What We Built This Week (Oct 3-10, 2021)🚀

Hey everyone! Welcome back. Here our weekly updates.. (sorry for the delay)

Today we break down all the geeky stuff we do into bit e-sized, easy-to-understand pieces. This week, we've got some super exciting updates to share, and we promise, it's not just tech jargon.
So grab a cup of coffee ☕, and let's catch up on the week's happenings!

Making Product Searches Uncensorable with Nostr Protocol

You know Nostr of course where no one can stop you from saying (or searching for) what you want.

This means not only are your searches fast and private, but they're also built on a foundation that resists censorship.

Simply put, product searches on our platform are turbocharged in a way that respects your freedom and privacy. You get to search for products, read reviews, and make choices without anyone snooping on you. Now, that's what we call freedom!

Cart Upgrades

We all love shopping online, but the experience can be clunky. To make it easier, we've jazzed up the cart section.

Now, adding or removing items is smoother than ever. Best part? All the information about what's in your cart stays on your computer. Nobody else can see it. We save them on localStorage, the private "vault" that only you have the key to (literally! see below)

For Our Merchants: Easy Onboarding

Are you a merchant who's been thinking of joining our platform?

We've got news for you! You can sign up with your email and choose a password.

The password works like a protective shield for some critical info such as the mnemonic phrase (aka seed phrase aka "representation of the private key"), since it is used to encrypt it on your computer only. Yes, everything stays on your computer, locked away safely, and we never see that (nor we can recover it though)

Heads up: Once you're in, you'll be prompted to save a private key, another form of a secret code. It's super important, so make sure you keep it safe, as losing it means you can't recover your shop.

Halfway to NIP15

This one's a bit tech-heavy, but bear with me. We're halfway through the development of a set of improvements—think of it as an upgrade package—that follow the NIP15. It’s all to make the service better for you.

Planning for the (Almost) Serverless Future

What if I told you that we're working on making most of our services run without central computers controlling them?

That's what we're planning with our almost serverless future. It’s all because of the brilliant Nostr technology that handles most of the heavy lifting for us.

Wrapping It Up

That's it for this week!

We're super excited about these updates and can't wait for you to try them out. We mean it: the next post will be a small, maybe buggy, but usable demo you will be able to test!

Until next time, happy shopping and selling! 🛒💖