YuurinBee

gm, nostr.

I heard about #Nostr badges. Where can I find out more? Harbinger of the Digital Dawn.

gm, nostr. sharing about nostr, bitchat*, and nostr:nprofile1qqst37fwv8n363vx4eh7d9c0w0wslkufqyy43830g9a773zmhw5jergut5jp4 with family today. what are you all up to?

What do you all think of this icon/logomark concept for #bitchat?

🎨 " #PermissionlessDesign " for bitchat* nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyehwumn8ghj7mnhvvh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7ctewe4xcetfd3khsvrpdsmk5vnsw96rydr3v4jrz73hvyu8xqpqsg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q8dzj6n & team Hi. I'm Bee and I love design + permissionless, decentralized, and open-source technology. While new to #Nostr network in the past few months, nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqghwaehxw309a48x6mfw368jtnrv96z7mn0wd68yqpq6ye7evyevwnl0fc9hujsxf9zym72e063awn0pvde0huvpyec5nyq7v7pw8 and I have started to build nostr:nprofile1qy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvdakqzrmhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mgqyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg6gdc3zu , and since then I've found out about bitchat* and it has reignited the spark in me that really drove me heavily into open-source tech and communities. PS: Special thanks to the Nostr community. 📎Quoted below more about bitchat* (Original Source: Twitter) ◤◢◤◢◤◢ Branding Concepts ◤◢◤◢◤◢ I took some time, while I was on the plane after testing out bitchat* at ~35,000 ft above ground, and started playing with some icon/symbol design concepts. With anything creative that comes to you, you have to act on it or it will forever rest in the graveyard of "what ifs". One of my favorite styles of design is heavily influenced by cyberpunk/cypherpunk terminals and narratives, as well as pixel art. So, with this design concept I got to merge them both, largely due to influence in the name itself "bit"chat. I broke down the Core Elements of the brand in my perspective for this proximity-based privacy messenger app: ◤◢◤◢◤◢ Core Elements ◤◢◤◢◤◢ ◤◢ Bit(s) > Information, Data, Storage ◤◢ Mesh Network > Nostr Protocol, Decentralized Network, Nodes ◤◢ Communication > Bluetooth Technology, Encryption, Privacy One of my favorite aspects of design is taking different elements and merging them (largely trying to simplify them) to create a unique and new symbol, that broadcasts a unique message. In this particular example, I took most of my inspiration from the pre-existing app where it uses a terminal-like GUI (surely inspired by cypherpunk themes and the Matrix) and wanted to build with the foundational pillars that are most likely set in place with a lot of thought and intention vs. creating a random, new brand direction and style guide. Factoring that into the equation, I wanted the emphasis to be on the "b" for "bitchat*" to help users easily remember, identify, and connect with the brand. In the second image, you can see this represented visually. I merged the shape of a lowercase "b" with the general shape of a two-way radio, representing communication between 2 or more parties. So, we have the elements of "bit" covered by the simple pixel style (boxes), the "b" to help reiterate the name of the tool, app, and brand, and the same shape of a two-way radio to represent a form of encrypted communication. Since this icon is incredibly simple, I also did some research and checking to see if there were any companies, organizations, or logos that were the same... as a lot of design is a really just a puzzle and people at this day and age are bound to put some of the pieces in the same order, especially with the most simple and basic geometric shapes. I found similar examples, but luckily didn't find any that were the same. I kept the same brand colors and primary "cypherpunk" green: HEX#: 2fd159 used in the app. ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ C o n c l u s i o n ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ Absolutely enjoyed this design experiment and I'm curious to see where it leads... overlooked, irrelevant, appreciated, LGTM? That is the beauty of doing what you love, there is no losing. Working on many open-source projects that have failed to this day, only have taught me so much along the way and in some sense, helps you to be unattached to your potential expectations and desires to focus on the present, the task at hand... If the team, contributors, and community behind bitchat* are interested, DMs are open. I'm happy to contribute what I can to build out the branding, based on what currently exists at no cost. 🤍 //.FormlessLabs/YuurinBee

What are you doing to help onboard people into #Nostr? For me, building nostr:nprofile1qy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvdakqzrmhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mgqyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg6gdc3zu with nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqghwaehxw309a48x6mfw368jtnrv96z7mn0wd68yqpq6ye7evyevwnl0fc9hujsxf9zym72e063awn0pvde0huvpyec5nyq7v7pw8 to provide people on the outside a simple UX for an end-to-end private and encrypted messenger app. I want it to feel and operate on the user's side like the mainstream, centralized apps that most people are used to, but the backend private and encrypted thanks to NIP-17 and Nostr.

bitchat* tested 40,000 ft in the air ✅ (well, technically about 35,057 ft) I heard about someone testing bitchat* on an airplane and wanted to test it myself across 4 devices. Here is some of my feedback and experience: Android + iOS ✅ Messages Sent ✅ Notifications✅ (when a bitchat* user is detected) Panic Mode ✅ Proximity "Group Chat" ✅ Connecting to Users ✅❌ P2P Connectivity Issues: Some devices failed to connect to each other and pick up on the mesh network, though they were right next to each other and 3/4 of the other devices could. To clarify, some devices could connect with each other, but it would be seemingly random which devices could see each other. Most devices could connect to 3/4 and the device they couldn't connect to was random, it wasn't the same phone that was having issues or for example Android vs iOS. There was only some connectivity issue between devices for connecting peer-to-peer, but typing in the proximity "group chat" it worked perfectly fine. Failed Messages? On some devices, there were cases where it looked like messages had gone through perfectly and delivered from one device, but on the other device it showed that it had received the message, but a small red ⚠️ icon displayed to the right of it. The message displayed on both phones, but on the receiving phone it showed the small red warning icon and it's not clear to me what that is indicative of. Naturally, I would assume it would be a sign of a message failed to send... but if I can see it on both devices, not sure. Did the device receive it, but the network struggles to refresh and confirm the action/message? Random/Unidentified Devices? Then, strangely I managed to pickup other "users" or devices? Normally, your default name will be anonxxxx (numeric value) but when I stayed on the network a hexadecimal value was shown and I tried to connect to send a message, but failed. I'm not sure if this picked up on other devices with bluetooth on, but I don't think this is the case because you can pick up a lot more devices using bluetooth and in bitchat* I'm pretty sure you can only see/connect with other users within your proximity that have bluetooth and location services enabled as well as active in the app? I tried to connect to the other users to send a message, but it eventually failed. 📝UX Suggestion: When changing your username, at least within mobile, you can click on your name to change the characters let's say from "anon9999" to "yuurinbee" and if you click out of the box, it doesn't save for others to see, but still shows that's what you typed. I think there are 2 options here that make more sense to me: 1. If you want to make it so when you click out of the area it doesn't save, then reset the name to the default so the user knows it didn't save on the network and only on your local GUI. 2. If you hit "enter" or click out of the box, it automatically saves your name changes. ✋Panic Mode (EPIC) I tested this feature and it did not disappoint. This safety feature built in is exactly what privacy protection (emphasis on the protection) is all about. Triple tapping on the logo (top left) will reset your changes/settings and wipe chat log immediately and change your username (ie: anon9999 to anon4823). If I'm not mistaken, it wipes your private p2p logs as well as the general proximity chat. End Result: It works. ✅ It's not entirely consistent, but I can safely say that bitchat* worked ~35,000 ft in the air on an airplane going roughly 500+ mph. If that isn't impressive for a privacy and encrypted messenger app (without internet) I don't know what is. nostr:nprofile1qqst37fwv8n363vx4eh7d9c0w0wslkufqyy43830g9a773zmhw5jergut5jp4 is doing field research and taking notes 🤔 nostr:nprofile1qqsdzvlvkzvk8flh5uzm7fgryj3zdl9vhag7hfhskxuhm7xqjvu2fjqz2tsc6 #bitchat #privacy #ux nostr:nevent1qqs2wvhurhl0s6eaypksndlqrjkdfyellz6m36krqcn8z0szmksm2hczfdz82

Finally tested out BITchat by nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyehwumn8ghj7mnhvvh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7ctewe4xcetfd3khsvrpdsmk5vnsw96rydr3v4jrz73hvyu8xqpqsg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q8dzj6n & team 💯 (bluetooth, proximity-based privacy messenger app) The courier, Terminal UI look largely looking like it drew inspiration from "The Matrix", a message or series of messages, warnings, and guidance that still ring true today. We have somewhat of a similar influence building nostr:nprofile1qy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvdakqzrmhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mgqyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg6gdc3zu, our open-source, privacy messenger-based app on #Nostr. I love the inspiration behind the minimal GUI and even the intro/about us with terms like "ephemeral identity". I often think in my head of "ephemeral existence" because that is what life is and all we do as people is mimic and copy life, hence the term biomimicry. Love the artistry and creativity behind something that feels so simple, but once you start creating applications you realize how much thought goes into every single and seemingly trivial detail. Great designers know this. Everything is incredibly straightforward and intuitive for the UX, largely to removing unnecessary features and details (I'm assuming their team had to go through a long process of what to remove vs what to add :kek: ). Everything worked like a charm, other than a connectivity issue I had with one device. One device connected perfectly to the other device, but the other device couldn't detect the other. These were tested on cross-OS, iOS and Android. I think that there were permission issues for bluetooth, location services, etc. that may have caused the issue, though I tried troubleshooting and enabling features to no success. We live in a time where our freedom and privacy are tested daily. There are forces that wish to control, oppress, and exploit--whether that sounds extreme to you or not. We compromise ourselves daily online, largely to mere convenience and a lack of knowledge. I love to see experiments like this come to life and this is what we should be contributing to as a collective, projects and protocols that protect our privacy and allow for true digital freedom and self-sovereignty.

◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ nostr:nprofile1qy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvdakqzrmhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mgqyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg6gdc3zu ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ Source: ProtonVPN "Just a few minutes after the Online Safety Act went into effect last night, Proton VPN signups originating in the UK surged by more than 1,400%. Unlike previous surges, this one is sustained, and is significantly higher than when France lost access to adult content." ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ nostr:nprofile1qy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvdakqzrmhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mgqyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg6gdc3zu ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ There has never been a greater need for privacy, especially in the digital frontier. People are finally waking up to the reality of what is happening and the power they are unrightfully and unknowingly giving away. This is exactly why we have utilized Nostr's infrastructure to build an end-to-end, no-compromise privacy messenger app to allow people to come as they are, express themselves freely, and not be monitored by malicious and nefarious entities seeking to do harm in one way or another. Protect your freedom and right to speak freely by utilizing the right digital platforms with your best interests both in mind (intention) and in practice (tech). Take up your digital swords and rise to battle, our time has come my fellow sovereign brothers and sisters! ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ nostr:nprofile1qy8hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnvdakqzrmhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mgqyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg6gdc3zu ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢