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Long-Term Support For Mike Dilger

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OpenSats is excited to announce long-term support for Mike Dilger, a dedicated contributor in the nostr ecosystem.

Mike is known for being the lead developer of Gossip, a nostr client designed to prioritize privacy and security by avoiding common web stack vulnerabilities and leveraging rust language security.

Gossip has become a reference implementation for the "outbox model," a design that enables more scalable message distribution across the nostr network. In addition to Gossip, Mike is known for his contributions to several tools and libraries that support the nostr ecosystem, such as the chorus relay and relay tester, as well as his active participation in NIP discussions.

With the support of this LTS grant, Mike plans to continue his work on the Gossip client, focusing on:

  • Improving support for replying to various versions of replaceable events.

  • Adding NIP-96 file uploads.

  • Implementing Blossom support, Web of Trust, and search functionality at the relay level.

  • Enhancing reporting and labeling capabilities (NIP-56/NIP-32)

Never in my life has something so important fallen into my lap, and I feel responsible to the future of humanity to get this right.

-Mike Dilger

Our mission at OpenSats is to provide sustainable funding for the builders and maintainers of critical open-source infrastructure within the Bitcoin and nostr ecosystem.

Our LTS program is made possible by generous donors like you. To continue supporting important contributors like Mike, consider donating to The Nostr Fund.

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