From e6d179c41e7dfeafbe7dea8bbe7bd4723483a467 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: earonesty Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 05:43:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update 112.md Co-authored-by: Jon Staab --- 112.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/112.md b/112.md index 0ad9e2c..7b4aab4 100644 --- a/112.md +++ b/112.md @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Encrypted Group Events `draft` `optional` `author:earonesty` -This NIP defines new event kinds for encrypted group events, with chat as the primary example, and with optional forward secrecy guidelines. +This NIP defines new event kinds for encrypted channels with optional forward secrecy guidelines. +A channel is a way to create a private nostr sub-network, within which the protocol can operate normally +visible only to users entrusted with a given decryption key. This NIP builds on the encryption from NIP-44, the gift-wrap of NIP-59 and the distributed chat channel management of NIP-28. It is similar to NIP-38, with the exception that gift-wrap is used on every message, and issues like metadata leakage and optional forward secrecy are addressed.