📝 Nostr DMs be wild

You slide into someone’s DMs on Nostr, feeling all smooth, then open a different client the next day like:

“Where the .. did my message go???”

Shaa256 — it’s gone. Just vibes.

Kwa nini?

Cus unless your client literally saved your plain text message, you can't ever read what you wrote. Like fam, come on. I sent it. Why do I need a decoder ring to read it now?

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Turns out Nostr DMs (shoutout NIP-17) are wrapped tighter than your grandma’s Christmas gifts:

🎁 First layer: gift-wrap (kind:1059)

✉️ Inside: sealed message (kind:13)

📝 Inside that: the actual thing you said (kind:14) [plain text]

🔐 Only the recipient can open the gift-wrap [with their priv-key]

So yeah… unless you also wrap a copy for yourself, you’re basically mailing someone a love letter and lighting your version on fire for privacy. hashtag Yay OpSec

The real ones?

They send two gift-wraps:

One for their crush 💌

One for themselves 🪞

Because even encrypted hunters need a paper trail. #tips