We made a five-minute overview video of Keychat to help viewers understand its overall design.
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Man, i just love seeing all the development happening lately!
Imagine where these projects will be 5 yrs from now!🤌🏼⚡️
Really helpful overview 🫡
This video finally made me try out Keychat again.
From what I can see in two minutes of logging in and poking around is this is very well done and fully functional.
You don't NEED to *buy* anything to use it, even though the literature leads with the concept of needing to "buy postage". Howevrr it's not necessary to futz with money or buy anyone's tokens to try it out. This makes onboarding friends 100% easier than I assumed.
Keychat not only operates on ecash in a 'tipping the relay' capacity (ostensibly for postage), but the built-in wallet that supports this tipping is not half-assed or shoehorned in. It can be used to send money to friends, or pay for things on websites. The CashU wallet is integral to the app and even offers serving up your balance to other apps via NWC!
The dual-function of chat + browser with nostr login support is a vision you can only understand by seeing it for yourself. Look with your own eyes, install it! It costs you nothing. Nostr + lightning in a browser on your phone without clunky broken chrome plugins that need a password every time you want to fail trying again??? Heresy!
Finally, the most important part: Nostr support.
This is a FULL FLEDGED nostr app, not a shitstorm of broken trash and single-use identities like most apps that attempt more than one feature with nostr. Neither is this is a polished turd, it actually works (the first time!) It supports (a) make your own identity, (b) past in your existing key, and (c) AMBER NOSTR SIGNER! Who knew?
Kudos Keychat!
Thanks so much for recommending it and sharing what you think!
Interesting.
Maybe this weekend I'll start testing its features
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A few stupid questions:
1) Is keychat fully open source?
2) How can it receive sats via LN but there is nothing about managing channels and liquidity? What LN server is it using under the hood?
3) What are the privacy implications? Does the Keychat team somehow see its users' cashflows?
4) what happens if the iOS App Store cracks down on this app and bans it? will all my data and balance be lost?
1) Yes
2) Currently, after the Keychat wallet receives a Lightning payment, it is stored as Cashu ecash sats. Users can choose which ecash mint to use.
3) Except for the Keychat relay, which is run by us, Keychat is a local app. We also don’t operate any Cashu mint. And no matter which Cashu mint you use, the operator cannot see your cash flow — that’s precisely the point of ecash.
You guys reply fast!
I guess I need to learn about Cashu ecash now...
4) Even if Keychat is removed from the App Store, existing users can still continue using the version they’ve already downloaded. However, it won’t be possible to update the app or for new users to download it from the App Store. You can export all your data in the settings and then import it into the macOS, Windows, Linux, or Android version of Keychat to keep using it.
You should really consider a new name for your product. It's totally misleading. Everyone expects just a chat app when in reality your app could be the one stop to explore the whole nostr ecosystem.
Naming it Keychat (Key + Chat) used up all our spark. We riffed on Bitcoin’s wordplay (Bit + Coin). Still craving ideas. 😅
The ultimate SUPER APP? nostr:note1d9ylh5c2yvnndknsa2z6lu22xlrh35vug6fdp234r4hd44ywl4xs9l5d9r
I'm a Big fan of You, guys!
Keep doing yogur Magic for a better NOSTR UX 💜
Thank you for helping the world discover Keychat.
It is a pleasure to install Keychat on my new android 14+ smartphone.
I have a 9+ who is no fit for the app, but I found a solid solution.
nice video, but I must say the sound is a bit low 🙏
Can't wait to check it out!
Idk any other viable way to justify iOS without Keychat nostr:note1d9ylh5c2yvnndknsa2z6lu22xlrh35vug6fdp234r4hd44ywl4xs9l5d9r
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Stay Humble and stack zaps! nostr:note1d9ylh5c2yvnndknsa2z6lu22xlrh35vug6fdp234r4hd44ywl4xs9l5d9r
Easy SATs 😀 nostr:note1d9ylh5c2yvnndknsa2z6lu22xlrh35vug6fdp234r4hd44ywl4xs9l5d9r
stay humble and stack zaps! nostr:note1d9ylh5c2yvnndknsa2z6lu22xlrh35vug6fdp234r4hd44ywl4xs9l5d9r
could you please add support for icon themes on android? thanks
May I ask what exactly you mean by “icon themes”?
#NostrWars works great on nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2qpqh0uj825jgcr9lzxyp37ehasuenq070707pj63je07n8mkcsg3u0q76le8e
Excellent, thanks 😉