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Enjoy your Friday Teaser for Pocket Privacy 🤫 ...

2026-10-23T15:15:41Z

Enjoy your Friday Teaser for Pocket Privacy 🤫

We've just released the latest Q3 Report for 2026! Be sure to ...

2026-10-08T06:32:13Z

We've just released the latest Q3 Report for 2026! Be sure to check out all of the improvements over the past 3 months, as well as what currently is in development and what is to come in the near future!

Full Blog:
https://vectorapp.io/blog/q3-2026-report/

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Vector Q3 2026 Report: Development & Growth

July through September 2026 · by Vector Privacy

· 4 Releases Shipped · 33 New Features · 49 Issues Fixed · 1 Grant Received

The State of Privacy

In July, the European Parliament fell short of the votes needed to kill Chat Control. The proposal survived, and the argument moved behind closed doors into trilogue negotiations, where the fate of private messaging for roughly 450 million people would be settled without most of them watching.

On September 29, in the sixth of those negotiations, the compromise failed. Negotiators were asked to accept a reframing that would have relabelled mass scanning as "targeted" by pointing it at parts of a service rather than at named suspects. They declined. The Council's own legal service had already concluded that such a reading would amount to general and indiscriminate surveillance, and would not survive review. For now, end-to-end encrypted messaging remains outside the scanning mandate.

We want to be precise about what that is. It is a reprieve, not a resolution. The file returns to the table in November, and the pressure behind it has not weakened, it has only been redirected. Every quarter we have written one of these reports, the same proposal has still been alive at the end of it.

Meanwhile the machinery underneath carries on regardless of any vote. Identity checks spread to more of the services people depend on. Metadata, the record of who spoke to whom and when, is still collected by platforms that cannot read the messages themselves and sold by those that can. For a journalist protecting a source or an organizer working under a hostile government, the gap between a scanned conversation and a private one is not a policy preference. It is the difference between safety and exposure.

This is the ground Vector was built on, and Q3 was the quarter it got reinforced from two directions at once. We shipped four releases in nine weeks, including a second generation of the Concord Protocol and a bot platform built on it. And in August, the Human Rights Foundation backed Vector through its Bitcoin Development Fund, placing the project alongside fifteen others building tools for people who live where these questions are already settled badly.

We did not wait for the world to get safer. We built the tools that help people stay safe inside the one we have.

Features Added in Q3 2026

Where Q2 was a single deliberate leap, Q3 was a sprint. Four releases landed between July 14 and August 31, less about adding one large thing than about making the v0.4.0 foundation hold weight. Each feature links to its documentation.

One notable change: In Concord v2, a Community's address is derived from its owner's own key, which means a forged invite is not detected and rejected, it is unmintable.

Communities & Moderation

Concord v2 - Community addresses derive from the owner's key, and every admin action carries proof of authority

Moderation at Speed - a whole wave of bans now costs one key rotation

Raid Recovery - sever a raid in progress and close the way it came in

Pinned Messages - pin rules and announcements for the whole channel

Bots & the Vector SDK

Bots & Slash Commands - type / for a command picker, over encrypted messages

Vector SDK - a few lines of Rust gets you a working bot

Privacy & Security

Ephemeral Messages - per-chat timers that truly erase on both ends

Amber Signing - on Android, your key lives in a separate vault

Biometric Unlock - lock Vector behind your phone's screen lock

EXIF Stripping - photos ship without location or device metadata

Link Spoof Guard - links that hide their real destination are blocked

Private Notifications - hide the sender, the message, or both

Tor Refresh - four releases ahead of September's network transition

Mini App Isolation - every Mini App gets its own storage

Identity & Expression

Profile QR Codes - share and scan profiles instead of pasting keys

Rich Message Composer - markdown, mentions and emojis render as you type

Holographic Badges - tiered Bug Hunter badges on a 3D tilt, with real perks

Status, Redesigned - a compact editor with a live preview

Custom Emoji Fidelity - shortcodes survive copy, cut and truncation

Sync & Devices

Synced Blocks, Mutes & Nicknames - your lists follow you between devices

Pinned Chats - favourites stay at the top, on every device

Account Switching, Rebuilt - background tasks stay bound to their own account

Smart-Forwarding - resend a file you already hold without re-uploading it

Per-Chat Drafts - unsent text stays where you typed it

Speed & Platform

The Speed Pass - first sync fell from about a minute to about two seconds

Volley Sync - Community channels paint newest-first at boot

Media Mirroring - every upload is copied to a second server

Self-Updating Sideloads - Android builds update themselves outside app stores

Beta Updates Channel - opt into release candidates from Settings

Linux & Wayland Polish - a proper desktop entry and working titlebars

For the full story behind each of these, with screenshots and the reasoning that shaped them, read the v0.4.1 and v0.4.2 release posts.

Release Summaries

v0.4.1 (July 14, 2026)

Seven weeks after Concord arrived, 518 commits landed in a release that calling a point update undersells badly. A second generation of the protocol, bots with real slash commands, ephemeral messages, keys that never touch the app, and a speed pass deep enough that first sync fell from about a minute to about two seconds. It is the release where the foundation laid in v0.4.0 started carrying real weight.

v0.4.2 (August 15, 2026)

325 commits across six preview builds, every one of them in Community hands within hours of being cut. Where v0.4.1 rebuilt foundations, v0.4.2 was about everything you touch while standing on them: the Rich Composer, profile QR codes, pinned chats and messages, a redesigned Status, and preferences that finally follow you between devices. It was also the first release shaped end to end by the new preview channel.

v0.4.3 (August 15, 2026)

A same-day follow-up, out roughly four hours after v0.4.2. Tor on Windows was freezing at 15% bootstrap and failing to connect on both x64 and ARM64, which is the kind of bug that matters most to exactly the people least able to report it. Also fixed: phantom typing indicators when another Nostr client was signed in under the same account, and dissolved Communities that would not stay dissolved across devices. We would rather ship a patch the same evening than leave a Tor user stranded for a fortnight.

v0.4.4 (August 31, 2026)

The quarter closed on hardening rather than headlines. Smart-Forwarding stopped Vector re-encrypting and re-uploading files it already held, raid recovery gave Community owners a way to sever an attack in progress, and a long list of fixes landed across key rotation, ban enforcement, member list sync, and Mini App networking. Linux got a proper desktop entry and working Wayland titlebars, Windows lost its DLL error popups, and Android notification replies started reaching the right conversation.

Human Rights Foundation Grant

On August 25, the Human Rights Foundation announced grants totaling more than 500 million satoshis through its Bitcoin Development Fund, across sixteen projects. Vector was one of them, listed under the heading Privacy by Principle.

What we value in their write-up is where it starts. Not with encryption, but with what Vector refuses to ask for: no account creation, no metadata trail, no permission to speak. That has been the design constraint since the first commit, and it is a particular kind of validation to have it read back as the point rather than as a feature.

The grant funds three things: Vector's first release on iOS alongside a widescreen desktop client, encrypted voice and video calls, and a stable censorship-resistant tool for journalists, activists, and whistleblowers. The first of those is already underway and is covered below.

It changes the pace, and it changes nothing else. Vector remains free and open source. There is no investor at the table, no equity sold, and no obligation attached beyond building what we already said we were building. A grant does not make software trustworthy. Being verifiable does.

We would also rather share the category than own it. Three other Nostr projects were funded in the same round, and a single encrypted messenger is a product where several interoperating on an open protocol is infrastructure. The full announcement is on HRF's site, and our own write-up is here.

Next Major Milestone: v0.5.0

v0.5.0 is already in progress on a dedicated branch, and it is the first grant deliverable to take shape. Here is where it stands.

Widescreen Desktop Client

The headline of v0.5.0, and work has started. A phone-shaped window does not do a Community justice on a large screen, so we are building a true four-pane desktop shell: the Community rail, your chats, the conversation and the community's details, side by side. It already runs that way on the branch, and narrower than 900px it folds back into the familiar phone layout. This is the release where Vector stops being a phone app that happens to run on a desktop and becomes a communication hub that earns the screen it is on.

Frontend Refactor

After roughly eighteen months of continuous development, it was time for a deep clean, and it is done. Vector's frontend now runs on Svelte, which compiles away at build time, so the app ships lighter and the interface updates itself when state changes rather than through hand-written wiring. Less code, and fewer places for bugs to hide.

Encrypted Voice and Video Calls

The second grant deliverable, and already working on the branch. Vector's call system is built in-house: one-to-one voice and video calls, with screen sharing, set up through the same encrypted messages as your DMs, with the two devices connecting directly, encrypted end to end. Calls work between desktops, in Vector Web, and on iPhone. Calls in Community channels come next.

Vector Web

Vector in the browser: the same app, with its Rust core compiled to WebAssembly, for anyone who can't or won't install it. It went live at the end of September, and your keys stay in your browser, never on our servers.

iOS

The third grant deliverable, and the platform gap we hear about most. A native app is next in line, and until it lands, Vector Web gives iPhone and iPad users Vector today. Added to the Home Screen, it runs like a native app, with voice and video calls and private, encrypted, low-metadata push notifications that arrive in the background, even with the app closed and the phone locked.

Community Polish

A steady run of improvements on top of the new foundation: richer roles, better moderation tools, and smarter discovery. The work that turns a strong first version into the place people spend the day.

Closing

The world did not become a safer place for privacy in Q3 2026. Chat Control survived the vote meant to stop it, and the only reason encrypted messaging is still outside its reach is that one negotiation in September refused a bad compromise. That file is back on the table in November.

Vector shipped four releases, built and improved the underlying protocol.

Privacy is a basic human right. We say it, we repeat it, and we build from it. Every feature in this report, every fix in every patch, and every install is one more step toward making that right real for someone who needs it. To everyone who ran a preview build, filed a bug with a log attached, argued with us about a design decision, or simply believed that a conversation should belong to the people having it: thank you.

The work continues.

Join the Vector Community

Vector Community Invite Link

Get connected with the Vector Community, where you can meet other like-minded privacy advocates and make friends from around the world. Get the latest updates in development, insights, and some teasers only dropped in the Vector Community!

Vector Privacy is a free, open-source, decentralized communication platform built on Nostr. No KYC. No metadata. No ads. No compromise.

GitHub · vectorapp.io · Read the Blog on the Website

I see you have discovered one of our community members liked to ...

2026-10-01T06:25:37Z

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I see you have discovered one of our community members liked to troll everybody by changing the group name and avatar once people joined 🤣

Vector Hub now has 33 communities listed and over 250 members in ...

2026-09-30T18:11:25Z

Vector Hub now has 33 communities listed and over 250 members in the official Vector Community! 💚

https://vectorapp.io/hub/

Other notable communities: FOSS Apps, Nostr Talk, Monero Community, Bitcoin Community, & more.

We are alive and well thank you! Steady working on the next major ...

2026-09-30T13:43:00Z

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We are alive and well thank you! Steady working on the next major milestone v0.5.0!

What languages would you like to see support for? 🇪🇸 ...

2026-09-10T09:18:10Z

What languages would you like to see support for?

🇪🇸 Español
🇫🇷 Français
🇧🇷 Português
🇷🇺 русский
🇨🇳 中国人
🇯🇵 日本語

"Bitcoin Needs More Privacy" Vector Fixes This ✅ ↪️ ...

2026-09-09T16:04:58Z

"Bitcoin Needs More Privacy"

Vector Fixes This ✅
↪️ Financial freedom requires financial privacy.

- No KYC Accounts
- Private & Anonymous
- End-to-End Encryption
- Ephemeral Messaging (Auto-Deleting)
-- Custom Expiration Times: 10 sec > 1 week

#bitcoin #btc #privacy

"Babe, I'm breaking up with you. You're taking this ...

2026-09-07T15:26:21Z

"Babe, I'm breaking up with you.
You're taking this freedom tech stuff too seriously..."

Hi, thanks for the tag. Free for the user is likely what he is ...

2026-09-06T15:36:55Z

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Hi, thanks for the tag. Free for the user is likely what he is mentioning. Vector is free to use for anyone, as is Nostr. Yes, it does cost to host Nostr Relays, but the end-user does not have to pay for that or contribute to it if they don't want... hence, the freedom to choose.

Correct, iOS is not available yet for Vector.

The biggest difference is that you can see how Vector operates because it's entirely open-source and decentralized, rather than having to rely on documents and a privacy policy, ultimately blind trust that no one else can verify but those authorized to do so.

The enshittification of traditional messengers and communication ...

2026-09-03T19:48:08Z

The enshittification of traditional messengers and communication platforms are what inspired us to create Vector and thankfully discover Nostr.

These are the precise types of reasons below why people must learn to deny any measure of KYC. Many of the challenges are not just technical, but social. People will continue to go to apps where their friends, family, work teams, etc. are. This is up to us to help get the messaging out that there are alternatives. Additionally, it is also why Vector remains adamant about supporting other privacy messengers, especially here on Nostr. Let the people choose what works best for their needs, but give them choices.

What's the point of having Freedom Tech if 90% of your real connections and network are still on traditional surveillanceware?

We've made sharing and adding new contacts even easier with ...

2026-09-03T12:04:38Z

We've made sharing and adding new contacts even easier with QR.

Profile > QR Button > Share

No, it's not a groundbreaking new feature, but it is one that drastically improves the user experience. Many of you since the beginning have suffered without this feature. We are happy to make your life easier with these custom Vector QR Codes and thank you for your patience. It also makes it a lot easier in real life to add family, friends, and new contacts at events, meetups, and in general.

🥳 Vector Privacy receives HRF Grant For those who can't ...

2026-09-02T16:35:55Z

🥳 Vector Privacy receives HRF Grant

For those who can't read articles on Nostr, we have also published on our website: https://vectorapp.io/blog/hrf-grant/

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Privacy by Principle: Bitcoin Development Fund, Round II 2026 by HRF

Overview

Vector has just qualified and received a grant from the Human Rights Foundation HRF (nprofile…hv7w) through its Bitcoin Development Fund. We are one of sixteen projects in Round II of 2026, a round totaling more than 500 million satoshis across Bitcoin development, payments, mining, education, and Nostr.

HRF listed us under the heading Privacy by Principle, one that truly encompasses Vector in three words both from a technical and philosophical perspective. Their write-up doesn't start about encryption, but with what Vector refuses to ask for: no KYC, no metadata trail, no permission to speak. This has been the core focus since the very first commit. Permissionless privacy should be accessible to everyone, ensuring privacy remains a basic human right.

Vector's entry in HRF's announcement, listed under Nostr.

What the Grant Funds

Desktop & iOS: widescreen desktop client that enables true day-to-day communication for individuals, teams, organizations, and communities. Plus, Vector's first release on iOS.

Encrypted Voice & Video Calls: real-time communication with the same guarantees as the rest of the app, built on Concord Protocol.

People Who Need It Most: journalists, activists, and whistleblowers who need to coordinate without being tracked or silenced.

What This Changes, and What It Doesn't

It changes the pace and grants further stability. Work that was going to take a year of evenings now has runway behind it, and the roadmap we have been publishing at the end of every release post becomes a schedule rather than a hope.

It changes nothing else. Vector is free and open source and will stay that way. There is no investor at the table, no equity sold, and no obligation attached to this grant beyond building what we already said we were building. The code remains public, the protocol remains an open specification anyone can implement, and the app remains something you can compile yourself and verify line by line.

A grant does not make software trustworthy or legitimate. Being verifiable does.

About the Fund

The Bitcoin Development Fund backs projects that make Bitcoin and adjacent freedom technologies more useful to people living under authoritarian rule. Since launching in 2020 it has granted 12.2 million dollars in BTC to 383 projects across 70 countries.

The same round funds offline Lightning payments in Jamaica, mobile money bridges across five African countries, open-source Bitcoin mining hardware, wallet reproducibility auditing, and developer training for women in Lagos, Nairobi, and Sao Paulo.

Vector sits in the Nostr category alongside three others: Flotilla Chat, a Discord-style community platform from the team behind Coracle; OpenAlert, decentralized emergency alerts with end-to-end encryption and self-destructing messages; and 0xchat, an encrypted messenger with Tor and a built-in Cashu wallet. We would rather share the category than own it: a single encrypted messenger is a product, and several interoperating on an open protocol is infrastructure.

Read HRF's full announcement: HRF Grants 500M+ Satoshis to 16 Freedom Tech Projects Worldwide

Thank You

We wanted to give a special thank you to the Human Rights Foundation for supporting and helping to fund an idea born out of necessity, and to every Community member who tested a preview build, filed a bug report, or argued with us about a design decision. Vector got here on unpaid attention from people who cared.

The mission remains the same... Privacy is a basic human right.

Join the Vector Community

This grant helps fund the work, but it does not decide what gets built. That has always come from the people using Vector every day and telling us where it falls short and features they would like to see implemented. There is a seat in that conversation for you. Take part of Freedom Tech and join Vector Privacy in Open Beta!

Download Vector from the Website or GitHub, and join the Vector Community!

Vector Privacy is a free, open-source, decentralized communication platform built on Nostr.

No KYC. No metadata. No ads. No compromise.

GitHub · vectorapp.io

Vector + Armada = Interoperability 🤝 NOSTR indeed winning

2026-09-02T06:16:41Z

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Vector + Armada = Interoperability 🤝 NOSTR indeed winning

Vector Moderation Tools for Communities✅ ...

2026-09-01T19:05:25Z

Vector Moderation Tools for Communities✅

Vector Protocol = Censorship-Resistant

Vector Communities are not.

Your Community, Your Rules. Admins have the power to set and enforce their rules to how they see fit for their community that they create and manage.

Learn more about Vector Communities and how they work on the official GitBook docs:
https://vector-privacy.gitbook.io/vector-privacy/vector-messenger/features/communities

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2026-08-31T18:00:41Z

🟢 New Patch Release: v0.4.4

We have just released the latest version of Vector that can be downloaded in app (Settings > Updates), on GitHub, the website, or from the app store you have already downloaded it from.

View the Dev Log on GitHub:
https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/tag/v0.4.4

This release is largely focused on moderation and moderation tools to improve the quality of life for users in communities, especially for community creators and admins. These tools help to prevent certain types of unwanted media, as well as raid prevention, and much more.

Learn more about our open-source moderation bot, "Sentire-001" on the official GitHub:

https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Sentire

🔰What is Vector? Your Client. Customize Your Privacy. 🟢 Tor ...

2026-08-28T06:13:34Z

🔰What is Vector?

Your Client. Customize Your Privacy.

🟢 Tor Support
🟢 Memory Hardening
🟢 Prevent URL Tracking
🟢 Local Pass/PIN (Optional)
🟢 Biometric Login (Optional)
🟢 Remote Signer (Optional)

- Runs on GrapheneOS and UP Phone

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There is no one-size-fits-all messenger. There isn't even one that fits a single person across every situation they use it in. So Vector is built to be configured rather than accepted: deep customization, on whatever device you're on, arranged however works best for you. That's why Vector also ships a bare build with the optional features stripped out, for anyone who wants the smallest possible attack surface over the flashier extras.

🔰What is Vector? No Compromise Privacy Messenger 🟢 No KYC ...

2026-08-26T17:29:10Z

🔰What is Vector?

No Compromise Privacy Messenger

🟢 No KYC (No Email, No Phone, No oAuth)
🟢 New, Anonymous Account Creation
🟢 Multi-Account Support for Additional Privacy
🟢 Censorship-Resistant (No Account Banning)
🟢 No Metadata Tracking
🟢 End-to-End Encryption

We always appreciate new members who join Vector, even if just in ...

2026-08-26T05:03:38Z

We always appreciate new members who join Vector, even if just in passing, and come with the right energy. Positivity is really what keeps the heart of the community healthy and morale high for everyone.

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nevent1q…vl4n
When new members join VectorPrivacy (npub1hru…f3yh) and leave comments like this...

you know how to make a designer happy 😇

Always a moment to be grateful for those who appreciate the details. verbiricha (npub107j…ncxg) 🤝

🟢 Vector Privacy GitHub Updates ...

2026-08-25T17:04:55Z

🟢 Vector Privacy GitHub Updates

We've improved the Vector GitHub Repo and ReadMe for both your average person and developers by adding some new sections and content.

> https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector

🟢 Introduction

- Updated Banner
- Release Badges
- App Screenshots + Display Graphic
- About/Project Description

🟢 Key Points

- Updated text to reflect changes as of v0.4.3
- Added Concord Protocol
- Updated hyperlinks for various encryptions

🟢 Features (New)

- Added 4 key feature categories
- Focused primarily on Privacy & Security
- Benefits for users and developers

🟢 Screenshots (New)

We have updated the Readme file to reflect the latest UI updates as of v0.4.3, adding 3 screenshots to cover User Profile, Chat Menu, and the Vector Community.

*All photos are actual screenshots from YuurinBee (nprofile…dcla)

🟢 Install (New)

We've introduced a new Install section to grab the latest version of Vector for your operating system and device. Notes added about Vector being compatible with GrapheneOS and UP Phone.

Thanks to our GrapheneOS community + UP Phone community!

🟢 Resources (New)

We've now added official Vector Privacy links and resources for you to cross-reference before clicking any foreign links.

Added:
- Website, GitBook, Vector SDK, Vector Hub, & Privacy Policy
- Vector Blog, X/Twitter, Vector Community on Vector, and Discord

🟢 Donate (New)

Last but not least, we have also added a donate section for those that are interested in supporting Vector's cause and open-source development.

Not expected of anyone, but always appreciated 💚

Learn More at https://donate.vectorapp.io

🟢 Attributions & License

Simple and final changes added to reflect the correct years, creators and owners. LICENSE.md was also updated.

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Thanks for everyone's support! This is the part of the journey where things really become a lot more interesting and fun for everyone...

Thank you for joining us in this voyage, with the unrelenting storms of surveillance, for the emergence of Privacy & Freedom Tech 💚

Much more than just DOOM, but it has a vibe of its own. 🤩 ...

2026-08-25T09:57:06Z

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Much more than just DOOM, but it has a vibe of its own. 🤩

Noted! This is something we are working on for our next update as ...

2026-08-25T09:55:10Z

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Noted! This is something we are working on for our next update as well, at least in discussion > general moderation and filters for chats. Will most likely be implementing an add friend/contact flow to the UX. Appreciate you sharing the feedback and 100% necessary.

Did you know Vector runs on GrapheneOS? 🟢 Your Keys. Your ...

2026-08-24T14:06:51Z

Did you know Vector runs on GrapheneOS?

🟢 Your Keys. Your Metadata. http://vectorapp.io

Interoperable Client Decentralized Gaming? We think so 🕹️

2026-08-22T17:12:55Z

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Interoperable Client Decentralized Gaming? We think so 🕹️

Behind the Scenes. The true joys of building in public. ...

2026-08-22T07:11:35Z

Behind the Scenes.

The true joys of building in public.

quoting nevent1q…twst
How'd you spend your Friday night?

Enjoying it with a friend, then coming back home around midnight to make espresso and crank out a 2 hour UX session on VectorPrivacy (npub1hru…f3yh) v0.5.0 with JSKitty (npub16ye…g4wn)

Can't express how excited I am for what is to coming in the next couple of months here for us, Vector users, and everyone. 20 months into development and I can begin to see more clearly what it looks like to rely on this infrastructure for a majority of social interactions online. For many months, I've had more activity in my Vector client than I have in Discord, but that's also because after this last bear I think people who had been around forever in crypto even left (Discord + Telegram). :kek:

Since 2017, this is the first big pivot in tech for me that had nothing to do directly with blockchain and crypto. Yes, there are underlying themes and commonalities, but also a standalone focus on privacy and freedom tech. Feels good to have made the leap into a new territory, but also not entirely new (Privacy, FOSS).

Anyways, I just like documenting steps along the way for anyone that is interested. There are a lot of people on the outside who just see apps, websites, and projects and just think they are lucky and successful and you don't really get to see a lot behind the scenes, the late hours, the struggles, the problems, the challenges, the day-to-day, and people often only highlight their small and large victories. Today, it's just an update, but if you are building something my only advice to you is learn to enjoy the process. The farmer doesn't plant seeds and expect to bear fruit the next morning. 🙌

Add me on Vector:
https://vectorapp.io/profile/npub12w73tzcqgpr2pcy4el5x60d2emeud4cyeeayynzqqg2fefzgytaqm4ktz3

Vector 😎

2026-08-20T15:35:45Z

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Vector 😎

We are glad you asked 🤩 Yes! ...

2026-08-19T07:30:05Z

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We are glad you asked 🤩 Yes!

Learn more here:
https://vectorapp.io/blog/open-source-doom/

or check out the GitHub:
https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/DOOM

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2026-08-18T17:09:43Z

Who's ready for a decentralized Half Life multiplayer session?

Join the Vector Community and let's play!

>>> chat.vectorapp.io

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GM ☕
Are we ready for a decentralized game night on Nostr? nevent1q…zj68

This is the correct answer 😎

2026-08-18T16:19:34Z

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This is the correct answer 😎

GM ☕ Are we ready for a decentralized game night on Nostr? ...

2026-08-18T10:58:10Z

GM ☕
Are we ready for a decentralized game night on Nostr?

quoting nevent1q…zj68
So, uh... how do we feel about decentralized Half Life on VectorPrivacy (npub1hru…f3yh)? 😼

Shoutout to :H::e::n::k::y:!! (npub1600…889v) for porting this over to Vector and making it playable within app! This is going to open up a lot of doors and a lot of good times. Finally time we see how many players we can get playing at once...

What say you Nostr? Game Night, finally? JSKitty (npub16ye…g4wn)

🪪 New & Improved Community Cards ...

2026-08-18T05:11:39Z

🪪 New & Improved Community Cards

Test it yourself:
https://chat.vectorapp.io

Community Cards are your community's public invite URL that open in the browser and will prompt users to open up Vector to join. Creating, sharing, and joining communities has never been easier...

You can also share this same link in app, which will show as an embedded message and allow users to easily join.

Last, but not least. If you have made a public community and want to increase visibility and get some new members, be sure to apply on vectorapp.io/hub. There are currently 20 public communities and growing everyday.

Want to learn more about the Vector Hub?
https://vector-privacy.gitbook.io/vector-privacy/vector-messenger/features/communities#vector-hub

Great suggestions, we are starting to map out the contacts a bit ...

2026-08-13T15:22:43Z

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Great suggestions, we are starting to map out the contacts a bit better, especially to anticipate spam but also to help with organization. A search feature is quite overdue both for contacts + in chat messages + group chats/communities. Noted your feedback 📝

🟩 Vector v0.4.2 Demo Share your QR Code from Profile ...

2026-08-13T13:17:31Z

🟩 Vector v0.4.2 Demo

Share your QR Code from Profile

This highly requested feature will be available in the next v0.4.2 release. You can share your own QR code, get the QR code of your contacts, as well as have it included in your custom Profile URL Share Link (Contact Card).

Connecting with others has never been easier, anon.

🙌 All great names mentioned above.

2026-08-12T01:55:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…nemy
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🙌 All great names mentioned above.

What you see is what you get 😎 No more guessing

2026-08-11T08:15:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…484u
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What you see is what you get 😎 No more guessing

Nostr event nevent1qqswuhgyvkznz2uyxs6kxrnkpgtsyla8rtr99w6nwayuhjnxekq4w3szyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg67lpfse

2026-08-11T02:55:31Z

🟩 v0.4.2 Sneak Preview

Message Composer getting a new makeover!

You will now be able to write your messages with markdown to see a live preview of how they will appear in real time, no more guessing and editing. For those of you who details matter, this update is for you!

Vector Community hits 100+ Members! 🎉 ...

2026-08-10T02:34:07Z

Vector Community hits 100+ Members! 🎉

A small milestone for Vector, but a significant one.

For anyone who would like to join, you can always view Public Communities on the Vector Hub or you can simply just visit http://chat.vectorapp.io

Previously, Vector was forced to go through several group chat wipes due to breaking changes on the past encrypted group chat protocol. Since then, it has been smooth sailing with the Concord Protocol migration.

Bleeding-edge tech is never easy and always riddled with headaches...

but it is important to us that there is always stability and reliability in the tech stack... not only just the principle behind it, but for the community, for the organizations, for the teams, for the users who rely on this infrastructure.

We highly commend all teams, developers, and open-source protocols aiming to preserve privacy, throughout all the challenges. It is never an easy journey, but nothing worthwhile usually is.

Thanks again to everyone for believing and building with us in this journey of Freedom Tech 💚

JSKitty (nprofile…tsc6) YuurinBee (npub12w7…ktz3)

Strange, it must be case-sensitive on here. You are right, we ...

2026-08-05T06:23:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…kql6
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Strange, it must be case-sensitive on here. You are right, we just tried it and it gave a 404 error. Thank you for noticing and sharing the correct, functional link. We just reposted that one 🤝

🌱 Please be sure to update Vector to the latest version ...

2026-08-05T04:50:16Z

🌱 Please be sure to update Vector to the latest version (v0.4.1). Available on GitHub, VectorApp.io, Zapstore (npub10r8…t2p8)

GitHub:
https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/tag/v0.4.1

quoting
nevent1q…6pwy
Concord v2 Migration... Successful ✅

Vector v0.4.1 is now on Concord v2!
(Compliments to the Chef, JSKitty (npub16ye…g4wn))

The new group chat encryption protocol integrated since v0.4.0 has gone through some significant improvements and changes thanks to some great minds and contributions from around the world.

Concord is an open-source protocol designed to make encrypted and private messages scalable, reliable, and consistent. Often with additional security measures for privacy-sake, it can rapidly add friction to the end user experience, making it slow and painful.

Concord Fixes That.

Concord Protocol has rapidly been gaining both attention and adoption in the Nostr ecosystem. Since its first release, there are more than 6 other clients that have integrated it (that we are aware of). Two notable clients are Armada by Soapbox Team and Amethyst.

This means there can now be interoperability across different chat/messenger platforms and apps.

⚠️For all Community Owners/Creators in Vector, you will need to resubmit your Public Community to Vector Hub so that it can update with the latest Concord v2.

1. Create a New Invite Link
2. Resubmit on http://VectorApp.io/Hub
3. Reupload Community Avatar (Temporary)
4. Submit

🔰Join the Official Vector Community (chat.vectorapp.io)

Last but not least, we wanted to give a special thanks to all of you who have been testing out Concord since the beginning and been helping to share feedback both to Vector and Team Soapbox (npub10qd…arpj). We couldn't be more grateful, this is exactly how open-source protocols thrive.

Always give credit to where it is due and first on that list is Alex Gleason (npub1q3s…d26p) as well as Derek Ross (npub18am…p424) and the Team Soapbox (npub10qd…arpj) team for seeing the same challenges we faced in Vector with large group chats and communities, but also the potential that Concord possessed. Thanks to your time, efforts, and contributions Concord is evolving into something we all have needed... especially for a reliable, encrypted group chat standard here on Nostr. There is nothing better than running your own clients (settings, preferences, etc.), but communicating daily through the same protocol. Interoperability at its finest...

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🌱Please be sure to update Vector to the latest version (v0.4.1). Available on GitHub, VectorApp.io, Zapstore (npub10r8…t2p8).

---

Finally, we will be organizing an official blog article to go into a deeper dive with Concord Protocol with the intent to help the world understand it better. The plan is to have 2 modes, one for the layman and one for developers. Toggle on for your preference, but for those who want to read and learn you can do so and for those who want to get their hands-on experience, skip the tutorial and start playing with it... we have your best interests in mind. 😇

Concord v2 Migration... Successful ✅ ...

2026-08-05T04:49:13Z

Concord v2 Migration... Successful ✅

Vector v0.4.1 is now on Concord v2!
(Compliments to the Chef, JSKitty (npub16ye…g4wn))

The new group chat encryption protocol integrated since v0.4.0 has gone through some significant improvements and changes thanks to some great minds and contributions from around the world.

Concord is an open-source protocol designed to make encrypted and private messages scalable, reliable, and consistent. Often with additional security measures for privacy-sake, it can rapidly add friction to the end user experience, making it slow and painful.

Concord Fixes That.

Concord Protocol has rapidly been gaining both attention and adoption in the Nostr ecosystem. Since its first release, there are more than 6 other clients that have integrated it (that we are aware of). Two notable clients are Armada by Soapbox Team and Amethyst.

This means there can now be interoperability across different chat/messenger platforms and apps.

⚠️For all Community Owners/Creators in Vector, you will need to resubmit your Public Community to Vector Hub so that it can update with the latest Concord v2.

1. Create a New Invite Link
2. Resubmit on http://VectorApp.io/Hub
3. Reupload Community Avatar (Temporary)
4. Submit

🔰Join the Official Vector Community (chat.vectorapp.io)

Last but not least, we wanted to give a special thanks to all of you who have been testing out Concord since the beginning and been helping to share feedback both to Vector and Team Soapbox (npub10qd…arpj). We couldn't be more grateful, this is exactly how open-source protocols thrive.

Always give credit to where it is due and first on that list is Alex Gleason (npub1q3s…d26p) as well as Derek Ross (npub18am…p424) and the Team Soapbox (npub10qd…arpj) team for seeing the same challenges we faced in Vector with large group chats and communities, but also the potential that Concord possessed. Thanks to your time, efforts, and contributions Concord is evolving into something we all have needed... especially for a reliable, encrypted group chat standard here on Nostr. There is nothing better than running your own clients (settings, preferences, etc.), but communicating daily through the same protocol. Interoperability at its finest...

---

🌱Please be sure to update Vector to the latest version (v0.4.1). Available on GitHub, VectorApp.io, Zapstore (npub10r8…t2p8).

---

Finally, we will be organizing an official blog article to go into a deeper dive with Concord Protocol with the intent to help the world understand it better. The plan is to have 2 modes, one for the layman and one for developers. Toggle on for your preference, but for those who want to read and learn you can do so and for those who want to get their hands-on experience, skip the tutorial and start playing with it... we have your best interests in mind. 😇

Caveman meets Freedom Tech 🔥 #nevent1q…p46d

2026-07-21T18:58:16Z

Caveman meets Freedom Tech 🔥

quoting nevent1q…p46d
VectorPrivacy (npub1hru…f3yh) strips trackers from all major Big Tech websites automatically, don't manually cut off trackers like a caveman, use Vector.

💣 Ephemeral Message Teaser Commonly referred to as: ...

2026-07-20T20:08:01Z

💣 Ephemeral Message Teaser

Commonly referred to as:
"Self-Destructing"
"Disappearing"
"Vanquishing"
"Ephemeral"

Messages that auto-delete once a set time interval passes (Ex: 10 seconds, 1 minute, 1 day).

We've had this feature planned since the beginning, but it just took some time to implement due to the long backlog of other features. We will be releasing the first iteration in v0.4.1 soon™ (can already test on the v0.4.1 Pre-Release on GitHub). Thanks to everyone who suggested this nice privacy feature, you will be able to use it soon. If you have any feedback or suggestions to further improve it, like other time intervals, just let us know!

Stay tuned for much more to follow in the v0.4.1 release...

YuurinBee (nprofile…hh2y) JSKitty (nprofile…tsc6)

So many vectors to vectorize... and they don't vectorize ...

2026-07-20T14:23:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…neru
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So many vectors to vectorize... and they don't vectorize themselves.

Great coverage and a masterclass in some of Nostr's history, ...

2026-07-15T22:34:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…enfe
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Great coverage and a masterclass in some of Nostr's history, especially with encrypted group chats. Thanks again for this highlight and we couldn't be happier you all also discovered Concord. It is an honor we can work together to improve a protocol that is designed for anyone and everyone who wants to use it. Interoperability (functional) remains a key component that Nostr specifically deserves and thrives on. Thanks again to you all at Soapbox Team for your support and contributions towards Concord, Nostr, and the FOSS space.

con·cord /kŏn′kôrd″, kŏng′-/ noun Harmony or agreement ...

2026-07-15T03:42:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…4ufs
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con·cord /kŏn′kôrd″, kŏng′-/ noun

Harmony or agreement of interests or feelings; accord.

A treaty establishing peaceful relations.

(Grammar) Agreement between words in person, number, gender, or case.

Deal.

Nostr event nevent1qqszwhma7d43mgxvdapemeaptapcmth2k2vhkrpahfshurrjw4ja6wgzyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg6ydhy5g

2026-07-10T17:39:08Z

🟩 Feature Highlight: Multi-Account

Profile > Dropdown > Switch or Add Account

This one of the most requested features for the last release and we are happy to finally be able to deliver. Switching between accounts made easy since the release of v0.4.0 with a few clicks.

We're not sure how many users (on average) use multiple accounts, but we do want to accommodate purely from a privacy standpoint as well as for high-level customization. Many people use different aliases or pseudonyms, but still would like to have a personal account for close friends and family or one just for work/business as well.

Use Vector to best fit your needs and customize how you want.

Learn More:
https://vector-privacy.gitbook.io/vector-privacy/vector-messenger/features/account#multi-account

Whenever you do have the time, we are happy to hear your ...

2026-07-06T22:55:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…h8ed
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Whenever you do have the time, we are happy to hear your feedback! To make it easier for you:

For Group Chats:
https://github.com/concord-protocol/concord

Vector - How it Works (GitBook Docs):
https://vector-privacy.gitbook.io/vector-privacy/vector-messenger/intro/privacy

Nostr event nevent1qqsykcu45qm93nag3upykwqj80ee0zc24s0kj7q04d7cn79hcrx06ggzyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg60g67qf

2026-07-06T17:05:36Z

Recently brought to our attention, a lot people are concerned about testing out newer apps in the "Age of AI" and rightfully concerned about vibe-coded apps... their true levels of privacy, security, and reliability.

With that said, we took time to add to our GitBook docs a page on AI Usage & Transparency that covers how we address AI and its relevance in Vector's development.

⚠️ Zero Blind Commits Policy
Every single pull request and commit on GitHub is manually reviewed by the founder and senior developer. Not a single commit or contribution, regardless of whether AI was involved in writing it, has ever been pushed without review by the senior developer and other team members. AI is not perfect, and neither are human developers, but peer review is a crucial part of quality control and the foundational reason why open-source technology is often more trustworthy and resilient in practice.

We also go deeper into our workflow, where and how AI is utilized with full transparency into our development process.

To read the full AI & Transparency Policy, visit here:
https://vector-privacy.gitbook.io/vector-privacy/vector-messenger/more/ai-and-transparency-policy

GM, Nostr 🦩 We're happy to share that we've updated ...

2026-07-04T13:47:08Z

GM, Nostr 🦩

We're happy to share that we've updated all of our GitBook docs to be on par with the latest v0.4.0 release. There were a lot of new pages and sections added, as well as some more images and GIFs of screen recordings. Some people had requested they wanted a section to learn more of "How it Works", so we added that on the landing page that takes you straight to the privacy and tech stack.

Take a peek: https://docs.vectorapp.io

GitBook serves as our real introduction to Vector for newcomers, whether for your average person or developers, though it probably doesn't need to be said, but devs can always go straight to GitHub.

🟢 V E C T O R - M E S S E N G E R

Learn more about Vector Messenger, how the app works, as well as all of the features explained:
https://vector-privacy.gitbook.io/vector-privacy/vector-messenger

🟢 V E C T O R - S D K

Last but not least, the new Vector SDK (vector-core) has been updated and docs have been expanded upon:
https://vector-privacy.gitbook.io/vector-privacy/vector-sdk

The best way to stay up to date with Vector's development is to join the Vector Community on Vector at chat.vectorapp.io.

If there are any features left out or things you all would like covered in the docs that aren't there, feel free to request them.

The beautiful thing is that there are options and people have the ...

2026-07-04T12:49:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…c9jq
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The beautiful thing is that there are options and people have the ability to choose the app that best fits there needs. 😇

⚠️Reporting to local authorities

2026-07-03T06:13:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…jhjk
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⚠️Reporting to local authorities

Unfortunate you had that experience. We'd recommend in ...

2026-07-01T05:07:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…m67p
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Unfortunate you had that experience. We'd recommend in Settings > Relays and checking to make sure all of your relays are connected and/or set the relays that you want to connect to. If messages weren't being sent, this is likely the case if it wasn't your internet.

Feel free to join the Vector Community as well at ...

2026-06-30T18:25:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…84vx
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Feel free to join the Vector Community as well at https://chat.vectorapp.io.
A bunch of friendly people to help you test it overall and different features.

Definitely something we can look more into, as we've been ...

2026-06-27T19:12:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…5qh5
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Definitely something we can look more into, as we've been planning for game nights and similar events, but have been fully focused on the past release and this coming update. Always nice to connect with other gamers on Nostr, can explore more opportunities and maybe have some gaming nights on Nostr. 🎮

We have finally arrived at the point where we can consider Vector ...

2026-06-26T17:50:07Z

We have finally arrived at the point where we can consider Vector at an MVP state. More or less it was touched upon with v0.4.0, but v0.4.1 will be the baseline moving forward. It only took a year and a half of development, but wouldn't have made it this far without you all.

The next version will patch just about every issue, bug, and request we've heard from the community, other than an iOS release (planned Q3-Q4) and we will open up testing shortly for our community and anyone else who would like to get involved.

quoting nevent1q…ytdf
Good mornin’ Nostritches! ☕️

VectorPrivacy (npub1hru…f3yh) v0.4.1 edges closer, slightly later than I imagined because I want to cram as MANY fixes/improvements as possible, I consider v0.4.1 our first true “MVP” as a stable, reliable, massively featured messenger.

Let’s build. #nostr #nostrdevs #grownostr

All good things take time 😇

2026-06-26T17:47:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…2t5h
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All good things take time 😇

Drop us the link! We will share it on X and also on Vector with ...

2026-06-26T17:46:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…halw
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Drop us the link! We will share it on X and also on Vector with our community. Thanks for the coverage, even before we got a chance to review. Appreciate the highlight and mention, regardless 🙏

Thanks for reporting. For now, you can click New Chat and add the ...

2026-06-25T06:37:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…mjh0
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Thanks for reporting.
For now, you can click New Chat and add the link in there to take you to the Nostr Talk Community.
Let us know if you have any further issues.

https://vectorapp.io/invite#AgFP7DtsKs-HsB6tIubLAq-KYVzW3UIWt7Zp0nRmx9umgA

Looking forward to this 👀 ...

2026-06-25T04:01:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…ujtp
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Looking forward to this 👀

npub1marm0t9qkmv8lq7pe7vdx60ed8fl2d876a2ytk3ade208dlyfweqg5r6m9(v2 DarkMatter) by White Noise (npub1wht…r3ec)

Builders gonna build. 💪

2026-06-25T03:57:40Z

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Builders gonna build. 💪

There is now a Nostr Talk community on Vector! More information ...

2026-06-25T03:56:48Z

There is now a Nostr Talk community on Vector!

More information below:

quoting nevent1q…pz6s
Join #NostrTalk on VectorPrivacy (nprofile…5jp4)

vectorapp.io/invite#AgGg81H…

#Nostr #Privacy #NoKYC

Mobile yes, but only on Android, which is available on the ...

2026-06-24T20:25:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…77j6
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Mobile yes, but only on Android, which is available on the Zapstore (nprofile…tdq0) and available on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Certainly happy to have as many people helping testing as possible, appreciate your offer and surely take you up on it once iOS development is live. 🙏

Currently working on the relay-based issue you brought to our ...

2026-06-24T16:18:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…enqs
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Currently working on the relay-based issue you brought to our attention and should be patched for v0.4.1. We will open up quality control testing in the following days for about a week and hope to roll it out officially by the end of this month/beginning of next month!

Yes! Let's bring on "Vector" groups in other apps and let the interoperability commence! 🤫

Not quite yet, iOS is planned for Q3-Q4 after the widescreen ...

2026-06-24T16:09:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…4058
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Not quite yet, iOS is planned for Q3-Q4 after the widescreen desktop client.

Thanks for sharing about Vector, Derek. Together as a community ...

2026-06-24T16:08:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…gt3s
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Thanks for sharing about Vector, Derek. Together as a community is what really makes open-source tech better, we certainly welcome all feedback. We will continue to optimize and after the next v0.4.1 release, we will be sharing more information about Concord Protocol. Might make a dedicated Group Chat on Vector specifically for that, as well as some more docs and so on.

Absolutely, it is much larger than any of us alone, both the ...

2026-06-24T06:42:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…xw4h
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Absolutely, it is much larger than any of us alone, both the problems and the solutions. Grateful for everyone that has spoken up, shared honest feedback, and doing what they can to help build Vector up.

The beauty of open-source tech. If you do change your mind, we ...

2026-06-24T06:05:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…6l86
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The beauty of open-source tech.

If you do change your mind, we are more than happy to welcome new PRs and contributors to the Vector ecosystem. Currently finalizing the last changes for the next v0.4.1 release.

Aside from this issue you ran in to, curious of your experience and feedback on Vector.

Understandable, you are an experienced Nostr dev/user and want it ...

2026-06-24T05:48:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…m6uv
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Understandable, you are an experienced Nostr dev/user and want it to work as seamless and consistent as possible... and so do we. Ironically, this issue was either never previously encountered or simply never reported to us, likely because most Vector users are new users and not from the Nostr community.

Big picture we are still new and in Open Beta, so have a lot of kinks to work out, which only grows everyday. One key aspect to highlight is that Vector has been built for the scope of the general public, meaning people that have no idea what Nostr is nor probably ever will. Rather than starting our approach for Nostr-based users first, that is why this issue came about.

Our approach and angle is different, using Vector as a trojan horse for Nostr.

Anyways, thanks for the honest feedback along with Derek Ross (nprofile…9kky)
Will continue to optimize the user experience and patch issues.

Noted and discussed. This was discovered and brought up by Derek ...

2026-06-23T20:49:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…qqac
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Noted and discussed. This was discovered and brought up by Derek within the past day or so.

This may the be the most requested "feature" or release ...

2026-06-23T03:14:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…3xmr
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This may the be the most requested "feature" or release rather at this point. +1

100% planned on the roadmap. Currently discussed Q3-Q4 of this ...

2026-06-22T12:53:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…scxw
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100% planned on the roadmap. Currently discussed Q3-Q4 of this year.

It feels great, @npub1njs…7fqx ...

2026-06-20T19:21:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…8hvt
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It feels great, 7fqx (npub1njs…7fqx)

Nostr event nevent1qqsv9xhx7rrxeyqrkypwgjug9krkdt6qmvqdk9jtzqhkg6p26afphsczyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg6jvwgr6

2026-06-16T02:11:11Z

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Bitcoin Price Bot on Vector? We think so... @nprofile…tsc6 ...

2026-06-15T21:10:24Z

Bitcoin Price Bot on Vector? We think so...

JSKitty (nprofile…tsc6) 𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔻𝕊𝕋ℝ (npub13c0…e8s8) #BTC #Bitcoin

quoting nevent1q…3szt
Come join the #bitcoin community on VectorPrivacy (npub1hru…f3yh) ! Saylor shitposting ahoy.

#nostr #grownostr

nevent1q…48ax

💚 Happy to have you here, glad we got everything situated ...

2026-06-15T20:22:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…fwdm
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💚 Happy to have you here, glad we got everything situated earlier. You know how to reach us if you ever have any feedback, requests, or issues!

Ah yes, currently only working on Mac. @nprofile…hh2y just sent ...

2026-06-15T04:54:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…zlxm
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Ah yes, currently only working on Mac. YuurinBee (nprofile…hh2y) just sent you a message and will invite you for now.

Currently having some issues with the link on Windows/Linux. ...

2026-06-15T04:53:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…tyww
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Currently having some issues with the link on Windows/Linux.

Please try this:

Chat Tab > New Chat > Paste URL
https://vectorapp.io/invite#AgGRJYh01wgQtK0NmE_jg3Da3017o5bFlgOd2fVoRPm0Kg

(Like this image below)

Currently, having some issues on Windows + Linux. Go to the Chat ...

2026-06-15T04:52:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…9lnv
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Currently, having some issues on Windows + Linux.

Go to the Chat Tab > New Chat > Paste Link

@nprofile…hh2y just sent you an invite @nprofile…6e5s on ...

2026-06-14T13:16:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…q2kh
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YuurinBee (nprofile…hh2y) just sent you an invite Jay (nprofile…6e5s) on Vector. Let us know if you have any other issues joining!

If you aren't in the latest Vector Community group chat, join ...

2026-06-13T12:19:03Z

If you aren't in the latest Vector Community group chat, join here:

chat.vectorapp.io 💚

If for any reason you have issues, ping YuurinBee (nprofile…hh2y) or JSKitty (nprofile…tsc6) on Vector to add you. Send them a message first and request.

*There have been reported issues with some users about the Accept Invite button not working on Windows, but this has already been patched and will be implemented for v0.4.1.

Depends on the individual's preference really. A lot of ...

2026-06-13T12:11:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…pg72
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Depends on the individual's preference really.

A lot of people would say that SimpleX has a more secure and private protocol and aimed more for person-to-person, whereas Vector focuses on bringing a better UX for privacy tech to the average person and aims to grow larger communities. Both have their use cases and to put it bluntly, people need options because hardly in life is there a one-sizes-fits-all solution.

TLDR: SimpleX for more privacy and Vector for more UX.

Be sure to join the official Vector Community Group Chat: ...

2026-06-11T08:38:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…kk56
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Be sure to join the official Vector Community Group Chat:
https://vectorapp.io/invite#AgEh4Cqhodi955XTDcLwUs3eSbdGw89s5MglNu4JUGA5_g

Feel free to add YuurinBee (nprofile…hh2y) or JSKitty (nprofile…tsc6) and they can invite you to test as well.

Thanks for suggesting, we'd also love to see how Vector ranks ...

2026-06-11T08:35:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…pzny
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Thanks for suggesting, we'd also love to see how Vector ranks to others in this video.

🟢 [ V E C T O R ] Open Beta v0.4.0 ...

2026-06-10T22:44:47Z

🟢 [ V E C T O R ] Open Beta v0.4.0

After an incredibly busy 3 months of development, with over 300 commits, we are happy to finally release v0.4.0 Vector (Open Beta) to the public! The biggest and most noticeable improvements for this release are largely focused on privacy, security, and user experience. Upon updating to the latest version, you will immediately notice differences in just about every corner of the app. There are many optimizations across the app and it should feel much more responsive, quick, and smooth.

> 300+ Commits
> 3 Months of Work
> 1 New Protocol
> 14+ New Features

Download on GitHub:
https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/tag/v0.4.0

New Features:
🧅 Tor Integration: optionally route all of Vector's traffic through Tor in one click; Includes bridges for censorship circumvention.
👥 Multiple Accounts: run many accounts on a single install, with a quick in-app switcher.
🔐 Remote Signers: log in without ever exposing your key, using NIP-46. Pair a bunker by QR or pasted URI.
🗑️ Delete Messages: delete a message for everyone, in both DMs and group chats. Vector keeps the ephemeral signing key, a diversion from the traditional NIP-17/Marmot specs for enhanced user privacy controls.
😀 Custom Emoji Packs: create, crop, share your own emoji packs across Vector, compatible with other Nostr clients.
🖼️ Chat Wallpapers: set a custom wallpaper per DM, with live blur and brightness sliders while you tune it.
👆 Mobile Gestures: swipe a message to reply, or long-press (right-click on desktop) for the full action menu.
👤 Mini Profiles: tap any avatar or name in a chat to peek at that person's profile without leaving the conversation.
🆕 Unread Divider: a "New" marker now shows exactly where you left off, both when messages land while you're scrolled up & when you reopen a chat.
📥 Android Public Downloads: downloaded files now land in your gallery and Files app like Telegram, with Open & Share buttons on every attachment.
📨 Share to Vector (Android): share images, files, or text from any other app straight into a Vector chat.
🤖 Android Back Button: the hardware back button now navigates Vector the way you'd expect, instead of dumping you out of the app.
🎨 New Themes: two more to choose from, XMR and Neon.
🛠️ AI Agent Support (MCP): a new Model Context Protocol server (vector-agent) hands AI agents 21 tools to drive Vector, from sending DMs and managing groups to uploading files and editing profiles.

Improvements:
⚙️ Vector Core Rewrite: every piece of Vector's logic now lives in a single decoupled engine, vector-core, shared by every client. DMs, groups, profiles, crypto, the database, file handling, all of it. The app shell shed thousands of lines and the core ships with 440+ tests. This is the groundwork for a CLI, bots, and SDKs.
🔄 Group Sync (Total Negentropy): MLS group chats now sync entirely over negentropy.
💬 Redesigned Chat: the message view was rebuilt as flat, Discord-style rows (avatar, name, content, hover toolbar) instead of bubbles.
🌸 Decentralised File Storage: Blossom uploads now fail over across multiple servers, learn each server's capabilities, and sync your server list across your devices.
⚡ Memory & Performance: SQLite memory use dropped from roughly 308MB to 5MB, the emoji panel now opens instantly from disk cache, and chat rendering picked up a round of micro-optimizations.
🔎 Smarter Emoji Search: added Discord-style shortcodes (type :smile:) and Unicode frequency rankings, so the emoji you actually want surfaces first.
😀 Reaction Details: hover any reaction on desktop for a quick summary of who reacted.
✏️ Profile Edit Mode: a proper edit mode for your profile covering avatar, banner, name, bio, and status, with inline image cropping and an unsaved-changes banner.

Fixes:
📡 Sending on Flaky Networks: fixed relay pool depletion that could break message sending when your connection was unstable.
🔐 Orphaned Messages: fixed a rekey race condition that could strand messages mid-conversation.
📜 Message Ordering: messages sent within the same second now order correctly, and a phantom unread badge no longer lingers.
⬆️ Upload Progress: the upload progress ring no longer freezes into a static donut mid-send.
⬇️ Stubborn Downloads: attachments now download from servers that ignore HTTP Range requests, instead of failing outright.
📏 Link Previews: portrait preview images no longer balloon to fill the whole screen.
🧭 Scroll Position: the chat no longer jumps to the bottom while you're reading older messages.
🗂️ System Events: joins, leaves, and other system messages no longer pile up at the top of a chat.
🔗 Reply Previews: reply previews no longer leak raw npubs or stray markdown characters.
🔒 SSRF & Relay Stability: hardened SSRF protection and steadied the relay connection monitor.

💚 Special Thanks

We wanted to give a special thanks not only to the community at large, which has grown tremendously over the past 6 months, but we also wanted to express our deepest gratitude to the last round of Quality Control Testers for this v0.4.0 release. You all have helped us realize the necessity for an imperative pivot to a more stable, suitable, and scalable protocol, as well as identify a lot of small bugs and inconsistencies. With that being said, we have been planning to release additional Vector Badges and have been designing new badges that will be released with future updates, which can be claimed by completing certain tasks like in the past. One of those badges is the Bug Hunter badge, which will come with high-level perks and benefits for future releases. Without disclosing too much, we will say that the team has documented who has officially discovered and reported bugs, and we look forward to rewarding you all with your well-deserved badges in the near future.

Best looking Vector Public Profile? ...

2026-06-08T11:16:17Z

Best looking Vector Public Profile?

quoting nevent1q…jpes
GM, Nostr.

This is my favorite Public Profile URL (Contact Card) on VectorPrivacy (nprofile…hynu) . Animated Avatar and Banner GIFs, fully supported (and encouraged).

- Username
- Status
- Avatar
- Banner
- nPub
- Invite Link (Opens Vector App)

Will probably add a QR code in here too, but the plan is to make these customizable so each user can basically design their own custom contact card (hide/share) what they want. Most likely defined parameters, but modifiable so profiles looks consistent with Vector's UI and not complete slop that is unreadable.

What else would you all like to see on here?

BREAKING: We've added a new feature ⚠️Report to Thought ...

2026-05-26T19:12:40Z

BREAKING: We've added a new feature

⚠️Report to Thought Police

We didn't listen to your feedback. You asked for privacy, we gave you surveillance and censorship and you will be happy. We are really proud of our team for ignoring your best interests.

This is why you Nostr, folks. Enjoy this Tuesday Troll.

GM Nostriches! We are looking for testers for v0.4.0 Pre-Release! ...

2026-05-26T17:08:07Z

GM Nostriches!

We are looking for testers for v0.4.0 Pre-Release!

No experience needed, just download the latest version and test. Available on Android, Linux, Mac, and Windows.

If you download it and would like to be added to the testing group, please drop your npub.

https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/tag/v0.4.0

quoting nevent1q…u8nt

GM, Nostr.

We are now doing extensive testing across all builds and supported operating systems for Vector v0.4.0. We have officially opened up Quality Control Testing for anyone interested. You do not need developer experience. You just need to be running the latest version, which we will provide from GitHub.

If you are interested in helping to test, share feedback, suggestions, and bug finding, please leave a comment below or drop your npub so that we can add you to the official QC Testing Group Chat on Vector where we will provide all the steps and you can connect with other testers and community members to share feedback.

For any other questions, feel free to message JSKitty (nprofile…tsc6) or YuurinBee (nprofile…hh2y) on Vector directly.

We welcome anyone and everyone who wants to get involved. For those of you who have been around and requested many features, we think you will be quite pleased to see how well we listen and take action. We do our best to prioritize feedback and requests while we are developing Vector. For this latest release, everyone asked "wen remote signing", "wen multi-account", and "wen iOS". You will be happy to find that we have implemented 2/3 of those, as iOS is simply planned for later in this year.

GitHub Pre-Release Build:
https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/tag/v0.4.0

Thank you all. We have a week's worth of testing and polish before the biggest release to date for Vector, officially planned for June 1st and we hope you join us. 💚

Are you able to test again to see? We implemented a lot of ...

2026-05-26T17:06:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…7w7l
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Are you able to test again to see? We implemented a lot of changes for Android and still will be adding more this last week. If you have time, please let us know and will try to look more into it.

https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/download/v0.4.0/Vector.apk

Nostr event nevent1qqs8t0pawdwn4mdrexcv98jqjrj49pt990mcgctuz55jhmhfyvqhrlqzyzu0jtnpuuw5tp4wdlnfwrmnm58ahzgpp9vfut6p00h5gkam4ykg6544gnr

2026-05-25T20:50:07Z

GM, Nostr.

We are now doing extensive testing across all builds and supported operating systems for Vector v0.4.0. We have officially opened up Quality Control Testing for anyone interested. You do not need developer experience. You just need to be running the latest version, which we will provide from GitHub.

If you are interested in helping to test, share feedback, suggestions, and bug finding, please leave a comment below or drop your npub so that we can add you to the official QC Testing Group Chat on Vector where we will provide all the steps and you can connect with other testers and community members to share feedback.

For any other questions, feel free to message JSKitty (nprofile…tsc6) or YuurinBee (nprofile…hh2y) on Vector directly.

We welcome anyone and everyone who wants to get involved. For those of you who have been around and requested many features, we think you will be quite pleased to see how well we listen and take action. We do our best to prioritize feedback and requests while we are developing Vector. For this latest release, everyone asked "wen remote signing", "wen multi-account", and "wen iOS". You will be happy to find that we have implemented 2/3 of those, as iOS is simply planned for later in this year.

GitHub Pre-Release Build:
https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/tag/v0.4.0

Thank you all. We have a week's worth of testing and polish before the biggest release to date for Vector, officially planned for June 1st and we hope you join us. 💚

Now that the base is established and secure, hopefully more of us ...

2026-05-20T12:18:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…88x2
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Now that the base is established and secure, hopefully more of us can focus on improved UX/UI that meets the global standard of what is really expected for apps these days, like the ones you mentioned... minus the centralization, intrusive ads, over-the-top dopamine hooks, warped and limiting algorithm, data mining, etc.

🤝

Hey chat, you ever seen this before? We know you didn't ask ...

2026-05-17T09:39:44Z

Hey chat, you ever seen this before?

We know you didn't ask for it, but we knew you wanted it. With v0.4.0 you will be able to upload, create, name, share, and organize your own Emoji Packs in Vector.

UX made simple: Upload, Organize, Delete.

Coming up on 1.5 years now. >>> vectorapp[dot]io ...

2026-05-15T12:10:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…8wz3
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Coming up on 1.5 years now. >>> vectorapp[dot]io

Vector has been added to @nprofile…eygg but it is an ...

2026-05-13T04:56:31Z

Vector has been added to KYCnotme (nprofile…eygg) but it is an "unlisted service" as it is community contributed, until the team reviews it. If you have an account, please login and request for Vector to be reviewed. 🙏 Thank you!

Official Link:
https://kycnot.me/service/vector-privacy

Don't tease too much now.

2026-04-28T15:45:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…78x9
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Don't tease too much now.

#naddr1qv…6yhl

2026-04-27T15:43:31Z

quoting naddr1qv…6yhl

You know what Nostr is, and you want to get started.

Before you do, it’s a good idea to grasp the five key concepts.

This won’t involve lengthy explanations or homework. But understanding the concepts behind the implementations of Nostr makes the experience better. This information will help you avoid errors and use Nostr successfully from Day 1.

Concept 1: Public Key

A Nostr public key is like your home address. Anyone can know it and use it to send you mail, but knowing it doesn't let them inside your house. Sharing your public key freely lets people find and verify you.

A Nostr public key exists in two forms. Under the hood, it's a long string of letters and digits. What you'll actually see, copy, and share is its readable version: a code that always starts with 'npub', so you can tell at a glance what kind of key it is.

Example of a Nostr public key:

npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczjxnapgcyz0zg4pkg4hp5ghe0yz4rfl5eqsm2gpa

Concept 2: Private Key

Your private key, by contrast, is the house key that only you hold, proving you're the real owner.

A Nostr private key is the one thing that proves you own the place and lets you lock or unlock every door. This master key allows you to take actions (sign messages, publish notes, send encrypted DMs, react to posts, create and edit contact lists, etc.)

A Nostr private key works the same way. There's a technical form, and a readable form that always starts with 'nsec'. That prefix matters: it tells you instantly that you're handling something secret, not a public key.

Example of a Nostr private key:

nsec1vl029mgpspedva04g90vltkh6fvh240zqtv9k0t9af8935ke9laqsnlfe5

IMPORTANT: If someone else gets a copy of your private key, they can control your Nostr identity and take actions with it. You must guard it fiercely and never lose it. There is no ‘forgot password’ button. Storing your ‘nsec’ in a password manager is a good first step to take. Find out more about key management here.

Concept 3: Identity

Nostr identities work with cryptographic key pairs (public and private).

Nostr clients (apps or services) generate your identity when you instruct them to take action.

If this is the first time you are creating an identity, remember to note down and store your private key.

If you already have an identity, you can sign in by using your private key. Note: it is best to use an extension or device to store your private key, rather than pasting it into apps and sites.

Identities are different from accounts.

Account credentials can be revoked by a service (e.g., getting banned by YouTube or X). Identities belong only to you and are interoperable with any Nostr service.

There is a raft of different uses for Nostr identities in addition to social media profiles: Medical records, customer loyalty profiles, professional credentials, media subscriptions, reputational capital, event ticketing, device authorization, voting and governance, and many more uses.

As the ecosystem grows and your identity gathers more valuable information, it is crucial that you (and only you) remain in full control of your data and the ability to take action across a host of clients and services.

Concept 4: Client

A Nostr client is simply an app or interface that connects to the Nostr protocol and lets you read, write, and interact with content, the same way an email client like Gmail or Outlook lets you use the email protocol.

The client doesn't own your data or identity; it's just a window into the network. Examples include Damus (iOS), Amethyst (Android), and Primal (web), and you can switch between any of them using the same key pair without losing anything.

These clients are quite different from centralized social media platforms. The user chooses how content displays, and there's no algorithm deciding what you see. Most popular Nostr clients show you a chronological feed from people you follow.

There is no central control of what content is promoted, blocked, or displayed on Nostr. Nostr clients simply present an interface for you to interact with the protocol. You choose how to use it.

Concept 5: Relays

Relays are servers that store and forward your messages. You can connect to many relays at once, and anyone can run one. If one relay goes down or censors you, your content still lives on others. This is what makes Nostr a decentralized protocol that remains highly censorship-resistant.

Most clients offer default relays to users, but you can choose different relays or even run your own.

Now you have the knowledge you need to get started on Nostr

There is plenty more to learn, but now you know about these 5 key concepts, you’ll have a smoother onboarding process and will be able to use Nostr successfully from Day 1.

Vector Core SDK Testing✅ ...

2026-04-21T20:57:19Z

Vector Core SDK Testing✅

quoting nevent1q…gs20
⚙️ Massive Development in Progress... Stay Tuned.

Vector Core Loading....
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⚙️ Massive Development in Progress... Stay Tuned. Vector Core ...

2026-04-19T16:44:35Z

⚙️ Massive Development in Progress... Stay Tuned.

Vector Core Loading....
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👁‍🗨Privacy: If you don't take it for yourself, it ...

2026-04-17T12:07:29Z

👁‍🗨Privacy:
If you don't take it for yourself, it will be taken from you.

We wish we had better news for you, but your basic right to privacy is compromised daily. Take measures to protect yourself and your loved ones.

🟢 Use Vector Privacy

> vectorapp.io
> docs.vectorapp.io
> github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector

It would be much appreciated, thank you! 🙏

2026-04-17T10:59:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…yw02
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It would be much appreciated, thank you! 🙏

Great question. This has been under heavy discussion lately, as ...

2026-04-15T20:04:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…mc0m
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Great question. This has been under heavy discussion lately, as it's been brought up a lot and we are planning for the very next release -> v0.4.0

Strange and noted. Android 10 should be supported, but cannot ...

2026-04-15T15:58:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…8yfx
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Strange and noted. Android 10 should be supported, but cannot confirm 100% at this time. We do not have an Android 10 device available to test with. It is however the first reported case of clicking both buttons (Create Account + Login we assume) and neither of them working.

Have you tried simple troubleshooting, closing app, rebooting and trying again?

Documenting this for us to look deeper into. Apologies for the inconvenience.