Oddbean

I'm excited to announce the first release of NWS, a resilient connectivity solution that leverages NOSTR as a transport for TCP. NWS enables seamless communication between devices without public IP addresses. Below are the key features introduced in this release: - **Exit Node Internet Relay:** Exit nodes can relay public internet traffic, allowing entry nodes to access the internet using the exit node's outgoing IP address. - **.nostr Domain Support:** NWS now supports `.nostr` domains, which are valid RFC 1035 domains. This feature ensures compatibility with most existing clients. - **Reverse TCP Connect Mode:** We've added a reverse TCP connect mode where the exit node initiates a TCP connection to the public entry node upon receiving a request. This mode utilizes NOSTR for service discovery while forwarding data packets through the reverse connection, enhancing connectivity and reducing load on public NOSTR relays. This is just the beginning. With many more features and enhancements on our roadmap, we are excited about the future of NWS and its potential. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to develop NWS. https://github.com/asmogo/nws/releases

Sehr interessant, das muss ich mir noch mal im Detail anschauen. nostr:nevent1qqsgtqdfeq8jnud7fuca3g6gzcfnwy4k3gjrg6vqzpl7rgek0xqk30cppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsdwq8uzr290m4wfupwkpxhzks9fqm7dz3w95qsjufc930pq9kun8srqsqqqqqpm4s8nw

We really need to buy the .nostr top level domain. nostr:nevent1qqsgtqdfeq8jnud7fuca3g6gzcfnwy4k3gjrg6vqzpl7rgek0xqk30cpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5hsygxhqr7pp4zha6hy7qhtqnt3tgz5sdlx3ghz6qgfwyuzchsszmwfncpsgqqqqqqsrsu0vz

The tech side is hard to catch up in nostr. the only thing I understood is NWS allows us to communicate w/o using public Ip address. other parts are mostly foreign language 😂 . I am listening to computer science fundamental course for weeks to learn ABC Will get there, nostr:note1skq6njq098cmune3mz35s9snxuftdz3yx35cqyrlux3nv7vpdzlsfygf0l

as much as i like developments regarding nostr, i think relays will need to choose a path after this: 1. a queryble data store / note store with a big db 2. being a tor node with a short db i am leaning towards 1 and i am happy to serve as 1. not much inspiration towards 2. nostr:note1skq6njq098cmune3mz35s9snxuftdz3yx35cqyrlux3nv7vpdzlsfygf0l

The other way round: it allows you to access services like a Cashu mint via nostr, without having to connect to the service directly via TCP/IP. We're going to use this to make Cashu mints available to wallets directly on nostr so operators don't need to doxx their IP or get DNS. We've looked into numerous alternatives, none of them are as simple as Nostr (e.g. work from within the browser). However, Tor provides much better privacy. This is not a privacy tool.

The simplest example is a server that can't expose ports due to firewall or NAT rules. Another case is a mint that doesn't have a static IP address (can use an npub instead). Am I getting your question right?

NWC wallets don't have static IPs and are behind firewalls too. Clients send ephemeral events as requests to wallet pubkey on some relay, wallet subscribes to requests and replies in a similar way tagging the client pubkey. Same way wallet could talk to a mint doing RPC using ephemeral events. NWS is doing similar thing but with a much more complex setup - enter/exit nodes socks5 etc, and the payload is arbitrary binary data, wheres mint RPC would be much simpler and more structured - wallet just connects to a relay and writes/reads some encrypted events.

Barely understand anything, but head is moving towards the following gist "Relays and clients, or at least just relays, won't know people's IP as they sign and publish events". Did my brain understand that right? x3