d37al9xmmq3s59lt.fips:8000/quake3.html

Speedrun (if you know what you're doing):

/connect nprofile1qqsy9f3xgj7gyh3znljnxap600fw0wsfzvlsa4ynykc22xclwljndasxl463l (nprofile…463l).fips:27960
8 slots, bots are warming up. gg 🤙

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nevent1q…v79q
The first fips (nprofile…the5) LAN-party in the world!

Quake 3 over FIPS

The first @nprofile…the5 LAN-party in the world! Quake 3 over ...

2026-04-05T15:07:31Z

The first fips (nprofile…the5) LAN-party in the world!

Quake 3 over FIPS

Amethyst? Oddly enough for me neither. Maybe due to capitalized ...

2026-03-20T22:56:18Z

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Amethyst? Oddly enough for me neither. Maybe due to capitalized H.

This one work?

https://fips.network

Https://fips.network

2026-03-20T22:45:24Z

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Https://fips.network

FIPS is a Transport-agnostic self-organizing mesh network. So it ...

2026-03-20T22:45:01Z

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FIPS is a Transport-agnostic self-organizing mesh network. So it can run native (Ethernet, wifi, bluetooth, radio) or as an overlay (UDP, tcp, tor) and now Nostr even ;)

It is built with a compatibility layer for IPv6 applications so that regular software doesn't need to be modified to use it.

Running FIPS #naddr1qv…r2fm

2026-03-12T18:23:24Z

Running FIPS

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naddr1qv…r2fm

We're happy to announce the first tagged release of FIPS, the Free Internetworking Peering System.

FIPS is a self-organizing mesh network that lets nodes discover each other and route traffic without any central authority. It works natively over local area networks, the internet as an overlay, and is designed for Bluetooth, serial links, and radio. Nodes use Nostr keypairs as their identity — no registration, no servers, just generate a key and join.

This release marks the point where the core protocol works end-to-end and is ready for broader testing. It is alpha software: the wire format is not yet stable and will have breaking changes.

Where to Find Us

Repository: The codebase lives at two official locations:

GitHub: https://github.com/jmcorgan/fips

ngit: https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1y0gja7r4re0wyelmvdqa03qmjs62rwvcd8szzt4nf4t2hd43969qj000ly/relay.ngit.dev/fips

(The fips-network GitHub organization was flagged by GitHub and is under review. We've restored the original jmcorgan/fips URL in the meantime. So, if you starred or forked the original repository, you'll need to do so again.)

Website: https://fips.network

Nostr: Follow the FIPS project account for updates and discussion.

What's in v0.1.0

This release targets Linux (x86_64, aarch64) and OpenWrt (aarch64, x86_64). Other platforms are not yet supported.

Multi-Transport Mesh

FIPS nodes connect over UDP, TCP, or raw Ethernet/WiFi. Ethernet transport includes automatic peer discovery — plug into a LAN and nodes find each other without configuration. The transport layer is designed to be extended to Bluetooth, Tor, serial, and radio.

Dual-Layer Noise Encryption

All traffic is encrypted twice: hop-by-hop between mesh peers (Noise IK) and independently end-to-end between communicating nodes (Noise XK). Both layers perform periodic rekeying with fresh Diffie-Hellman exchanges for forward secrecy.

IPv6 Adaptation

Each node gets a deterministic fd00::/8 IPv6 address derived from its npub. A TUN interface and built-in DNS resolver let unmodified IP applications reach any mesh node:
ping6 npub1abc...def.fips
ssh   npub1abc...def.fips
Static hostname mappings (/etc/fips/hosts) let you assign friendly names like myserver.fips.

Operator Tooling

fipsctl provides runtime inspection of peers, links, sessions, tree state, routing, and transport statistics. fipstop is an interactive TUI dashboard with live-updating views of the entire node state.

Packaging

Multiple installation paths are ready for testing:

Debian/Ubuntu: .deb package via cargo-deb with systemd integration

Generic Linux: systemd tarball installer

OpenWrt: .ipk packages for aarch64 and x86_64

Docker: sidecar deployment for containerized services

Quick Start
# Build from source (Rust 1.85+, Linux)
git clone https://github.com/jmcorgan/fips.git
cd fips
cargo build --release

# Install (Debian/Ubuntu)
cargo install cargo-deb
cargo deb
sudo dpkg -i target/debian/fips_*.deb

# Or use the systemd tarball
./packaging/systemd/build-tarball.sh
tar xzf deploy/fips-*-linux-*.tar.gz
cd fips-*-linux-*/
sudo ./install.sh
Edit /etc/fips/fips.yaml to add a bootstrap peer and start the daemon:
peers:
  - npub: "npub1qmc3cvfz0yu2hx96nq3gp55zdan2qclealn7xshgr448d3nh6lks7zel98"
    alias: "fips-test-node"
    addresses:
      - transport: udp
        addr: "217.77.8.91:2121"
    connect_policy: auto_connect
sudo systemctl start fips
fipsctl show status
fipstop
To run fipsctl and fipstop without sudo, add your user to the fips group: sudo usermod -aG fips $USER (log out and back in to take effect).

Call for Testing

This is an alpha release — we want people to try it, break it, and tell us what happens. Here's how you can help:

Join the mesh: Build and run a node. The test node listed above is a good bootstrap peer.

Try the installers: We're particularly interested in feedback on the .deb, systemd tarball, and OpenWrt .ipk packages. Do they install cleanly? Does the systemd service start correctly?

Report issues: File bugs on GitHub or ngit.

Read the design docs: The full protocol specification is at docs/design/ in the repository, starting with fips-intro.md.

Work in Progress

Additional transports (native Bluetooth, Tor overlay)

Native FIPS API access (no IPv6 shim) via in-process library interface

Peer discovery via Nostr relays

Security audit of the cryptographic protocols

Binary release packages

The full changelog is in the repository at CHANGELOG.md.

GM, free morning fact: Potatoes in dutch are called "Earth ...

2026-01-26T10:42:02Z

GM, free morning fact:

Potatoes in dutch are called "Earth Apples"

You're welcome 🍎

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fshsk8MCAf4

2025-12-19T09:05:37Z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fshsk8MCAf4

General purpose compute for sats After several iterations of ...

2025-12-03T07:52:08Z

General purpose compute for sats

After several iterations of (GitHub) Actions runners I recently had some very good conversations that helped boil the whole thing down to one core component: Paid subprocesses.

The idea:
- IN: cmd + args + stdin + env + 🥜 money
- OUT: stdout + stderr + 🥜 change

⚠️ I'm showing a hacky proof of concept, by no means production ready. This is just to get the idea out.

- Operators advertise their preinstalled software. (ffmpeg, ngit, act, etc...)
- User filters operators by software/architecture.
- Operator can whitelist users

Workflows (CI/CD):
- Doing workflows will be a layer on top of this.
- Deals with the complexity of the ACT runners and (n)git.
- All the workflow orchestrator would need is an operator that runs both ngit and act (or install it manually as part of the exec).

Other stuff:
- Use this to run one-off video transcoding jobs on specialized hardware
- Video rendering
- Audio transcription
- [your creative idea here]

I got this (hacky) version running, the first worker there is whitelist-only (for my own safety)
Frontend for testing: https://loom.treegaze.com/
use: https://testnut.cashu.space

wants:
- Allow Operator to pipe to any backend (docker, vm, metal)
- Log livestreaming (prob through some third-party server)

Repos:
protocol: https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1hw6amg8p24ne08c9gdq8hhpqx0t0pwanpae9z25crn7m9uy7yarse465gr/relay.ngit.dev/loom-protocol
worker: https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1hw6amg8p24ne08c9gdq8hhpqx0t0pwanpae9z25crn7m9uy7yarse465gr/relay.ngit.dev/loom-worker
site: https://gitworkshop.dev/npub1hw6amg8p24ne08c9gdq8hhpqx0t0pwanpae9z25crn7m9uy7yarse465gr/relay.ngit.dev/loom-site

https://repebble.com/ Their OS is FOSS now. Just vibe whatever ...

2025-12-01T16:32:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…vyfa
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https://repebble.com/

Their OS is FOSS now. Just vibe whatever you need

Excited for hackday! #nevent1q…4wu2

2025-10-01T09:32:04Z

Excited for hackday!

quoting
nevent1q…4wu2
## 🚀 Nostr Hackday Berlin: Build the Future! 🚀

Join us in Berlin on **October 5th, 2025** (the day after BTC++) for a hackday dedicated to building a free and open internet on Nostr. This is a grassroots, non-profit event for and by builders.

**What to expect:**
* **Show & Tell:** Introduce a project you're passionate about.
* **Innovate & Collaborate:** Team up with others and hack on Nostr.
* **Demo Your Work:** At the end of the day, everyone gets 3-5 minutes to demo what they've built.

**Sign up:** https://nostrhackday.orangesync.tech/

**A Community-Funded Event:**
This hackday is a grassroots effort, made possible by the community. We're incredibly grateful to Fedi for sponsoring last year!

For this year's event, any zaps we receive will first cover essentials like the venue. All remaining funds will be passed on to attendees, so you can directly support the projects that inspire you.

GN 🌳 I just made https://TreeGaze.com, a file browser based on ...

2025-06-20T21:53:23Z

GN 🌳

I just made https://TreeGaze.com, a file browser based on DanConwayDev (nprofile…pffr) 's new git server. Since his server is nostr-native we can start doing all kinds of fun other stuff too!

It works on some (not all) repo's with legacy git servers like GitHub too.

https://treegaze.com/bbb5dda0e15567979f0543407bdc2033d6f0bbb30f72512a981cfdb2f09e2747/ngit-repo-explorer

quoting
nevent1q…6lql

https://ngit.dev/relay introducing ngit-relay, a Nostr-permissioned Git / Relay / Blossom Service Protocol. A complete, self-hostable data solution for Nostr Git repositories.

@nprofile…3stq On Tour! Got the T-Shirts! ...

2025-05-11T08:30:15Z

TollGate (nprofile…3stq) On Tour! Got the T-Shirts!

Meet us on one of the Conferences this summer:
- Pizza day / Prague - 17/18 May (Cancelled but we're going anyway)
- Oslo Freedom Forum / Oslo - 26-28 May
- Zitadelle / Wasserburg Heldrunge (Germany) - 24-27 July
- BTC++ / Berlin - 02-04 October

Huuuge thanks to marc (nprofile…2ewl) for the designs!

🚀 TollGate pay-as-you-go internet access on open networks. ...

2025-01-31T13:14:25Z

🚀 TollGate pay-as-you-go internet access on open networks. Powered by Cashu.

The TollGate WiFi-router runs a Nostr relay + clients for handling payments. The TollGate app pays for internet-access with eCash over nostr!

The flow:
- User taps connect (connect button will be automated)
- Tollgate App suggests tollgates to connect to (Android notification)
- User taps connect
- User taps sign-in
- The app handles payment and prevents captive portal from opening

Unfortunately some Android OS level restrictions requires quite some taps to connect 😕.

CC: k03rader (nprofile…v5kf) Delcin (nprofile…rcnv)