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Your Software Runs on Enemy Infrastructure

Your Software Runs on Enemy Infrastructure

Freedom tech projects build censorship-resistant tools on censorship-susceptible platforms. The Nostr stack offers a coherent migration path for sovereign development infrastructure.

Own Your Outbox: Running Haven as Your Personal Nostr Relay

Own Your Outbox: Running Haven as Your Personal Nostr Relay

Your relay, your rules. Haven bundles four relay functions into one binary, easily deployable on a cheap VPS in an afternoon.

Nostr-Native Distributed Storage System

Nostr-Native Distributed Storage System

The latest iteration of Garland, a privacy-preserving distributed storage system built on Nostr and Blossom, using erasure coding for durability and single-key recovery.

Garland: Exploring the Architecture

Garland: Exploring the Architecture

We're exploring an architecture for Garland: Cryptomator for encryption, Blossom for blob storage, Nostr for state. Your nsec becomes your Cryptomator password. We think this works - but we'd love your feedback before we commit.

Sifting Through the Archive: Private Set Membership for Blossom

Sifting Through the Archive: Private Set Membership for Blossom

Binary Fuse filters let Blossom clients privately check which files exist on a server - download a compact filter once, query locally with zero server load, and use delta lists for real-time accuracy.

Garland: Your Keys, Your Files, No Trusted Third Party

Garland: Your Keys, Your Files, No Trusted Third Party

Garland turns Blossom blob storage into a virtual drive on your device. Your Nostr key is your password. No accounts, no cloud lock-in.