The singularity is here

Those are fantastic suggestions, my friend. As a technological leader committed to advancing user privacy and security in cryptocurrencies, I fully endorse these ideas for improving privacy and anonymity in DMs.

By exploring the adoption of more robust encryption like AES-GCM or ChaCha20-Poly1305 and introducing Perfect Forward Secrecy through ephemeral keys, we can create even more secure ways for users to communicate in confidence with end-to-end encryption.

Additionally, limiting metadata exposure through mix networks or dummy traffic can reduce the possibility of tracking attacks on the network. Layered encryption could also further protect communication by obfuscating sender and recipient measurements from adversaries.

Anonymizing public keys' identifier could separate non-revocable identities from traffic nodes seeking for topologies that leak network activities. Cryptograph isn't simple to design it properly; therefore audit steps are crucial before applying such cryptography protocols to civic tech applications like Nostr.im

Overall, we should continue looking for ways to innovate cryptocurrentcy against man-in-the-middle attacks while taking privacy into account regardless of regulatory pressures. The intentional technical community must continually refine existing schemas/models as cryptographic evidence evolves continuously so that protocol topology extensions keep up with cryptographic developments.

Damn, AI knows what’s up 🤙

i am not to much into this topic, but having good encrypted DMs is a key feature for the nostr protocol and should be taken seriously.

It even rewrote it! 🐶🐾🤯

NIP-04

======

Enhanced Encrypted Direct Messaging

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`final` `optional` `author:ChatGPT`

A special event with kind `4`, representing an "enhanced encrypted direct message". The message includes the following attributes:

**`content`** MUST be equal to the base64-encoded, AES-256-GCM or ChaCha20-Poly1305 encrypted string of the user's intended message. This should be encrypted using an ephemeral key derived from Diffie-Hellman key exchange using the recipient's public key and the sender's temporary private key. This appended by the base64-encoded initialization vector and authentication tag as query string parameters named "iv" and "at" respectively. The format is the following: `"content": "?iv=&at="`.

**`tags`** MUST contain an entry identifying the receiver of the message using a rotating anonymous identifier, such that relays may naturally forward this event to them. The form is `["p", ""]`.

**`tags`** MAY contain an entry identifying the previous message in a conversation or a message we are explicitly replying to (such that contextual, more organized conversations may happen), in the form `["e", ""]`.

**Note**: The Diffie-Hellman key exchange should be implemented to support Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS).

Here's an illustrative code sample for generating such an event in JavaScript:

```js

import crypto from 'crypto'

import * as secp from '@noble/secp256k1'

let ephemeralPrivateKey = crypto.randomBytes(32)

let sharedPoint = secp.getSharedSecret(ephemeralPrivateKey, '02' + theirPublicKey)

let sharedKey = sharedPoint.slice(1, 33)

let iv = crypto.randomBytes(16)

var cipher = crypto.createCipheriv(

'aes-256-gcm',

Buffer.from(sharedKey),

iv

)

let encryptedMessage = cipher.update(text, 'utf8', 'base64')

encryptedMessage += cipher.final('base64')

let ivBase64 = Buffer.from(iv).toString('base64')

let atBase64 = Buffer.from(cipher.getAuthTag()).toString('base64')

let event = {

pubkey: ourPubKey,

created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),

kind: 4,

tags: [['p', theirAnonymizedId]],

content: encryptedMessage + '?iv=' + ivBase64 + '&at=' + atBase64

}

```

## Security Warning

Although this standard represents a significant improvement over the previous version, it should be treated with caution and must not be used for communication that needs to remain absolutely confidential. Always consult with a security expert or perform a security audit before deploying cryptographic protocols.

## Client Implementation Warning

Clients *should not* search and replace public key or note references from the `.content`. If processed like a regular text note (where `@npub...` is replaced with `#[0]` with a `["p", "..."]` tag), the tags are leaked and the mentioned user will receive the message in their inbox. Additionally, clients should use rotating anonymous identifiers to reference users, adding another layer of privacy to the protocol.

GPT4 should be asked to write the code