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What is a Nostr client?

Learn what a Nostr client is, why the app is not your account, how clients work with relays and signers, and what to look for when you choose one.

What is a Nostr client?
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How to Choose Nostr Relays

Learn how to choose Nostr relays without guesswork. This guide covers privacy, reliability, search support, relay quality, and what to avoid.

How to Choose Nostr Relays
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Nostr Relays, Privacy, and Security

Understand the privacy and security trade-offs of Nostr relays, including what relay operators can observe, what they cannot do, and how to use relays more safely.

Nostr Relays, Privacy, and Security
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What is a Nostr Relay?

Learn what a Nostr relay is, how relays work, and why they matter for privacy, censorship resistance, availability, and everyday use on Nostr.

What is a Nostr Relay?
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Why Nostr keys and identity are better for privacy

Nostr replaces account recovery, phone-number signups, and centrally managed identities with cryptographic keys. That changes privacy, but it also shifts responsibility onto the user.

Why Nostr keys and identity are better for privacy
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What Is a Nostr Relay? The Servers Behind the Network

Companion post: What is a Nostr Relay?

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What Is a NIP-07 Signer? A Safer Way to Use Nostr Websites

Companion post: What is a NIP-07 signer?

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Why You Should Not Paste Your Nostr Private Key Into Websites

Companion post: How to manage keys for Nostr

Best Nostr Browser Extensions (2026): Complete Comparison

Best Nostr Browser Extensions (2026): Complete Comparison

Compare the best Nostr browser extensions of 2026. We review Porwr by Diogel, Alby, Nos2x, and Nsec.app to help you choose the right NIP-07 signer for secure key management.
Getting Started with Nostr: Porwr Setup Guide (2026)

Getting Started with Nostr: Porwr Setup Guide (2026)

Learn how to set up the Porwr Nostr signer in 5 minutes. Complete walkthrough for Chrome and Firefox with screenshots. Secure key management made simple for Nostr beginners.
How to manage keys for Nostr

How to manage keys for Nostr

Learn how to manage Nostr keys safely, including backups, signers, multi-key strategies, recovery planning, and the mistakes most likely to burn your identity.
How to self-host your NIP-05 identity

How to self-host your NIP-05 identity

Learn how NIP-05 maps a human-readable identifier like name@domain.com to your Nostr public key using a nostr.json file on your own domain.
How to get started with Nostr

How to get started with Nostr

New to Nostr? Learn how to create a key, choose a client or signer, back up your identity properly, and avoid the most common beginner mistakes.
What is a NIP-07 signer?

What is a NIP-07 signer?

Learn what a NIP-07 signer is, how browser extensions expose the window.nostr API, and why this model is safer than pasting your Nostr private key into websites.
What is Nostr?

What is Nostr?

Learn what Nostr is, how relays and clients work, why identity is based on keys instead of accounts, and what the protocol does and does not solve.
How government monetary policy erodes the value of money

How government monetary policy erodes the value of money

How an inflation rate of 3.11% per year means £100 in 2000 is worth £215.11 in 2025.
Bitaxe Touch Genesis Batch

Bitaxe Touch Genesis Batch

The Bitaxe Touch is a touchscreen Bitcoin miner designed for home use, featuring a 4.3" capacitive display that shows real-time Bitcoin price, network stats, and mining data.
Bitcoin is not a Ponzi Scheme

Bitcoin is not a Ponzi Scheme

Bitcoin has faced numerous criticisms, one of the most persistent being the claim that it is a Ponzi scheme. This accusation, often made by those who do not fully understand the technology or economics behind Bitcoin.
Getting started with Public Pool Mining

Getting started with Public Pool Mining

Public Pool is an open-source, solo Bitcoin mining application that lets you run your own pool using your own node.
Getting started with solo mining

Getting started with solo mining

Learn how to start solo mining Bitcoin with a Bitaxe to help decentralise and secure the bitcoin network.
What is Bitcoin mining

What is Bitcoin mining

Bitcoin mining is the process that maintains the Bitcoin network and enables the creation of new bitcoins. It is a critical part of the Bitcoin network, ensuring the security and integrity of the blockchain.
What is solo mining

What is solo mining

Explore what solo mining is, how it works, advantages and disadvantages, and why you may want to venture into the world of solo mining
How to run a Bitcoin Node with Umbrel Home

How to run a Bitcoin Node with Umbrel Home

How to run your own Bitcoin node on an Umbrel Home: what you need, how to set it up, and what running a node gives you in privacy and independence.
How Blockchain uses Cryptography

How Blockchain uses Cryptography

Blockchains make use of two types of cryptographic algorithms, asymmetric-key algorithms, and hash functions.
What is Blockchain

What is Blockchain

Blockchain is a shared ledger, allowing thousands of connected computers or servers to maintain a single, secured and immutable ledger
Why privacy is a fundamental human right

Why privacy is a fundamental human right

Why businesses need to be more concerned about customer privacy
How to add Fathom Analytics to Nuxt

How to add Fathom Analytics to Nuxt

Adding privacy focused analytics to your nuxt based website
The Importance of Privacy in Web Analytics

The Importance of Privacy in Web Analytics

Why all websites and apps need to be concerned about the privacy of their users
Why choose privacy focused Analytics

Why choose privacy focused Analytics

Why all websites need to be concerned about the privacy of their users