diff --git a/704.md b/704.md index 3db576c5..1455d222 100644 --- a/704.md +++ b/704.md @@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ This NIP describes a way to obfuscate DM communications from the "general public ## Suggestion For the maximum of privacy the two participants of a `Direct Message` exchange SHOULD use a different public key for **each** `kind:4` event. This means that each participant has to: - - build a `direct message parent key` from which it will derive keys to send and keys to recieve (listen for) `kind:4` events + - build a `direct message parent key` from which it will derive keys to send and keys to receive (listen for) `kind:4` events - share this `direct message parent key` with its DM peer Each client has a `master` key (denoted with `m`). This key can be the profile `nsec...`, but it is not mandatory. -## Deriving the direct message parent key +## Derive the direct message parent key [BIP32](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki) is used to derive the paths. A client can generate multiple `direct message parent keys`, one for each peer that it is communicating with. Nostr `coin_type'` is `1237'` (see [NIP-06](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/06.md)). In this NIP we define the purpose `25709'` (`dm` -> `0x646d` -> `25709`) for deriving `Direct Messages` related keys. @@ -34,3 +34,33 @@ Each client has a `master` key (denoted with `m`). This key can be the profile ` > **Note** the reason for using the peer's public key (`Bob`) in the `dm parent key` derivation is to always arive at the same value even if prio state is lost. > > **Note** the reason for splitting is that each level of the path can have a max value of 232-1. + +dm//index + send, receive, marketplace + +## Exchange the `direct message parent key` +If `Alice` wants to signal `Bob` that she is ready to use this NIP (for more privacy) she must: + - build a JSON data of the form: +```json + { + "key": , + "send_index": , + "receive_index": , + } + ``` + - publish a `Parameterized Replaceable Event` ([NIP-33](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/33.md)) having: + +```json + { + ... + "kind": 35709, + "content": , + "tags:" [ + "d": + ] + } +``` + + > **Note** the reason for using `sha256(shared_secret)` for the `d` tag is so that outside observers do not even know that `Alice` and `Bob` have started to communicate. Any other value for the `d` tag would reveal that the message is intended for `Bob.` + + After both `Alice` and `Bob` have published the `kind: 35709` event, they start to publish and listen to events using the `one-use-keys`.