Alexandria Catalogue - Articles

Nostr should have a marketplace of third party service providers that calculate personalized trust metrics for consumption by nostr clients. This will enable the development of more sophisticated trust metrics, promote consistency of the user experience across nostr, and free up client resources to focus on their core missions.

This is a high level overview of the GrapeRank algorithm for personalized trust metrics. The baseline GrapeRank metric functions as a method of nostr pubkey verification: kind 3 follows are favorable indicators, with mutes and reports being disfavorable. A well defined pathway exists to incorporate additional indicators and to create additional, contextual GrapeRank metrics for a variety of applications.

Das Paradox der Genies

Time has flown by during the summer holidays. August gave me a welcome break from the digital world, and there were moments when I felt truly unplugged. I’m sure I missed a lot of Nostr updates, but that doesn’t worry me, signal-worthy ideas still find their way to the top. Now that it’s October and I’m wrapping up this article. I guess September was that busy I forget to finish up this article.

A sort of Nostr-based web manifesto

# Tensegrity: A Background Essay

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TollGate v0.2.0 is now live! This release features a completely rebuilt captive portal for a smoother user experience, with an improved mobile interface and enhanced payment flow for Cashu. Learn about the new features, download the firmware, and join our first community call on October 21st

Using nostr as a base layer to create, consume, and monetize long-form content.

Speculative attack, accelerate.

What does this say about us?

I lifted this off of eatwell.com for testing purposes but it sounded good too. Credit to Liz Mervosh #chickensoup

The People of the Oath

The Infinite Subway Paradox

MLS + Nostr = Marmot 🦫

Why only cash is king and private monetary transactions are the main show.

This article proposes a foundation to guide safer internet tools for children within the Nostr ecosystem. By developing relays, clients, and bunkers independently yet coherently, it creates layered protections with broader benefits for all users.

Heart Words #15

Applesauce v4.0: SQLite, Wallet Connect, negentropy

What does it truly mean to abide in Jesus and why does it matter

From moral imagination to spontaneous order, Bitcoin makes visible what Steiner dreamed and Hayek defended.

an autumn favorite.

Living with an eternal perspective, so you leave something eternal for those who remain behind.

The times call for bold action.

The 42nd Weekly dose of what happened previous week in the Nostr world

A fact-based digest with sources (2018–2025)

Demographics is destiny

God enables us to obey our calling

In this article, we discuss metaphysical and philosophical foundations of consciousness that arise from eastern traditions, including Hinduism with the Advaita Vedanta and Samkhya schools of thought, Buddhism with the Anatta and Yogacara, Daoism, Confucianism, and Zen Buddhism.

This second article in the series outlines “Kidstr,” a framework for building a safe online environment for children using a three-level trust system. It explains how parents can define what their children see and interact with, while introducing supporting tools like client controls, relay hygiene, and profile management.

It is Never too Late to be Used by God

This article examines the risks of weak governance in open-source protocols and aims to spark a crucial discussion on how to ensure the long-term health of Nostr and similar systems.

Do good.

Surinamese saoto soup to refresh your soul -- a light and vibrant chicken soup with bright notes of lemongrass and a lil kick of sambal

The bitcoin network is a beautiful thing.

On digital signatures, and how they free our data from the custodians who store it.

Our duty in times of deception

Mandatory licensing for Bitcoin node operators, often floated as a response to relaying illicit material, is legally unlikely and technically unworkable for non-commercial users under current Western regulatory frameworks. Most laws distinguish between passive, non-custodial infrastructure and active money services, shielding regular node runners from liability. Even in a worst-case crackdown, enforcement against privacy-hardened, Tor-routed or cross-border nodes would be a logistical impossibil...