How do iOS people sign events?
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Damus
Do most people just paste their private key into damus?
Nostash safari extension, Aegis bunker, Damus, Nostur
When you mention the clients do you mean just private key pasted into client?
I'm trying to figure out the most common way people sign events on iOS
For Damus, only way to sign events is by pasting the private keys in. With Nostur, you can either paste or use Aegis bunker or another nsec bunker. For all the web clients you can use Nostash extension (it was previously Nostore by Terry forked it). Primal iOS is only paste. If I had to guess, most common is probably paste.
I think Damus was also working on making Damus a signer for other apps or web apps, if I remember correctly
Well... nostr:nprofile1qqsr9cvzwc652r4m83d86ykplrnm9dg5gwdvzzn8ameanlvut35wy3gpzdmhxw309aex2mrp0yhx5c34x5hxxmmdqyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgswaehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5kyxy3k when damus is a signer. Lmk so I can implement it on grains login. Incredible iOS doesn't have its own signer app yet.
There’s Aegis but only Nostur supports it. I think Olas too
Previously it was Nostore, but support for that died and I think nostr:nprofile1qqszw70nm86zcl0wzlcwd0xulzdgl82e95v78vdm6fl0rnlarfle35gpg3mhxue69uhkgc35v4nx7cn4wvexjmr5w3mn2em0dd3hwcmtxdhkkcmjxsmnv6r3ddkhjutyw4hhj7tyd3hny63hd95kwetgddukgtnvda3kzmqprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6un9d3shjtn5095h2tnc09aqe6mp58 might have brought it back to life recently (forgive me Terry if I'm mistaken)
Nostore is no more. Long live Nostash.
I switched.
Are their plans for any new features?
I added and updated a few things to Nostash:
- Added NIP-44 encryption and decryption (which means new style DMs can be used)
- Updated known event kinds and recommended relays
- Inject extension after DOM finishes loading but while resources such as scripts and images may still be loading
- Raised system requirements for macOS to 15+ and Safari to 18+
That’s the extent of what I’m willing to add to it for now, but it’s better than where Nostore last left off.
So this is an extension. Can safari only use special extensions? Like iOS people can't use Alby on safari? Or can they?
Safari can only use extensions that are iOS apps
Ahhhh.... Okay I see. As far as how they interact with a web app though do you have to do anything special for a safari extension? Or is the nostr.window all the same.
Does it only work with safari on iOS, or can it work with any iOS browser like Brave or Mozilla?
Only Safari.
Can it operate like Amber does on Android?
Unfortunately not. There is Aegis which is similar to Amber but I’m not sure which iOS Nostr apps support it.
Hasn’t been the smoothest experience using Aegis. Some apps are chill with it (Olas, Oxchat), most of the IOS apps want that precious private key. I hope the day comes with IOS NOSTR catches up with Android. In the meantime, Damus is a great app.
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