Release 0.3.6-beta : Support for nsec and npub and other improvements

Release 0.3.6-beta

• Added support for nsec and npub keys when invoking from command line ( in addition to hex keys that still supported)
• Fixed, or added support for nostr:npub and nostr:note mentions; now they get expanded to username, and event data respectively.
• Fix for issue #64 - print 10 bytes of user-id when showing profile ( instead of 6)
• Improved events saved into file by adding flag 'userRelevant'. Any kind-1 event printed for user is now saved to file.
• changed default relays
• Changed public rooms menu a little bit; Reversed order of rooms displayed so that most recently updated rooms are now displayed at the bottom

Nostr Console v0.3.5-beta: Fix for a recent crash seen; and other minor improvements.

0.3.5-beta

• fix for crash in issue #70
• improved highlighted events code in 2->1
• in 2->1 printed popular accounts with follows as well as the user's events too (previous it was just follows, which made it same as 2->6)
• max difficulty limit increased to to 32 from 24
• added three new relays and removed some older ones
• fixed fetching of contact names ( now all are fetched whereas previously they weren't)

0.3.4-beta

• improved logic that only new events from follows are shown as notifications; this reduces the flood of notifications seen
• Improved SN tree display to show the right highlights only from required events
• longer-named follows were not getting tick mark at end. fixed it, now they get tick marks in posts, channels and in one liners for channels
• fix lud06/16 qr code printing in profiles. white on black font gets read by bluewallet, and reverse by wallet of satoshi.
• ask user y/n to avoid overwriting contact list if no contact list is seen for user
• saved dm's sent to user to file

0.3.3-beta

• Linux arm64 build added; docker images pushed to github ghcr.io; and improving of build process by @AaronDewes
• added display_name and website field support for reading and updating kind 0 , or profile; now damus profiles won't get messed up if they're edited from Nostr Console.
• color fix - where likes to right of a notification-like were shown in white rather than as colored text

after tag with suffix a

• fix issue so now dm sent to user are saved ( this avoid unnecessary notification of dm sent to user on program startup)

0.3.2-beta

• fixed or improved mention expansion
• displayed global feed. which has all latest in last 2 hours
• in incoming notifications, only showed notifications for follows.
• In writing events, only writing follow's events. and the ones they interact with.
• now friends have a tick; no tick for defaults
• fixed colors issue for notification likes that were shifted to left since last 2 releases
• added build arm 64 for all three desktop platforms Not working right now. Removed attachments. Use this guide to build for arm64.

0.3.1-beta

• added nostr.ch as another default relay to sync with anigma
• printed only 20 maximum events in a thread to reduce screen spam from long threads. Only in search results are all threads printed; and a thread or event can be searched by 6 digit id-prefix of the event thats mentioned.
• improved user notifications , menu 2 -> 3, now likes are shown as notifications
• improved 2 -> 5. better printing. and fixed the issue where later reactions were being printed in white after highlighted reaction
• improved 2 -> 6 too, now follows posts get highlighted, and so do their reactions.
• p tag mentions of user get highlighted in above menus
• if too many wrong menu inputs are given ( >40) then program exits without saving any new events. for issue #49
• showed lud06 and lud16, if any, in profile as qr code

after tagging version 0.3.1-betaa

• improved notification count and display with recent clipped-thread change
• fixed issue where had to go to main menu from SN menu to get notifications ; related: also got notifications in other menus so now on following someone, that event is processed in this menu itself
• added lightning prefix in profile

help and reference

• link to nostr console wiki
• link to discussions

Binaries

All binaries built using Github workflow automatically

• nostr_console_windows_amd64.zip this has a win64 executable file with extension .exe.

• nostr_console_linux_amd64.zip this has a elf file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu-latest amd64

• nostr_console_linux_arm64.zip this has a elf file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu-latest arm64

• nostr_console_macos_amd64.zip has an executable .app file. Needs to be unzipped. Built similarly on macOS

• Docker image here

Usage

usage: nostr_console [OPTIONS] 

  OPTIONS

      -p, --pubkey  <public key>    The hex public key of user whose events and feed are shown. Default is a hard-coded
                                    public key derived from a well known private key. When given, posts/replies can't be sent. 
      -k, --prikey  <private key>   The hex private key of user whose events and feed are shown. Also used to sign events 
                                    sent. Default is same-as-above hard-coded well known private key. 
      -r, --relay   <relay wss url> The relay url that is used as main relay. Default is wss://nostr-relay.untethr.me.
      -d, --days    <N as num>      The latest number of days for which events are shown. Default is 1.
      -q, --request <REQ string>    This request is sent verbatim to the default relay. It can be used to recieve all events
                                    from a relay. If not provided, then events for default or given user are shown.
      -f, --file    <filename>      Read from given file, if it is present, and at the end of the program execution, write
                                    to it all the events (including the ones read, and any new received).
      -s, --disable-file            When turned on, even the default file is not read from.
      -t, --translate               Translate some of the recent posts using Google translate site ( and not api). Google 
                                    is accessed for any translation request only if this flag is present, and not otherwise.
      -l, --lnqr                    If set any LN invoices starting with LNBC will be printed as a QR code. Will set 
                                    width to 140, which can be reset if needed with the --width argument. Wider space is 
                                    needed for some qr codes.
      -g, --location               The given value is added as a 'location' tag with every kind 1 post made. Shortcut g for
                                    geographic location.
      -h, --help                    Print this usage message and exit.
      -v, --version                 Print version and exit.

      
  UI Options                                
      -a, --align  <left>           When "left" is given as option to this argument, then the text is aligned to left. By default
                                    the posts or text is aligned to the center of the terminal. 
      -w, --width  <width as num>   This specifies how wide you want the text to be, in number of columns. Default is 100. 
                                    Cant be less than 60.
      -m, --maxdepth <depth as num> The maximum depth to which the threads can be displayed. Minimum is 2 and
                                    maximum allowed is 12. 
      -c, --color  <color>          Color option can be green, cyan, white, black, red and blue.

  Advanced
      -y, --difficulty <number>     The difficulty number in bits, only for kind 1 messages. Tne next larger number divisible by 4 is 
                                    taken as difficulty. Can't be more than 32 bits, because otherwise it typically takes too much 
                                    time. Minimum and default is 0, which means no difficulty.
      -e, --overwrite               Will over write the file with all the events that were read from file, and all newly received. Is
                                    useful when the file has to be cleared of old unused events. A backup should be made just in case
                                    of original file before invoking.

Nostr Console v0.3.4-beta: Notifications shown only for follows; fixed name printing and ln qr print in profile

0.3.4-beta

• improved logic that only new events from follows are shown as notifications; this reduces the flood of notifications seen
• Improved SN tree display to show the right highlights only from required events
• longer-named follows were not getting tick mark at end. fixed it, now they get tick marks in posts, channels and in one liners for channels
• fix lud06/16 qr code printing in profiles. white on black font gets read by bluewallet, and reverse by wallet of satoshi.
• ask user y/n to avoid overwriting contact list if no contact list is seen for user
• saved dm's sent to user to file

0.3.3-beta

• Linux arm64 build added; docker images pushed to github ghcr.io; and improving of build process by @AaronDewes
• added display_name and website field support for reading and updating kind 0 , or profile; now damus profiles won't get messed up if they're edited from Nostr Console.
• color fix - where likes to right of a notification-like were shown in white rather than as colored text

after tag with suffix a

• fix issue so now dm sent to user are saved ( this avoid unnecessary notification of dm sent to user on program startup)

0.3.2-beta

• fixed or improved mention expansion
• displayed global feed. which has all latest in last 2 hours
• in incoming notifications, only showed notifications for follows.
• In writing events, only writing follow's events. and the ones they interact with.
• now friends have a tick; no tick for defaults
• fixed colors issue for notification likes that were shifted to left since last 2 releases
• added build arm 64 for all three desktop platforms Not working right now. Removed attachments. Use this guide to build for arm64.

0.3.1-beta

• added nostr.ch as another default relay to sync with anigma
• printed only 20 maximum events in a thread to reduce screen spam from long threads. Only in search results are all threads printed; and a thread or event can be searched by 6 digit id-prefix of the event thats mentioned.
• improved user notifications , menu 2 -> 3, now likes are shown as notifications
• improved 2 -> 5. better printing. and fixed the issue where later reactions were being printed in white after highlighted reaction
• improved 2 -> 6 too, now follows posts get highlighted, and so do their reactions.
• p tag mentions of user get highlighted in above menus
• if too many wrong menu inputs are given ( >40) then program exits without saving any new events. for issue #49
• showed lud06 and lud16, if any, in profile as qr code

after tagging version 0.3.1-betaa

• improved notification count and display with recent clipped-thread change
• fixed issue where had to go to main menu from SN menu to get notifications ; related: also got notifications in other menus so now on following someone, that event is processed in this menu itself
• added lightning prefix in profile

help and reference

• link to nostr console wiki
• link to discussions

Binaries

All binaries built using Github workflow automatically

• nostr_console_windows_amd64.zip this has a win64 executable file with extension .exe.

• nostr_console_linux_amd64.zip this has a elf file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu-latest amd64

• nostr_console_linux_arm64.zip this has a elf file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu-latest arm64

• nostr_console_macos_amd64.zip has an executable .app file. Needs to be unzipped. Built similarly on macOS

• Docker image here

Usage

usage: nostr_console [OPTIONS] 

  OPTIONS

      -p, --pubkey  <public key>    The hex public key of user whose events and feed are shown. Default is a hard-coded
                                    public key derived from a well known private key. When given, posts/replies can't be sent. 
      -k, --prikey  <private key>   The hex private key of user whose events and feed are shown. Also used to sign events 
                                    sent. Default is same-as-above hard-coded well known private key. 
      -r, --relay   <relay wss url> The relay url that is used as main relay. Default is wss://nostr-relay.untethr.me.
      -d, --days    <N as num>      The latest number of days for which events are shown. Default is 1.
      -q, --request <REQ string>    This request is sent verbatim to the default relay. It can be used to recieve all events
                                    from a relay. If not provided, then events for default or given user are shown.
      -f, --file    <filename>      Read from given file, if it is present, and at the end of the program execution, write
                                    to it all the events (including the ones read, and any new received).
      -s, --disable-file            When turned on, even the default file is not read from.
      -t, --translate               Translate some of the recent posts using Google translate site ( and not api). Google 
                                    is accessed for any translation request only if this flag is present, and not otherwise.
      -l, --lnqr                    If set any LN invoices starting with LNBC will be printed as a QR code. Will set 
                                    width to 140, which can be reset if needed with the --width argument. Wider space is 
                                    needed for some qr codes.
      -g, --location               The given value is added as a 'location' tag with every kind 1 post made. Shortcut g for
                                    geographic location.
      -h, --help                    Print this usage message and exit.
      -v, --version                 Print version and exit.

      
  UI Options                                
      -a, --align  <left>           When "left" is given as option to this argument, then the text is aligned to left. By default
                                    the posts or text is aligned to the center of the terminal. 
      -w, --width  <width as num>   This specifies how wide you want the text to be, in number of columns. Default is 100. 
                                    Cant be less than 60.
      -m, --maxdepth <depth as num> The maximum depth to which the threads can be displayed. Minimum is 2 and
                                    maximum allowed is 12. 
      -c, --color  <color>          Color option can be green, cyan, white, black, red and blue.

  Advanced
      -y, --difficulty <number>     The difficulty number in bits, only for kind 1 messages. Tne next larger number divisible by 4 is 
                                    taken as difficulty. Can't be more than 24 bits, because otherwise it typically takes too much 
                                    time. Minimum and default is 0, which means no difficulty.
      -e, --overwrite               Will over write the file with all the events that were read from file, and all newly received. Is
                                    useful when the file has to be cleared of old unused events. A backup should be made just in case
                                    of original file before invoking.

Nostr Console v0.3.3-beta: With linux arm64 release, docker images pushed to ghcr.io

0.3.3-beta

• Linux arm64 build added; docker images pushed to github ghcr.io; and improving of build process by @AaronDewes
• added display_name and website field support for reading and updating kind 0 , or profile; now damus profiles won't get messed up if they're edited from Nostr Console.
• color fix - where likes to right of a notification-like were shown in white rather than as colored text

after tag with suffix a

• fix issue so now dm sent to user are saved ( this avoid unnecessary notification of dm sent to user on program startup)

0.3.2-beta

• fixed or improved mention expansion
• displayed global feed. which has all latest in last 2 hours
• in incoming notifications, only showed notifications for follows.
• In writing events, only writing follow's events. and the ones they interact with.
• now friends have a tick; no tick for defaults
• fixed colors issue for notification likes that were shifted to left since last 2 releases
• added build arm 64 for all three desktop platforms Not working right now. Removed attachments. Use this guide to build for arm64.

0.3.1-beta

• added nostr.ch as another default relay to sync with anigma
• printed only 20 maximum events in a thread to reduce screen spam from long threads. Only in search results are all threads printed; and a thread or event can be searched by 6 digit id-prefix of the event thats mentioned.
• improved user notifications , menu 2 -> 3, now likes are shown as notifications
• improved 2 -> 5. better printing. and fixed the issue where later reactions were being printed in white after highlighted reaction
• improved 2 -> 6 too, now follows posts get highlighted, and so do their reactions.
• p tag mentions of user get highlighted in above menus
• if too many wrong menu inputs are given ( >40) then program exits without saving any new events. for issue #49
• showed lud06 and lud16, if any, in profile as qr code

after tagging version 0.3.1-betaa

• improved notification count and display with recent clipped-thread change
• fixed issue where had to go to main menu from SN menu to get notifications ; related: also got notifications in other menus so now on following someone, that event is processed in this menu itself
• added lightning prefix in profile

help and reference

• link to nostr console wiki
• link to discussions

Binaries

All binaries built using Github workflow automatically

• nostr_console_windows_amd64.zip this has a win64 executable file with extension .exe.
• nostr_console_linux_amd64.zip this has a elf file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu-latest 64 bit amd64
• • nostr_console_linux_arm64.zip this has a elf file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu-latest 64 bit rm64
• nostr_console_macos_amd64.zip has an executable .app file. Needs to be unzipped. Built similarly on macOS

Usage

usage: nostr_console [OPTIONS] 

  OPTIONS

      -p, --pubkey  <public key>    The hex public key of user whose events and feed are shown. Default is a hard-coded
                                    public key derived from a well known private key. When given, posts/replies can't be sent. 
      -k, --prikey  <private key>   The hex private key of user whose events and feed are shown. Also used to sign events 
                                    sent. Default is same-as-above hard-coded well known private key. 
      -r, --relay   <relay wss url> The relay url that is used as main relay. Default is wss://nostr-relay.untethr.me.
      -d, --days    <N as num>      The latest number of days for which events are shown. Default is 1.
      -q, --request <REQ string>    This request is sent verbatim to the default relay. It can be used to recieve all events
                                    from a relay. If not provided, then events for default or given user are shown.
      -f, --file    <filename>      Read from given file, if it is present, and at the end of the program execution, write
                                    to it all the events (including the ones read, and any new received).
      -s, --disable-file            When turned on, even the default file is not read from.
      -t, --translate               Translate some of the recent posts using Google translate site ( and not api). Google 
                                    is accessed for any translation request only if this flag is present, and not otherwise.
      -l, --lnqr                    If set any LN invoices starting with LNBC will be printed as a QR code. Will set 
                                    width to 140, which can be reset if needed with the --width argument. Wider space is 
                                    needed for some qr codes.
      -g, --location               The given value is added as a 'location' tag with every kind 1 post made. Shortcut g for
                                    geographic location.
      -h, --help                    Print this usage message and exit.
      -v, --version                 Print version and exit.

      
  UI Options                                
      -a, --align  <left>           When "left" is given as option to this argument, then the text is aligned to left. By default
                                    the posts or text is aligned to the center of the terminal. 
      -w, --width  <width as num>   This specifies how wide you want the text to be, in number of columns. Default is 100. 
                                    Cant be less than 60.
      -m, --maxdepth <depth as num> The maximum depth to which the threads can be displayed. Minimum is 2 and
                                    maximum allowed is 12. 
      -c, --color  <color>          Color option can be green, cyan, white, black, red and blue.

  Advanced
      -y, --difficulty <number>     The difficulty number in bits, only for kind 1 messages. Tne next larger number divisible by 4 is 
                                    taken as difficulty. Can't be more than 24 bits, because otherwise it typically takes too much 
                                    time. Minimum and default is 0, which means no difficulty.
      -e, --overwrite               Will over write the file with all the events that were read from file, and all newly received. Is
                                    useful when the file has to be cleared of old unused events. A backup should be made just in case
                                    of original file before invoking.

Nostr Console v0.3.2-beta: added green tick for follows, changed how feed filters work

0.3.2-beta

• fixed or improved mention expansion
• displayed global feed. which has all latest in last 2 hours
• in incoming notifications, only showed notifications for follows.
• In writing events, only writing follow's events. and the ones they interact with.
• now friends have a tick; no tick for defaults
• fixed colors issue for notification likes that were shifted to left since last 2 releases
• added build arm 64 for all three desktop platforms Not working right now. Removed attachments. Use this guide to build for arm64.

0.3.1-beta

• added nostr.ch as another default relay to sync with anigma
• printed only 20 maximum events in a thread to reduce screen spam from long threads. Only in search results are all threads printed; and a thread or event can be searched by 6 digit id-prefix of the event thats mentioned.
• improved user notifications , menu 2 -> 3, now likes are shown as notifications
• improved 2 -> 5. better printing. and fixed the issue where later reactions were being printed in white after highlighted reaction
• improved 2 -> 6 too, now follows posts get highlighted, and so do their reactions.
• p tag mentions of user get highlighted in above menus
• if too many wrong menu inputs are given ( >40) then program exits without saving any new events. for issue #49
• showed lud06 and lud16, if any, in profile as qr code

after tagging version 0.3.1-betaa

• improved notification count and display with recent clipped-thread change
• fixed issue where had to go to main menu from SN menu to get notifications ; related: also got notifications in other menus so now on following someone, that event is processed in this menu itself
• added lightning prefix in profile

help and reference

• link to nostr console wiki
• link to discussions

Binaries

All binaries built using Github workflow automatically

• nostr_console_win64.zip this has a win64 executable file.
• nostr_console_elf64.zip this has a elf 64 executable file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu 21 64 bit
• nostr_console_macOS.zip has an executable .app file. Needs to be unzipped. Built similarly on macOS

Usage

usage: nostr_console [OPTIONS] 

  OPTIONS

      -p, --pubkey  <public key>    The hex public key of user whose events and feed are shown. Default is a hard-coded
                                    public key derived from a well known private key. When given, posts/replies can't be sent. 
      -k, --prikey  <private key>   The hex private key of user whose events and feed are shown. Also used to sign events 
                                    sent. Default is same-as-above hard-coded well known private key. 
      -r, --relay   <relay wss url> The relay url that is used as main relay. Default is wss://nostr-relay.untethr.me.
      -d, --days    <N as num>      The latest number of days for which events are shown. Default is 1.
      -q, --request <REQ string>    This request is sent verbatim to the default relay. It can be used to recieve all events
                                    from a relay. If not provided, then events for default or given user are shown.
      -f, --file    <filename>      Read from given file, if it is present, and at the end of the program execution, write
                                    to it all the events (including the ones read, and any new received).
      -s, --disable-file            When turned on, even the default file is not read from.
      -t, --translate               Translate some of the recent posts using Google translate site ( and not api). Google 
                                    is accessed for any translation request only if this flag is present, and not otherwise.
      -l, --lnqr                    If set any LN invoices starting with LNBC will be printed as a QR code. Will set 
                                    width to 140, which can be reset if needed with the --width argument. Wider space is 
                                    needed for some qr codes.
      -g, --location               The given value is added as a 'location' tag with every kind 1 post made. Shortcut g for
                                    geographic location.
      -h, --help                    Print this usage message and exit.
      -v, --version                 Print version and exit.

      
  UI Options                                
      -a, --align  <left>           When "left" is given as option to this argument, then the text is aligned to left. By default
                                    the posts or text is aligned to the center of the terminal. 
      -w, --width  <width as num>   This specifies how wide you want the text to be, in number of columns. Default is 100. 
                                    Cant be less than 60.
      -m, --maxdepth <depth as num> The maximum depth to which the threads can be displayed. Minimum is 2 and
                                    maximum allowed is 12. 
      -c, --color  <color>          Color option can be green, cyan, white, black, red and blue.

  Advanced
      -y, --difficulty <number>     The difficulty number in bits, only for kind 1 messages. Tne next larger number divisible by 4 is 
                                    taken as difficulty. Can't be more than 24 bits, because otherwise it typically takes too much 
                                    time. Minimum and default is 0, which means no difficulty.
      -e, --overwrite               Will over write the file with all the events that were read from file, and all newly received. Is
                                    useful when the file has to be cleared of old unused events. A backup should be made just in case
                                    of original file before invoking.

Nostr Console v0.3.1-beta: Improved thread printing in social network menu, and other changes

0.3.1-beta

• added nostr.ch as another default relay to sync with anigma
• printed only 20 maximum events in a thread to reduce screen spam from long threads. Only in search results are all threads printed; and a thread or event can be searched by 6 digit id-prefix of the event thats mentioned.
• improved user notifications , menu 2 -> 3, now likes are shown as notifications
• improved 2 -> 5. better printing. and fixed the issue where later reactions were being printed in white after highlighted reaction
• improved 2 -> 6 too, now follows posts get highlighted, and so do their reactions.
• p tag mentions of user get highlighted in above menus
• if too many wrong menu inputs are given ( >40) then program exits without saving any new events. for issue #49
• showed lud06 and lud16, if any, in profile as qr code

after tagging version 0.3.1-betaa

• improved notification count and display with recent clipped-thread change
• fixed issue where had to go to main menu from SN menu to get notifications ; related: also got notifications in other menus so now on following someone, that event is processed in this menu itself
• added lightning prefix in profile

help and reference

• link to nostr console wiki
• link to discussions

Binaries

All binaries built using Github workflow automatically

• nostr_console_win64.zip this has a win64 executable file.
• nostr_console_elf64.zip this has a elf 64 executable file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu 21 64 bit
• nostr_console_macOS.zip has an executable .app file. Needs to be unzipped. Built similarly on macOS

Usage

usage: nostr_console [OPTIONS] 

  OPTIONS

      -p, --pubkey  <public key>    The hex public key of user whose events and feed are shown. Default is a hard-coded
                                    public key derived from a well known private key. When given, posts/replies can't be sent. 
      -k, --prikey  <private key>   The hex private key of user whose events and feed are shown. Also used to sign events 
                                    sent. Default is same-as-above hard-coded well known private key. 
      -r, --relay   <relay wss url> The relay url that is used as main relay. Default is wss://nostr-relay.untethr.me.
      -d, --days    <N as num>      The latest number of days for which events are shown. Default is 1.
      -q, --request <REQ string>    This request is sent verbatim to the default relay. It can be used to recieve all events
                                    from a relay. If not provided, then events for default or given user are shown.
      -f, --file    <filename>      Read from given file, if it is present, and at the end of the program execution, write
                                    to it all the events (including the ones read, and any new received).
      -s, --disable-file            When turned on, even the default file is not read from.
      -t, --translate               Translate some of the recent posts using Google translate site ( and not api). Google 
                                    is accessed for any translation request only if this flag is present, and not otherwise.
      -l, --lnqr                    If set any LN invoices starting with LNBC will be printed as a QR code. Will set 
                                    width to 140, which can be reset if needed with the --width argument. Wider space is 
                                    needed for some qr codes.
      -g, --location               The given value is added as a 'location' tag with every kind 1 post made. Shortcut g for
                                    geographic location.
      -h, --help                    Print this usage message and exit.
      -v, --version                 Print version and exit.

      
  UI Options                                
      -a, --align  <left>           When "left" is given as option to this argument, then the text is aligned to left. By default
                                    the posts or text is aligned to the center of the terminal. 
      -w, --width  <width as num>   This specifies how wide you want the text to be, in number of columns. Default is 100. 
                                    Cant be less than 60.
      -m, --maxdepth <depth as num> The maximum depth to which the threads can be displayed. Minimum is 2 and
                                    maximum allowed is 12. 
      -c, --color  <color>          Color option can be green, cyan, white, black, red and blue.

  Advanced
      -y, --difficulty <number>     The difficulty number in bits, only for kind 1 messages. Tne next larger number divisible by 4 is 
                                    taken as difficulty. Can't be more than 24 bits, because otherwise it typically takes too much 
                                    time. Minimum and default is 0, which means no difficulty.
      -e, --overwrite               Will over write the file with all the events that were read from file, and all newly received. Is
                                    useful when the file has to be cleared of old unused events. A backup should be made just in case
                                    of original file before invoking.

Nostr Console v0.3.0-beta: Improved fetch and connection logic; now getting live feed, LN qr codes and other changes

0.3.0-beta

• added check marks well known accounts
• fixed URI exception for NIP05
• sorted lists printed in profile ( @radixrat )
• sorted tree children - now posts get printed in sorted order
• --lnqr or -l prints all LNBC invoices as qr code ( not yet for lnurl)
• changed fetch logic: after fetching all friends contacts etc, then reset the relays, and fetched ALL the events in last 2 hours. but not closing connection right now of old relays.
• new fetching logic: first all follows, well known or default accounts, and top tagged people are fetched for last few days. Then all live events are fetched for last 2 hours and ongoing.

Issues

• Encrypted channels need testing, and may not be working.

help and reference

• link to nostr console wiki
• link to discussions

Binaries

All binaries built using Github workflow automatically

• nostr_console_win64.zip this has a win64 executable file.
• nostr_console_elf64.zip this has a elf 64 executable file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu 21 64 bit
• nostr_console_macOS.zip has an executable .app file. Needs to be unzipped. Built similarly on macOS

Usage

usage: nostr_console [OPTIONS] 

  OPTIONS

      -p, --pubkey  <public key>    The hex public key of user whose events and feed are shown. Default is a hard-coded
                                    public key derived from a well known private key. When given, posts/replies can't be sent. 
      -k, --prikey  <private key>   The hex private key of user whose events and feed are shown. Also used to sign events 
                                    sent. Default is same-as-above hard-coded well known private key. 
      -r, --relay   <relay wss url> The relay url that is used as main relay. Default is wss://nostr-relay.untethr.me.
      -d, --days    <N as num>      The latest number of days for which events are shown. Default is 1.
      -q, --request <REQ string>    This request is sent verbatim to the default relay. It can be used to recieve all events
                                    from a relay. If not provided, then events for default or given user are shown.
      -f, --file    <filename>      Read from given file, if it is present, and at the end of the program execution, write
                                    to it all the events (including the ones read, and any new received).
      -s, --disable-file            When turned on, even the default file is not read from.
      -t, --translate               Translate some of the recent posts using Google translate site ( and not api). Google 
                                    is accessed for any translation request only if this flag is present, and not otherwise.
      -l, --lnqr                    If set any LN invoices starting with LNBC will be printed as a QR code. Will set 
                                    width to 140, which can be reset if needed with the --width argument. Wider space is 
                                    needed for some qr codes.
      -g, --location               The given value is added as a 'location' tag with every kind 1 post made. Shortcut g for
                                    geographic location.
      -h, --help                    Print this usage message and exit.
      -v, --version                 Print version and exit.

      
  UI Options                                
      -a, --align  <left>           When "left" is given as option to this argument, then the text is aligned to left. By default
                                    the posts or text is aligned to the center of the terminal. 
      -w, --width  <width as num>   This specifies how wide you want the text to be, in number of columns. Default is 100. 
                                    Cant be less than 60.
      -m, --maxdepth <depth as num> The maximum depth to which the threads can be displayed. Minimum is 2 and
                                    maximum allowed is 12. 
      -c, --color  <color>          Color option can be green, cyan, white, black, red and blue.

  Advanced
      -y, --difficulty <number>     The difficulty number in bits, only for kind 1 messages. Tne next larger number divisible by 4 is 
                                    taken as difficulty. Can't be more than 24 bits, because otherwise it typically takes too much 
                                    time. Minimum and default is 0, which means no difficulty.
      -e, --overwrite               Will over write the file with all the events that were read from file, and all newly received. Is
                                    useful when the file has to be cleared of old unused events. A backup should be made just in case
                                    of original file before invoking.

Nostr Console v0.2.9-beta: Improved fetch logic and added 2 more relays by default

0.2.9-beta

• improved fetching logic
• added more relays; minor tweaks in relay set usage

0.2.8-beta

• reduced initial fetch of events to make relays more responsive. Less than 30k events are fetched for my account, for example on first run.
• fetched only random 200 contacts for any user with a contact list larger than 200

0.2.7-beta

• Now multiple relays can be given in arguments to program, which replace the default relays ( done by @radixrat)
• Default 5 relays are: wss://relay.damus.io,wss://relay.nostr.info,wss://nostr.semisol.dev,wss://nostr-2.zebedee.cloud,wss://nostr.onsats.org . Two more wss://nostr.oxtr.dev, wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social may get used to.
• increased length of id's printed for user and events in social network part
• Improved fetching of events logic/requests

After tagging

• fixed a issue with previous commit about initial time taken with event file

help and reference

• link to discussions
• link to nostr console wiki

Binaries

All binaries built using Github workflow automatically

• nostr_console_win64.zip this has a win64 executable file.
• nostr_console_elf64.zip this has a elf 64 executable file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu 21 64 bit
• nostr_console_macOS.zip has an executable .app file. Needs to be unzipped. Built similarly on macOS

Use all_nostr_events.txt ( zipped as rar) as --file option to the application, which improves the performance because even if some events are not received, they are read from such a file. The program creates such a file ( by saving all events into it) if you do not supply this file initially.

Usage

usage: nostr_console [OPTIONS] 

  OPTIONS

      -p, --pubkey  <public key>    The hex public key of user whose events and feed are shown. Default is a hard-coded
                                    public key derived from a well known private key. When given, posts/replies can't be sent. 
      -k, --prikey  <private key>   The hex private key of user whose events and feed are shown. Also used to sign events 
                                    sent. Default is same-as-above hard-coded well known private key. 
      -r, --relay   <relay wss url> The relay url that is used as main relay. Default is wss://nostr-relay.untethr.me.
      -d, --days    <N as num>      The latest number of days for which events are shown. Default is 1.
      -q, --request <REQ string>    This request is sent verbatim to the default relay. It can be used to recieve all events
                                    from a relay. If not provided, then events for default or given user are shown.
      -f, --file    <filename>      Read from given file, if it is present, and at the end of the program execution, write
                                    to it all the events (including the ones read, and any new received).
      -s, --disable-file            When turned on, even the default file is not read from.
      -t, --translate               Translate some of the recent posts using Google translate site ( and not api). Google 
                                    is accessed for any translation request only if this flag is present, and not otherwise.
      -l, --location                The given value is added as a 'location' tag with every kind 1 post made
      -h, --help              Print this usage message and exit.
      -v, --version          Print version and exit.

      
  UI Options                                
      -a, --align  <left>           When "left" is given as option to this argument, then the text is aligned to left. By default
                                    the posts or text is aligned to the center of the terminal. 
      -w, --width  <width as num>   This specifies how wide you want the text to be, in number of columns. Default is 100. 
                                    Cant be less than 60.
      -m, --maxdepth <depth as num> The maximum depth to which the threads can be displayed. Minimum is 2 and
                                    maximum allowed is 12. 
      -c, --color  <color>          Color option can be green, cyan, white, black, red and blue.

  Advanced
      -y, --difficulty <number>     The difficulty number in bits, only for kind 1 messages. Tne next larger number divisible by 4 is 
                                    taken as difficulty. Can't be more than 24 bits, because otherwise it typically takes too much 
                                    time. Minimum and default is 0, which means no difficulty.
      -e, --overwrite               Will over write the file with all the events that were read from file, and all newly received. Is
                                    useful when the file has to be cleared of old unused events. A backup should be made just in case
                                    of original file before invoking.

Nostr Console v0.2.8-beta: Reduced events fetched to make relays and app more responsive

#0.2.8-beta

• reduced initial fetch of events to make relays more responsive. Less than 30k events are fetched for my account, for example on first run. This was much larger before.
• fetched only random 200 contacts for any user with a contact list larger than 200

0.2.7-beta

• Now multiple relays can be given in arguments to program, which replace the default relays ( done by @radixrat)
• Default 5 relays are: wss://relay.damus.io,wss://relay.nostr.info,wss://nostr.semisol.dev,wss://nostr-2.zebedee.cloud,wss://nostr.onsats.org . Two more wss://nostr.oxtr.dev, wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social may get used to.
• increased length of id's printed for user and events in social network part
• Improved fetching of events logic/requests

After tagging

• fixed a issue with previous commit about initial time taken with event file

help and reference

• link to discussions
• link to nostr console wiki

Binaries

All binaries built using Github workflow automatically

• nostr_console_win64.zip this has a win64 executable file.
• nostr_console_elf64.zip this has a elf 64 executable file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu 21 64 bit
• nostr_console_macOS.zip has an executable .app file. Needs to be unzipped. Built similarly on macOS

Use all_nostr_events.txt ( zipped as rar) as --file option to the application, which improves the performance because even if some events are not received, they are read from such a file. The program creates such a file ( by saving all events into it) if you do not supply this file initially.

Usage

usage: nostr_console [OPTIONS] 

  OPTIONS

      -p, --pubkey  <public key>    The hex public key of user whose events and feed are shown. Default is a hard-coded
                                    public key derived from a well known private key. When given, posts/replies can't be sent. 
      -k, --prikey  <private key>   The hex private key of user whose events and feed are shown. Also used to sign events 
                                    sent. Default is same-as-above hard-coded well known private key. 
      -r, --relay   <relay wss url> The relay url that is used as main relay. Default is wss://nostr-relay.untethr.me.
      -d, --days    <N as num>      The latest number of days for which events are shown. Default is 1.
      -q, --request <REQ string>    This request is sent verbatim to the default relay. It can be used to recieve all events
                                    from a relay. If not provided, then events for default or given user are shown.
      -f, --file    <filename>      Read from given file, if it is present, and at the end of the program execution, write
                                    to it all the events (including the ones read, and any new received).
      -s, --disable-file            When turned on, even the default file is not read from.
      -t, --translate               Translate some of the recent posts using Google translate site ( and not api). Google 
                                    is accessed for any translation request only if this flag is present, and not otherwise.
      -l, --location                The given value is added as a 'location' tag with every kind 1 post made
      -h, --help              Print this usage message and exit.
      -v, --version          Print version and exit.

      
  UI Options                                
      -a, --align  <left>           When "left" is given as option to this argument, then the text is aligned to left. By default
                                    the posts or text is aligned to the center of the terminal. 
      -w, --width  <width as num>   This specifies how wide you want the text to be, in number of columns. Default is 100. 
                                    Cant be less than 60.
      -m, --maxdepth <depth as num> The maximum depth to which the threads can be displayed. Minimum is 2 and
                                    maximum allowed is 12. 
      -c, --color  <color>          Color option can be green, cyan, white, black, red and blue.

  Advanced
      -y, --difficulty <number>     The difficulty number in bits, only for kind 1 messages. Tne next larger number divisible by 4 is 
                                    taken as difficulty. Can't be more than 24 bits, because otherwise it typically takes too much 
                                    time. Minimum and default is 0, which means no difficulty.
      -e, --overwrite               Will over write the file with all the events that were read from file, and all newly received. Is
                                    useful when the file has to be cleared of old unused events. A backup should be made just in case
                                    of original file before invoking.

Nostr Console v0.2.7-beta: Improved relay handling and longer event and user id's printed

0.2.7-beta

• Now multiple relays can be given in arguments to program, which replace the default relays ( done by @radixrat)
• Default 5 relays are: wss://relay.damus.io,wss://relay.nostr.info,wss://nostr.semisol.dev,wss://nostr-2.zebedee.cloud,wss://nostr.onsats.org . Two more wss://nostr.oxtr.dev, wss://nostr.bitcoiner.social may get used to.
• increased length of id's printed for user and events in social network part
• Improved fetching of events logic/requests

After tagging

• fixed a issue with previous commit about initial time taken with event file

help and reference

• link to discussions
• link to nostr console wiki

Binaries

All binaries built using Github workflow automatically

• nostr_console_win64.zip this has a win64 executable file.
• nostr_console_elf64.zip this has a elf 64 executable file, dynamically linked, built using 'dart compile' on a Ubuntu 21 64 bit
• nostr_console_macOS.zip has an executable .app file. Needs to be unzipped. Built similarly on macOS

Use all_nostr_events.txt ( zipped as rar) as --file option to the application, which improves the performance because even if some events are not received, they are read from such a file. The program creates such a file ( by saving all events into it) if you do not supply this file initially.

Usage

usage: nostr_console [OPTIONS] 

  OPTIONS

      -p, --pubkey  <public key>    The hex public key of user whose events and feed are shown. Default is a hard-coded
                                    public key derived from a well known private key. When given, posts/replies can't be sent. 
      -k, --prikey  <private key>   The hex private key of user whose events and feed are shown. Also used to sign events 
                                    sent. Default is same-as-above hard-coded well known private key. 
      -r, --relay   <relay wss url> The relay url that is used as main relay. Default is wss://nostr-relay.untethr.me.
      -d, --days    <N as num>      The latest number of days for which events are shown. Default is 1.
      -q, --request <REQ string>    This request is sent verbatim to the default relay. It can be used to recieve all events
                                    from a relay. If not provided, then events for default or given user are shown.
      -f, --file    <filename>      Read from given file, if it is present, and at the end of the program execution, write
                                    to it all the events (including the ones read, and any new received).
      -s, --disable-file            When turned on, even the default file is not read from.
      -t, --translate               Translate some of the recent posts using Google translate site ( and not api). Google 
                                    is accessed for any translation request only if this flag is present, and not otherwise.
      -l, --location                The given value is added as a 'location' tag with every kind 1 post made
      -h, --help              Print this usage message and exit.
      -v, --version          Print version and exit.

      
  UI Options                                
      -a, --align  <left>           When "left" is given as option to this argument, then the text is aligned to left. By default
                                    the posts or text is aligned to the center of the terminal. 
      -w, --width  <width as num>   This specifies how wide you want the text to be, in number of columns. Default is 100. 
                                    Cant be less than 60.
      -m, --maxdepth <depth as num> The maximum depth to which the threads can be displayed. Minimum is 2 and
                                    maximum allowed is 12. 
      -c, --color  <color>          Color option can be green, cyan, white, black, red and blue.

  Advanced
      -y, --difficulty <number>     The difficulty number in bits, only for kind 1 messages. Tne next larger number divisible by 4 is 
                                    taken as difficulty. Can't be more than 24 bits, because otherwise it typically takes too much 
                                    time. Minimum and default is 0, which means no difficulty.
      -e, --overwrite               Will over write the file with all the events that were read from file, and all newly received. Is
                                    useful when the file has to be cleared of old unused events. A backup should be made just in case
                                    of original file before invoking.