nips/README.md
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NIPs

NIPs stand for Nostr Implementation Possibilities. They exist to document what MUST, what SHOULD and what MAY be implemented by Nostr-compatible relay and client software.

Event Kinds

kind description NIP
0 Metadata 5
1 Text 1
3 Contacts 2
4 Encrypted Direct Messages 4
5 Event Deletion 9

Please update this list when proposing NIPs introducing new event kinds.

Criteria for acceptance of NIPs

  1. They should be implemented somewhere at least as a prototype somewhere.
  2. They should make sense.
  3. Other rules will be made up when necessary.

License

All NIPs are public domain.