2025 looks rough
Version 0.1 of Geogram for Android has been released and can be downloaded here: https://github.com/radio3-network/geogram/releases/tag/0.1
In this first version, we tested off-grid communication using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) without any pairing or manual interaction, enabling communication without the internet. Instructions for installation and testing are available on the page. At least two Android phones are required to use the local chat. Please note that these are beta versions, so they work in a very unstable manner. The next step is to add off-grid communication via Wi-Fi to transmit larger amounts of data. This feature will be available in the next release.
Summary of this initiative:
Geogram is an Android app designed to enable communication and data sharing using only the radio capabilities of regular smartphones: Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The range is short (up to 50 meters). To overcome this limitation, we use a "Pigeon Mail" system. In this system, someone collects the messages within a community and carries them in their pocket until reaching a location with internet access or where the message recipients are. Each message can be encrypted and read only by the recipient. Our goal is to create a radio-digital version of pigeon mail.
And Yes: NOSTR is inside, of course :-)
This is huge. Nothing beats homing pigeons delivery (when the weather is good).
"And I will display wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below, blood, fire, and vapor of smoke" (Acts 2:19).
https://juliebonnblank.substack.com/p/god-and-torment-in-hollywood
That made me think about the Babel Fish (H2G2) that they stick in their ear to understand the Vogon.
I'm building geogram: https://github.com/radio3-network/geogram
Basically off-grid nostr messaging where internet is optional. If you wish, I can help you jump aboard.
That's a really interesting project ! And you found the perfect name for it.
You probably meant github, the big steaming hot heap of garbage owned by transhumanist corp microsoft ...
Monero is the best cryptocurrency !
The French PM Michel Barnier and his government will be overthrown in 2 days. It's facing 2 motions of censure ! Pressure is building to force Macron to resign. Under the 5th French republic, the last government to be overthrown was Pompidou's government, in 1962.
## rust-nostr v0.37 is out! 🦀
### Summary
Add support to NIP17 relay list in SDK (when `gossip` option is enabled), add NIP22 and NIP73 support,
fix Swift Package, many performance improvements and bug fixes and more!
From this release all the rust features are be disabled by default (except `std` feature in `nostr` crate).
Full changelog: https://rust-nostr.org/changelog
### Contributors
Thanks to all contributors!
* nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc
* nostr:npub1q0uulk2ga9dwkp8hsquzx38hc88uqggdntelgqrtkm29r3ass6fq8y9py9
* nostr:npub1zfss807aer0j26mwp2la0ume0jqde3823rmu97ra6sgyyg956e0s6xw445
* nostr:npub1zwnx29tj2lnem8wvjcx7avm8l4unswlz6zatk0vxzeu62uqagcash7fhrf
* nostr:npub1acxjpdrlk2vw320dxcy3prl87g5kh4c73wp0knullrmp7c4mc7nq88gj3j
### Links
#rustnostr #nostr #rustlang #programming #rust #python #javascript #kotlin #swift #flutter
I've seen the new nip17::extract_relay_list and nip17::extract_owned_relay_list functions to parse kind 10050 events, nice. Newbie question: why is it necessary to enable the "gossip" option to be able to have NIP17 relay list support in nostr-sdk ?
## rust-nostr v0.37 is out! 🦀
### Summary
Add support to NIP17 relay list in SDK (when `gossip` option is enabled), add NIP22 and NIP73 support,
fix Swift Package, many performance improvements and bug fixes and more!
From this release all the rust features are be disabled by default (except `std` feature in `nostr` crate).
Full changelog: https://rust-nostr.org/changelog
### Contributors
Thanks to all contributors!
* nostr:npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc
* nostr:npub1q0uulk2ga9dwkp8hsquzx38hc88uqggdntelgqrtkm29r3ass6fq8y9py9
* nostr:npub1zfss807aer0j26mwp2la0ume0jqde3823rmu97ra6sgyyg956e0s6xw445
* nostr:npub1zwnx29tj2lnem8wvjcx7avm8l4unswlz6zatk0vxzeu62uqagcash7fhrf
* nostr:npub1acxjpdrlk2vw320dxcy3prl87g5kh4c73wp0knullrmp7c4mc7nq88gj3j
### Links
#rustnostr #nostr #rustlang #programming #rust #python #javascript #kotlin #swift #flutter
Thank you so much for rust-nostr, Yuki, it's pretty amazing.
Great story ! I'm sure he'll find your note, but hopefully not in 20 years ...