Keychat

The menu has been redesigned and will be available in the next version. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp2x32cxk5era2qtfj9njgmer0vm0ky3l3ytglks3m36r2vl7c7sgqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueqqyzznmjuaq5gmlt8r55m4reh5ytqn70k6yjzcfcv7w3f9rxz8kvqmgwuvyls

Keychat’s current support for Nostr DMs works like this: if you log in to Keychat with your Nostr ID — more precisely, your Nostr microblog ID — and someone sends you a DM, whether it uses NIP-4 or NIP-17, you’ll receive the message (along with a notification) and can reply using the corresponding DM format. Of course, this requires that you and the other party share at least one common relay. You can add relays in the Keychat Chat Settings. One limitation for now is that when you log in with a Nostr ID, you can’t initiate a DM(NIP-4, NIP-17) yourself — you have to wait until someone sends you a DM first, and then you can reply. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpwleyw4fy3sxt7yvgrran0mpenxqlululur94r9jlax0hd3q3rc7qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueqqyrucf6c75zre3qwjpsxdc57l6jq2ncyjly8shugxqq42k069u3tk5w8dk5f

Keychat Browser will continue to be optimized for audio and video Mini Apps, such as enabling playback in the background. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqy837jjce4a87m67mq0vaaff79kwggtn6cvhmf2p82swajsvyyezqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uqzql8tqhqugtjww4rjjvlaqhl5x72xj36xnrvq8x72uu5juytqflwxf8fed0

We use Nostr IDs and relays as the foundation for Keychat — not because we’re blind Nostr maxis who think it’s a hammer for every nail, but because our analysis shows it’s a pragmatic and well-reasoned choice. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpwleyw4fy3sxt7yvgrran0mpenxqlululur94r9jlax0hd3q3rc7qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2qgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejqqg9hnmuyrlcfllvy69hat4vexxj68qywt9zpar7lpza2hfs4aylflqzt34fq

You can think of Keychat’s design as snapping together open-source protocol blocks, like building with Lego. In our hands we already have a set of mature open-source “blocks”: A Nostr block for identity (ID) and chat relays; A Cashu protocol block for message stamps and small payments; A Lightning protocol block for the wallet; Signal and MLS protocol blocks for end-to-end encryption of chat messages, and for deriving a unique receiving address for each message; A Web App protocol block for hosting and running various Mini Apps. By combining these open-source blocks, we’ve created a work that is both structurally clear and robust—Keychat. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpwleyw4fy3sxt7yvgrran0mpenxqlululur94r9jlax0hd3q3rc7qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2qg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueqqyp55n77npg3jwdk6wr4gttl3fgmuw7x3n3rf9592x5wkakk53m75644krp3

If you’re a user of the Coinos Lightning wallet https://coinos.io , you can try using it in the Keychat browser. You can log in directly with your Keychat ID. Please note that it is a centralized custodial wallet.

Once a user installs Keychat and selects Create ID, Keychat generates a seed phrase in the background and uses it to create multiple IDs for the user. In Keychat’s initial multi-device sync design, the user can use the first ID on device 1 and the second ID on device 2. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpwleyw4fy3sxt7yvgrran0mpenxqlululur94r9jlax0hd3q3rc7qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqsftf5lkvw7nnu8auq20wh8c4yqlyy4tt79r5k4dg3079fttjuyg4srzr6t7

When your Keychat wallet has a balance, your messages will use the Keychat relay (while also using free relays), paying a 1 sat stamp per message. You can also disable the Keychat relay. When your wallet has no balance, your messages are only forwarded via free relays. You can change the default free relays in the Keychat settings. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpwleyw4fy3sxt7yvgrran0mpenxqlululur94r9jlax0hd3q3rc7qyghwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnhd9hx2tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsqg8ku622qnzn8zj93655j8mwgvu5ryhvt424r2cfyzs2jsts98se05h5hj6r

Because there are so many different Linux distributions, we plan to adopt Flatpak (https://flatpak.org) and publish Keychat on (https://flathub.org) so that Linux users will be able to install Keychat easily from Flathub. We also intend to add the Mini App Browser to the Linux version of Keychat, and in parallel we’re exploring future support for ARM-based desktops and laptops.

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