miljan

Primal for iOS build 1.9.90 has just been released. This build should resolve the performance / connectivity issues experienced by many Primal iOS users recently. If you were affected, please confirm that the new build indeed resolves these issues.
There are no new features in this release. We are preparing a massive upgrade with Primal 2.0 in October. 💜☀️

2024-09-20 22:38:34

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Feed marketplace is coming with the full Primal 2.0 release in October.

2024-09-20 22:29:16

If you are on Primal TestFlight, please note that we just rolled out a build that makes our iOS app much more performant and reliable. If testing goes well, we aim to release these improvements early next week.
Apologies to those who wish to participate in beta testing; our TestFlight is not public at the moment. We work closely with our testers and don’t have the bandwidth to expand the group at this time. With a bit of luck, an improved build will be live soon. Thanks for your patience!

2024-09-19 18:47:20

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Our production web app is main on github. The performance fix was in the caching service.

2024-09-19 09:56:30

A note to all Primal users. We are working hard on making Primal much faster and more reliable. We already deployed a more performant web app. Please let us know if it works well for you.
Major updates to all Primal clients are in the works. Thanks for your patience, it will be worth the wait. 🫡

2024-09-11 15:17:54

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Deploying many horizontally scalable instances is the way.
One caching service is not interesting. Dozens (or hundreds) of instances is very interesting and could help scale nostr imho.

2024-09-11 15:13:50

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Troubleshooting multiple issues both client-side and with the caching service. Aiming to deploy some fixes in the next few days.
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback over the past few days; it really helped! 🫂

2024-09-10 21:01:07

Apologies to all Primal users who experienced slowness over the past few days. We identified some issues are working on fixing them.
We still don’t fully understand how widespread the issues are, so if you want to help, can you please respond below with the following info:
- Which Primal client(s) are you using?
- Did you experience slowness in the past few days?
- How is the app performing now?
Thanks for your feedback!

2024-09-07 00:38:27

Bitcoin Twitter RIP 🪦

2024-09-05 23:07:19

Spam attacks are annoying, but they will make Nostr much stronger.

2024-09-05 16:36:47

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Which app are you using (iOS/Android/Web)? Also, does restarting the app help?

2024-09-05 16:26:48

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can you be more specific?

2024-09-05 01:38:27

When you say that Nostr can’t scale or that it can be censored, what you are really saying is that an army of developers won’t find a way to relay notes and other stuff.
I’ll take the other side of that bet.

2024-09-03 21:07:38

People will soon understand that Nostr is an entirely different type of network than anything they've seen before.
I am not just talking about censorship resistance and user sovereignty. A new breed of applications is now possible. We'll show how good those apps can be.

2024-09-03 13:49:14

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Yes!

2024-09-03 13:47:38

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Thanks very much. The suggestion is not to switch to others, just to explore the Nostr ecosystem.

2024-09-02 17:36:52

Some bitcoiners are still sleeping on Nostr. My Riga talk was dedicated to them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxkaUxzr4xY

2024-09-02 16:17:42

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Nostr

2024-09-01 14:53:26

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The hilarious part is that we are going to crush it so massively that other competing networks are going to look like toys in comparison. Much sooner than most think.

2024-08-31 20:57:32

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Working on Primal 2.0 and a major upgrade to the web app. The target, as always, is two weeks (tm). It will be open sourced under the MIT license on Day 1.

2024-08-30 21:44:23

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Agreed

2024-08-30 20:56:18

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🤝

2024-08-30 20:45:00

Argentina or Uruguay would be awesome for the next Nostr.World conference.
That’s my vote. 🫡

2024-08-29 15:35:11

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Man, remember when Australia imprisoned Novak Djokovic for not wanting to bend the knee? They literally put the world's healthiest human in a cage for "health reasons". Now it's obvious that he was on the right side of history, but we still haven't seen an apology. That, plus the whole "five eyes" thing doesn't make Australia too appetizing for me.
Just my 2 sats.

2024-08-29 15:21:37

South America sounds great for the next nostr.world conference. What do you guys think?
#note1pk5…2zzf

2024-08-27 14:17:54

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LFG ⚡

2024-08-27 14:14:49

Great advice below. Diversify your Nostr client usage.
#note14ur…5agp

2024-08-27 12:50:27

Nostr is a movement. No question about it.

2024-08-26 15:02:12

We’ll onboard billions of people onto bitcoin this way.
#note1psg…z94y

2024-08-26 14:59:51

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Let us know which issues should be fixed sir 🫡

2024-08-26 10:48:59

imho, nostriga was the best nostr.world conference so far. and that says a lot, because nostrica and nostrasia were bangers. as i wait at the gate to fly out of riga, wanted to share some thoughts while my impressions are still fresh.
i don’t know the actual numbers, but it felt like this was the biggest nostr event yet. the quality and signal of presentations was excellent. we are leaning into what is working, while at the same time there are still many fresh ideas emerging.
in comparison, i must say that bitcoin events feel a bit stale. you can almost pick any talk/keynote/panel and drop it into any other bitcoin conference over the past few years - and it wouldn’t feel out of place.
nostr has a lot of momentum and i dare to say that we have the winning hand vs. the legacy web. just keep pushing fam. 💜☀️
https://m.primal.net/KNku.jpg

2024-08-26 10:19:13

it seems really important to “them” that we are not able to speak

2024-08-25 03:17:07

If you are in Riga for Baltic Honeybager, come see my talk today at 10:55am on the main stage:
https://m.primal.net/KLgQ.png

2024-08-25 02:43:19

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Welcome sir.
Setup your wallet and receive some love from the nostriches. ⚡️

2024-08-24 21:07:54

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hell yea

2024-08-24 10:56:02

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Two weeks 🫡

2024-08-23 15:22:23

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Guilty 😅

2024-08-21 20:52:38

Nostr keeps getting bigger:
#note1q48…np3d

2024-08-20 23:17:35

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Working on making it always fast & reliable

2024-08-19 12:53:50

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Not yet, but working on it!

2024-08-18 23:35:07

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Very cool, we'll dive into it after Riga.

2024-08-18 20:24:59

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I looked for this previously on Wikifreedia as you suggested, but couldn't find it. 😅
It does look interesting. It would be great if we could come up with a standard feed spec. DVMs are more general and could be useful for feeds. Let's talk more. You going to Riga?

2024-08-18 19:58:35

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Looks like you are not on the latest version of our Android app. After you update, you'll have the option to reorder the feeds:
https://primal.net/downloads

2024-08-18 19:16:30

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I agree that we need more diverse content. Please suggest high signal accounts that we should add to our follow categories.

2024-08-18 19:02:16

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Good idea; added to the list.

2024-08-18 18:55:10

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Interesting; that way you could have multiple follow lists. We could create feeds that are based on any nostr list, or a combination of lists.

2024-08-18 18:53:27

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If you go to Settings / Feeds in any Primal app, you'll be able reorder the feeds there. The top feed is the default one when you load the app.

2024-08-18 18:51:30

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Looks interesting; we'll take a closer look!

2024-08-18 18:49:53

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Agreed, that's a great feature that we don't currently support. We may add support for lists in the future, not sure when exactly.
In the meantime, have you tried Listr?
https://listr.lol

2024-08-18 18:44:46

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Interesting idea. Let's see if we can make it happen.

2024-08-18 18:38:47

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Haven't seen this before; looks great! 👌

2024-08-18 18:32:41

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Cool. Working on making it faster! 😅

2024-08-18 18:31:13

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By "same mechanism", I was referring to DVMs (Data Vending Machines) as a method to deliver custom nostr feeds.

2024-08-18 18:19:59

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Working on it! 🫡

2024-08-18 18:18:17

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Wow that's a complex question and a worthy goal. We'll have to think more deeply about it.

2024-08-17 21:10:30

At Primal, we create follow recommendations for new users based on interests they specified during the sign-up process. We also started working on long form article curations. All this is publicly accessible via nostr lists for the official Primal account (link below).
If you have suggestions regarding recommended accounts or articles, please let us know!
https://listr.lol/npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg

2024-08-17 17:24:12

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We are working on a bunch of new feeds at Primal. They will all be open source and exposed in a public feed marketplace (as DVMs). In addition, all Primal clients will support 3rd party feeds via the same mechanism. This already works great in Amethyst; nice work @npub1gcx…nj5z.
If you have suggestions for feeds you'd like to see, let us know and we'll try to make them! 🫡

2024-08-16 18:24:05

@npub1wmr…g240 nails it here:
#note14pa…4ha0
#naddr1qq…e09z

2024-08-16 15:52:51

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You can already do that. Go to Settings / Feeds and reorder the feeds as you wish. The top feed will be the default one.

2024-08-12 18:35:14

how great is this:
#note1uk4…3mym
#naddr1qq…zgn2

2024-08-10 11:57:04

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Sure, @npub1zga…ppvc from our team will reach out to troubleshoot

2024-08-08 18:20:46

This was a banger @npub1a2c…w83a and @npub1cj8…rz4u. 🔥🔥🔥
#note1qrx…jdd0

2024-08-08 12:55:22

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The "Latest" feed is a chronological list of notes by your follows.
We do have the global feed. You can access it via the web app: https://primal.net/explore/global/latest
If you wish to add it to your main feed picker, simply click the "add this feed to my home page" link at the top of the feed. This will add the feed to both web and mobile apps.

2024-08-05 18:16:24

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Sad to see this. 😕
You guys definitively moved the ball forward. We are all grateful to you for that! Looking forward to see what you'll come up with next. Hope your next project involves both Nostr and Bitcoin.
🫂 @npub1t0n…jgqv, @npub1p4k…cxf8, @npub1u8l…turz

2024-08-04 23:27:44

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I use Primal and Highlighter

2024-07-28 23:31:33

The biggest story around Nostr isn’t censorship resistance.
It’s the total reshaping of the incentive structure on the Web. The platform silos currently hold most of the power, but Nostr will shift it to users and content creators. This will become more obvious as we build out the tools for users and content creators. Zaps are just the starting point. Exciting times ahead.
#note16uc…w4up

2024-07-24 16:19:55

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Thanks for reporting. We are aware of this issue, it seems to happen on weak connections. Working on a fix!

2024-07-21 21:15:46

Here's how Serbian people will remember Biden:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo6A1qCVl3Q

2024-07-21 16:25:24

Every day is leg day for nostr devs

2024-07-21 13:24:23

Nostr is growing up
GM ☀️
#note1z9z…3kr6

2024-07-17 21:38:34

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Our in-app purchase feature is designed to help people get a small amount of sats for the first time so they can experience zapping on nostr. This feature isn't designed for regularly buying sats; you are much better off using a service like Strike for that.
In some cases frequent in-app purchases trigger our fraud logic and freeze the wallet. We unfreeze it quickly if we determine that we are dealing with a legitimate user.

2024-07-17 17:16:01

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Looks like you are not running the latest version of our android app. The option to reorder should be there.

2024-07-17 17:09:17

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You should be able to do this already in any of our clients. Go to Settings / Feeds and set the order you prefer. The top feed will be the default one.

2024-07-17 17:07:09

GM Nostr ☀️
@npub1l2v…ajft and I are planning to give a joint talk at the upcoming @npub1nst…rg5l conference. If you’d like to see this talk happen give us a 👍 on github. All suggestions/feedback are welcome as well.
https://github.com/nostrworld/nostriga/issues/45

2024-07-17 16:56:47

Looking forward to Riga this year!
#note12ln…0gcn

2024-07-17 13:20:25

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Thanks for this feedback!
Both of these features are on our to-do list; they will be added to the product before long. Keep the feedback coming!

2024-07-14 10:45:22

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Thanks for caring enough to provide this feedback @npub1n5r…0ngn! You’re right; our current tagline misses the mark. Planning to change it for the upcoming 2.0 release.

2024-07-10 14:33:52

Primal for iOS build 1.8.6 has been released. Here is what we have for you:
- DMs: performance improvements
- Network settings: enhanced privacy
- Network settings: set caching service
- Overall stability improvements
Our main goal with this release was to solidify the existing functionality and make the app more performant. Let us know what else we should improve in that area. Moving forward, stay tuned for a MAJOR update and a ton of new functionality targeted for the end of August. 👀
Enjoy! 🤙💜
https://primal.net/downloads

2024-07-10 10:59:37

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When uploading through Primal, those files are hosted on Primal's media server. We will add the capability to use 3rd party media servers soon.
If you hare having upload issues, please let us know.

2024-07-09 13:41:21

Primal for Android 1.0 is here!
This is another incremental release of our Android app, but we finally reached the milestone where it is stable and feature-complete enough that we can call it v1.0 with a straight face. Here’s what’s new in build 1.0.3:
- Settings: ability to reorder feeds
- Media uploads: show upload progress
- Note editor: camera command added
- Network settings: enhanced privacy
- Network settings: set caching service
- Stability improvements
Please let us know how you like the latest release and stay tuned for more updates. There is A LOT more to come!
Enjoy! 🤙💜
https://primal.net/downloads

2024-07-06 17:41:12

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true, but even they will eventually end up on nostr because the next generation of tiktok & insta apps is going to be built on nostr.

2024-07-06 14:33:57

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I agree, we should enjoy each phase. Also agree that it's all good!
As for our rivals that have gone 10x, I am curious about who you are referring to.

2024-07-06 14:03:50

Nostr is inevitable.
However, the adoption trajectory is uncertain. It could take a couple of years or a decade before Nostr gains critical mass. Our actions will make all the difference. The builders and early adopters bear the responsibility of guiding Nostr through this early stage.
Anyhow, good morning! ☀️

2024-06-27 21:00:23

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agreed that this is useful, but unfortunately it's not super easy for us to implement. we are considering it in a future release. thanks for the suggestion and keep them coming sir.

2024-06-20 11:45:39

Primal for Android 0.100.7 has been released. Here is what we have for you:
- Video uploads
- Faster feed loading
- Notifications facelift
- Settings: font size
Let us know how you like the new release or if you run into any issues.
Enjoy! 🤙💜
https://primal.net/downloads

2024-06-14 21:11:08

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I am able to zap the acoustics account without issues.

2024-06-04 20:50:55

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People have no idea how insane things are going to get on nostr. ✨

2024-06-04 18:27:10

That was a fun rip!
Thanks for hosting @npub1jt9…la9y and @npub1fk8…cwld!
#note12m2…cnsy

2024-06-01 19:10:34

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Will do! 🫡

2024-05-31 17:50:46

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Yes, that's the web of trust approach I mentioned above. We use it in some parts of Primal (e. g. to eliminate bots from trending feeds). Using it for user counts would understate the real user numbers tho.

2024-05-31 17:06:25

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I agree with this take.
Our current user count calculation is very permissive: we count all public keys that have user metadata set. This can be gamed (anyone can create bot key pairs and set metadata for them), so our nostr user numbers are overstated.
The alternative is to use a web of trust algorithm to identify real users based on follow connections. The downside of this technique is that we would be underestimating the number of real users because most new users won’t have any real followers initially.
Given that other networks generously include bots when stating their user numbers, our approach is probably a decent apples-to-apples comparison. In fact, as you point out, nostr seems to have higher engagement per number of followers.
Having said all that, I am not happy with the fact that our numbers don’t reflect real users. We will work on improving these techniques, but I definitely don’t want to err on the side of excluding real users from the count.

2024-05-29 14:14:06

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Interesting. Do image uploads work for you?

2024-05-28 20:04:21

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Great point. As nostr long form content becomes more popular (which it will, I guarantee it), we'll see some really interesting long form feeds.

2024-05-28 16:56:55

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Collecting KYC info is a legal requirement for offering a custodial wallet service. Agreed, we need to do a better job communicating this; it's on our to-do list for the next release.
The Privacy Policy and Terms of Service links should work from within the app. Maybe it's an issue with smaller screen on iPhone SE. In any case, here are the links:
https://primal.net/privacy
https://primal.net/terms

2024-05-28 15:09:43

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🫡

2024-05-28 14:38:56

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Not anymore. We had the option while we were still tinkering with layouts, but now we are leaning into the wide layout.
I must say it took me a little while to get used to it, but now I feel it's superior to the narrow layout.

2024-05-28 14:21:47

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Yes, we are looking at adding the ability to deactivate your primal wallet in the settings. Still thinking through the details of how that would work.
App chrome is the top & bottom navigation bar that now hide more gracefully when you scroll through the feeds.

2024-05-28 13:57:31

Primal iOS build 1.7.21 is now live. Here’s what we have for you:
- Faster rendering
- Wide feed layout
- Top zaps in feeds
- Notifications facelift
- Improved app chrome
- Improved connectivity
- Wallet fixes & improvements
Let us know how you like the new features and what you would like to see next in Primal.
Enjoy! 🤙💜
https://primal.net/downloads