This is the seventh in a series of weekly(ish) updates detailing progress on bringing MLS protocol DMs and group messaging to Nostr.

## Previous Updates

- [June 28th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1719562889267)
- [July 6th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1720256910765)
- [July 12th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1720778880538)
- [July 19th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1721419437737)
- [August 16th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1723802138254)
- [September 4th 2024](https://habla.news/u/jeffg.fyi/1725433902513)

## Progress this week

I was told recently that my update walls of text are too much. So, I'll try to keep things concise this week. 😅

This week has been all about building the reference implementation, which is quickly becoming a full-fledged client instead of just a reference implementation. I've not quite gotten to the MLS portion of the client yet but it does already support multiple accounts (including ephemeral accounts) and loads legacy (NIP-04) chats and full contact lists. So far, I've not implemented NIP-104 so there's not yet any updates to the MLS spec or other dependencies.

If you've got experience with using messengers in hostile environments (authoritarian regimes, you've been de-platformed, etc.) please get in touch. I'd love to hear more about what you'd like to see in a communication tool.

In the meantime, I'll be over here in the corner coding with my headphones on. 👨💻

Onward and Upwards!

Nostr Messaging update for September 13th 2024

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzq9eemymaerqvwdc25f6ctyuvzx0zt3qld3zp5hf5cmfc2qlrzdh0qqxnzdejxcervvfj8qcnzwfe86jz3d


Why build a reference? Why not just build it for one of the clients directly?


Where can we find the source code? :)


I am building it for the client. It’s just my client.


Cool 😃  I guess i did not understand the meaning of reference.


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nostr:npub1sy70twa0vadtk8hjs6wt2hmfszduj04tw78ccs3ktmr9u99mfmqsj62srx - cool 👀


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Bravo 🫂


Would love to test this!


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Dude you are crushing it and building the future in the present!