NIP-96: File Distribution over Nostr

[KaffinPX]

I'm proposing and developing a solution for managing files/repositories over Nostr without storing actual data on it but on an alternate network.

I will release our CLI client tomorrow(Currently im testing&improving code quality) and our web client coming in some days(Its a working prototype rn).

Will release screenshots if comments ;)

[KaffinPX]

We released our preview of web client on https://fostr.dev ;) CLI delayed to tomorrow.

[KaffinPX]

Source code of web client will be released soon over same account w CLI client.

[KaffinPX]

Also we know theres a bug on address linking over website on web client, will be fixed soon

Edit: Fixed

[akhavr]

We released our preview of web client on https://fostr.dev ;) CLI delayed to tomorrow.

Where does it store the files, actually?

[KaffinPX]

We released our preview of web client on https://fostr.dev ;) CLI delayed to tomorrow.

Where does it store the files, actually?

Our implementations are using IPFS

[KaffinPX]

Our NIP is on https://fostr.dev/#/npub1hau0ws8e4405g5ckst669hn4znlzhh7j7tx8tqr8m3fu4hzmetxqe6r0er/fostr-protocol?path=/PROTOCOL.md now

[akhavr]

Our NIP is on https://fostr.dev/#/npub1hau0ws8e4405g5ckst669hn4znlzhh7j7tx8tqr8m3fu4hzmetxqe6r0er/fostr-protocol?path=/PROTOCOL.md now

Failed to load repository

This repository does not exist

:)

[KaffinPX]

Our NIP is on https://fostr.dev/#/npub1hau0ws8e4405g5ckst669hn4znlzhh7j7tx8tqr8m3fu4hzmetxqe6r0er/fostr-protocol?path=/PROTOCOL.md now

Failed to load repository

This repository does not exist

:)

Check your internet connection :)

[KaffinPX]

So yeah i can reproduce that by having a 700-800 ms ping internet(aka satellite internet), looks like its because request timeout so we will add a refresh button in next update.

[JeanOUINA]

Our NIP is on https://fostr.dev/#/npub1hau0ws8e4405g5ckst669hn4znlzhh7j7tx8tqr8m3fu4hzmetxqe6r0er/fostr-protocol?path=/PROTOCOL.md now

Failed to load repository

This repository does not exist

:)

this should be linked to your internet connection. Alternatively, we just added a Refresh button to retry loading the page if needed (it is possible that not every relay is connected yet when loading the repository).

[akhavr]

this should be linked to your internet connection. Alternatively, we just added a Refresh button to retry loading the page if needed (it is possible that not every relay is connected yet when loading the repository).

Yeah, it was Starlink in a shitty location. Yet, giving such message is a bad UX.

Still trying to try. Now getting

Failed to load repository

(intermediate value).Objects is undefined
invalid path "/PROTOCOL.md": path does not begin with '/'

[KaffinPX]

Uhm i cant reproduce that, can you add me on Discord: KaffinPX#0001 so we can try to get some debug data.

[frbitten]

Is it not possible to take advantage of the [NIP-94] (#337) that already proposes this file broadcast instead of creating a new NIP?
You could just define the extra tags and content format to support your needs.

[KaffinPX]

Our solution is immutable and designed for distributing decentralized file system ids, not a beacon for urls.

[akhavr]

KaffinPX#0001

Sorry, not a discord user so can't find you there. Still interested to understand how your solution works.

[KaffinPX]

KaffinPX#0001

Sorry, not a discord user so can't find you there. Still interested to understand how your solution works.

Im going to release CLI client soon, also can you share dev console logs to here so maybe we can find smth.

[akhavr]

can you share dev console logs to here so maybe we can find smth.

It gets 500 on https://node-ipfs.thomiz.dev/5001/api/v0/cat?arg=/PROTOCOL.md:

POST | https://node-ipfs.thomiz.dev/5001/api/v0/cat?arg=/PROTOCOL.md

[KaffinPX]

Thomiz will check soon

[rafael-xmr]

Failed to load repository

(intermediate value).Objects is undefined
invalid path "/PROTOCOL.md": path does not begin with '/'

This happens in firefox here, but not in chrome/brave

[KaffinPX]

Failed to load repository

(intermediate value).Objects is undefined
invalid path "/PROTOCOL.md": path does not begin with '/'

This happens in firefox here, but not in chrome/brave

Ah so give us some time to fix, ig some Path standard differences

[KaffinPX]

Fixed

[KaffinPX]

Can everyone help us to advertise Fostr, literally no one knows about it yet lol

[KaffinPX]

@fiatjaf fyi, its ready to be reviewed

[xeruf]

what happened to this, why is there another 96?
#547

[KaffinPX]

what happened to this, why is there another 96? #547

This repo is centralized and this pull request got ghosted.

[fiatjaf]

If this repo was centralized it would have been my responsibility to read this and decide upon merging it or not. Since it is not, then I can safely ignore it until the community is on the streets claiming for the merge.

[fiatjaf]

But I personally didn't like it.