Vincenzo Palazzo

there are case where radar will not work, like in this https://sonarprivacy.xyz/blog/#chat-control-explained
In addition if you look at the git history https://github.com/hedwig-corp/bitchat-to-sonar Radar came out after Sonar :)
So I was the first to introduce the bolt12 payments inside a chat app anyway :P

2026-10-02 04:30:20 UTC

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hahahha hope not! it is a bitchat fork with a @npub1wht…r3ec compatible app on top of it so we use white noise protocol to communiate over intenet and we use BLE for discovery and shor distance chats

2026-10-02 00:15:45 UTC

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if you want bitcoin payments you should just use https://sonarprivacy.xyz/ ahhaha joking radar is good

2026-08-09 13:44:39 UTC

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there is already a pr open on rhe nips

2026-08-09 12:23:50 UTC

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you can use lexe for instance

2026-08-03 19:10:49 UTC

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pay your lightning address with a bolt12 compatible wallet

2026-08-03 19:10:12 UTC

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yeah because zaps are broken and I use bolt12 if you pay with a bolt12 compatible wallet everything works

2026-08-03 15:58:45 UTC

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Anyone that will do serious stuff with lightning want bolt12. Today is spark, tomorrow is ark, why exposing all these wired terminology without knowing if there will be there in 2 years instead of having a real common layer that pay from everything to everything.
and now you have sonar that is bolt12 compatible :)

2026-08-03 15:56:59 UTC

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bolt12 is coming to nostr zaps! I prefer be early instead of support broken solution!

2026-08-03 15:23:16 UTC

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Naaaa! bolt12 as a standard protocol layer is better! you have also proof of payment and you can do a lot of nice stuff without 'trust me bro', I am sick of broken payment method while now that we have finally something that looks universal

2026-08-03 14:48:55 UTC

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it should just work! otherwise I wasted time!

2026-08-03 14:40:06 UTC

**Sending money should feel like sending a message**
You open a banking app. You find them, or type an IBAN, or discover you are on different payment apps entirely. Maybe you ask them to send you a request first. Somewhere in there, you copy a long string from one app and paste it into another, and hope you got all of it.
https://sonarprivacy.xyz/blog/#paying-people

2026-08-03 14:37:11 UTC

Sonar weekly release just landed https://sonarprivacy.xyz/blog/#release-alpha-13
Now we have bakcups: https://sonarprivacy.xyz/blog/#backup-explained signal like and sending money outside of the sonar wallet https://sonarprivacy.xyz/blog/#paying-people
Enjoy! and text me on sonar if you have any problems!

2026-08-03 14:33:48 UTC

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still working for a version that will deserve sponsor but will came soon

2026-08-03 08:21:50 UTC

https://npub1wg2m9ku823y5l5699dlj6294dc3cvwu4g34ldrtelxq20t27clxsd7dzaw.blossom.band/260676cf2cd3a8aa5f9b4641db64308c8fbc8842f4046ec1ebf6b9e517e08375.png
Mhhh looks like the torrent is already used for sharing films!

2026-08-01 08:14:21 UTC

I read it when I was at college, but the book by Federico Pistono is a must-read these days
https://www.scribd.com/document/357529737/Federico-Pistono-I-Robot-Ti-Ruberanno-Il-Lavoro-Ma-Va-Bene-Cosi
You can download my copy on with carl

2026-07-31 22:05:09 UTC

IDK if you noted but my zaps are broken and are on purpuse.
We have to fix it and using bolt12 is the way

2026-07-30 12:47:41 UTC

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Fixed!

2026-07-29 23:57:10 UTC

Only italians can understand https://briscola.grok.me

2026-07-27 23:49:22 UTC

FYI While working on backup in sonar like signal I fuck my android device so if you was texting with me there you have to remove and text me with fresh keys!
Sorry!

2026-07-27 23:16:25 UTC

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under work! in one year we should have it

2026-07-27 17:36:03 UTC

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already coming https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/pull/3685 https://github.com/nostr-wallet-connect/nwc/pull/2

2026-07-27 12:52:04 UTC

I found out about Lightning Network in the 2018 in a podcast where there was a chain of invoice paid each other on X
Now we are in a new era with nostr and bolt12 and I was wondering if we can do it here!
Lets start from here lno1pgqppdcqp4y2uqq2xcqqzqjwmyc2lvaq60tmzdruh4e3pqa0cdsd00y2h775hhn6673zn7qs5ypq852p3t0xe6w0g572twy5p3yhfm302v24ywzkv3py9dnmllpz44yfqqdgyxvvu3p33wkqqk89czlcvn9y7ng7xaz2vcspuyghwqehvapgwlefkn629wsg5u26z6y2wsr6qk0sgec0z59wavcdthl9pyqzeasx7vryrjufqaev8wr2fe5w5qgqjrrgrnqduvlp6hqpdh7yev0ygsn0j2ffndwcf9thacg3vggzq99y5zs36aydjnmzd9pr5xjkwp0h3kkvwu0rznvhcrnwwgxs0prq
Paid it, post a photo that you pad from a cashu wallet and post your bolt12
If you need a bolt12 compatible mint you can use https://mint.hedwig.sh/
cc @npub12rv…85vg :P hope that you will be the first :P

2026-07-26 13:50:59 UTC

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Yeah the goal of Sonar is giving defaults to use to gain privacy better than telegram and whatsapp but allow enough customization to be reserve the 0 leak! you could also have a relay a day and clean up the persistance of this delay based on kinds

2026-07-26 00:45:34 UTC

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it is using white noise protocol and at the moment the only leaked partnis the nostr event published on the relay but this can be hosted by you if you have something to hide in particular

2026-07-25 21:39:25 UTC

A new version or sonar just landed
https://sonarprivacy.xyz/blog/#release-alpha-12

2026-07-25 20:39:31 UTC

Bringing MSN trill back but better https://sonarprivacy.xyz/blog/#trill-nudge

2026-07-20 11:14:20 UTC

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yooo currently i can provide you some sats if you text me I do not want that people will lose sats but next version will have a bip 353

2026-07-20 10:31:43 UTC

🎙️ AI Podcast — antirez on open models. Generated July 19 2026.
Listen: https://npub1wg2m9ku823y5l5699dlj6294dc3cvwu4g34ldrtelxq20t27clxsd7dzaw.blossom.band/b616261c36639a3f45ca48e1df39c3b001d06ede595a81369965781879073b29.mp3
#podcast #audio #ai

2026-07-20 04:28:40 UTC

My weekend work https://sonarprivacy.xyz/docs/#PERFORMANCE

2026-07-20 04:28:16 UTC

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Man it s Football :P

2026-07-18 19:40:29 UTC

do not split one human into two threads
#naddr1qv…q6jv

2026-07-18 10:15:59 UTC

Judging people from their social is like judging someone that you have never know in person

2026-07-16 08:18:24 UTC

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We can still do something, I wrote something about it that should be shared to normies https://sonarprivacy.xyz/blog/#chat-control-explained

2026-07-08 12:06:42 UTC

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Yeah I am one of the main contributor of goose, it is amazing! I never use open clow but hermes is good I like it

2026-07-07 22:46:11 UTC

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Better a client built on White noise and use bolt12 for payments http://sonarprivacy.xyz
EU Failure resistant too! No need to have a page https://signal.org/bigbrother/ because we will not have any server :)

2026-07-07 22:32:14 UTC

Try Sonar with your @HermesAgentSol https://sonarprivacy.xyz/docs/#HERMES-AGENT

2026-07-07 18:49:04 UTC

Sonar release a nostr sticker convention https://sonarprivacy.xyz/docs/#SONAR-STICKERS

2026-07-07 18:09:25 UTC

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Thanks man! I like to see it as a rabbit

2026-07-06 22:40:35 UTC

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they are interop, sonar is interop also with @npub1wht…r3ec

2026-07-06 21:11:25 UTC

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http://sonarprivacy.xyz/

2026-07-06 18:14:59 UTC

What if I told you you can still get some Bitcoin with your laptop?
With gitpassport (yet another side project) you could host a CI/CD runner and get paid in bitcoin to allow a repository to run it
See the runner
https://gitpassport.xyz/npub1wg2m9ku823y5l5699dlj6294dc3cvwu4g34ldrtelxq20t27clxsd7dzaw
If you want to test it, please DM me on Sonar @npub10sr…fm3c

2026-06-18 09:15:17 UTC

http://sonarprivacy.xyz

2026-06-14 10:32:37 UTC

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lets doo it shoo me a message in dm

2026-06-13 15:53:16 UTC

https://image.nostr.build/0dc74ec38ee1dd597d03e333d734789f0aad02a8d37db2b03573acc8696261ac.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/f11e5a657d6160e44734d128747b7b60ca1780076f2b7ca8ebf4428636bf4365.jpg

2026-06-13 14:24:08 UTC

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Congratulations you have found the merging point with @npub1wht…r3ec

2026-06-13 14:22:35 UTC

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We try our best

2026-06-12 16:51:48 UTC

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yooo I am traveling I will text you and hope to give you some branch where you can play with it too

2026-06-12 12:16:27 UTC

Look at what happen if you take @npub17sl…w9r8 and you merge with @npub1wht…r3ec
I am travelling and I started a side project just for fun bur this is too cool to be just a throw away project
Cc @npub1sg6…f63m @npub12rv…85vg
https://image.nostr.build/ba058e3d12549f168e6c2891eee2058ffb5a7deffc590899806bf4ebdbb7a1fc.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/8e25e309979c3568da13f1f6e61f14c0c5b7dfb966553e4137637dfe369f17cf.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/bf8a3fb07e603635c7d455cece82cba43ab056b20e212dc74e8f6386f37557ec.jpg

2026-06-12 12:13:26 UTC

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Yoo thanks for the invitation looks cool, probably around that period I can do for all the period but i can visit for a couple of days if it is ok

2026-06-11 19:31:49 UTC

I just released the first version of carl desktop app
OFC is available over carl and over i2p
https://github.com/vincenzopalazzo/carl/releases/tag/v0.1.0-rc1
#nevent1q…ksxy

2026-06-11 13:06:38 UTC

Is anyone building an fitness app based on nostr!?

2026-06-11 10:27:19 UTC

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When bolt12!?

2026-06-11 10:27:05 UTC

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You should anyway

2026-06-07 16:31:06 UTC

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not sure we should look into it

2026-06-04 21:56:12 UTC

https://vincenzopalazzo.github.io/

2026-06-04 10:42:09 UTC

Carl: the torrent client I always wanted but couldn't find
If you've ever felt like you were renting your own privacy from a tracker, this one's for you.
# Carl: the torrent client I always wanted but couldn't find
I've been using BitTorrent for years, and one thing always bothered me. The protocol is peer-to-peer, but almost nothing around it is. You still depend on trackers and indexers to find anything, and those are the parts that get blocked, seized, or logged. Your IP is attached to every piece you download and seed. For something that is supposed to be decentralized, that always felt wrong to me.
So I started building Carl.
Carl is a small, privacy-first BitTorrent client. It started as a CLI, like most of my projects, and now I'm building a proper desktop GUI on top of it so it is not only for people who live in a terminal. The goal is to do everything a BitTorrent client should do, without leaking who you are.
## Finding torrents without trackers
The first difference is how you find torrents. Instead of relying on a few indexers, Carl finds and publishes them over Nostr (NIP-35). Every torrent is a signed event, so you can check who published it and which relays carried it. No account, no login, and nothing central that can be taken down. You query the relays directly, and publishing is basically one command. Pretty neat, right?
## Not leaking your IP
The second difference is anonymity. I wanted Tor to be first-class here, not an afterthought. You can download over Tor, and you can also seed as a Tor hidden service, which is the part I like most. Your files live behind a .onion address and your IP never touches the wire. When you seed this way, Carl turns off tracker and DHT announces by design, and it tells you clearly that it did. There is no "trust me" here, you can see the real state on screen.
## Privacy you can actually see
One small detail that matters to me. Most clients hide routing deep in a settings menu. Carl puts a badge on every transfer (clearnet, proxied, or tor) so you always know how something is routed without going to look for it. Three ways to find peers (trackers, DHT, Nostr) and three ways to route them (direct, proxy, Tor), labeled the same way everywhere.
There are also no accounts, because there is no server. Your identity is just a local Nostr keypair that never leaves your machine.
## Where it's at
Carl is still early. The CLI works today and the GUI is coming together. I'm sharing it now because if you care about this kind of thing, your feedback is what I need before going further.
Ask your agent to install Carl for you and to teach you how to use it:
https://github.com/vincenzopalazzo/carl

2024-10-07 12:31:15 UTC

If you do not want to have only bitcoin and nostr feed see this Reddit post https://www.reddit.com/r/nostr/comments/1fxg9yo/interesting_accounts_that_are_not_posting_about/
This is a good way to onboarding new people in nostr

2023-12-31 19:26:52 UTC

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improve lightning

2023-12-31 19:26:36 UTC

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This point of view should be inside school

2023-12-28 12:02:39 UTC

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Ops, try this [https://shorturl.at/hrwV2](https://shorturl.at/hrwV2)

2023-08-13 07:33:56 UTC

Verifying my Nostr account with https://tallycoin.app user @palazzovincenzo

2023-07-28 08:03:17 UTC

I'm testing out @npub1exv…d828 chat, so lets chat a little bit
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cc: @npub1sg6…f63m for helping in pumping this post
https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2F1OwYGt-yqOfe2IyVHhxz3ohqo3aCCMjtB-8wn4X_aoY%3D%40smp11.simplex.im%2FJ1HsoDoc-eLDOCyWY3sL6WoTmBMS04G3%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAPdMeOxyU5d66hyT3UfVQVJ3b-8g4r89CYgesgRTQx0A%253D%26srv%3D6ioorbm6i3yxmuoezrhjk6f6qgkc4syabh7m3so74xunb5nzr4pwgfqd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22pyKXGqd1lmfs2yndCzKomA%3D%3D%22%7D

2023-07-28 08:00:51 UTC

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Yep and the protocol is very inspired to the lightning on.

2023-07-25 23:18:33 UTC

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do you ping me in here? I did mo receive the notification but I guess this bug is fixed now

2023-05-25 11:13:44 UTC

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lets try it out https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=1-2&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FSkIkI6EPd2D63F4xFKfHk7I1UGZVNn6k1QWZ5rcyr6w%3D%40smp9.simplex.im%2FC6QHLTBEhdKz20xaBIRTPdnYacRweJU3%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEASyNIeGmfl18v87-SDbiO3soN7FRISmg8vCK7UhvhVHM%253D%26srv%3Djssqzccmrcws6bhmn77vgmhfjmhwlyr3u7puw4erkyoosywgl67slqqd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22DOpXu3QNE9Z6BdSS3OYuOg%3D%3D%22%7D

2023-05-24 21:16:10 UTC

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It is super well designed and works also pretty well

2023-05-20 09:22:08 UTC

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concurrency, mate disk latency is our friend!

2023-05-17 03:30:56 UTC

I just found a CI fix in one PR. I push the change and It worked. People sometimes are pretty cool!
Thanks ❤️