signal just did an upgrade that you can join groups without giving up your number. And there are apps, sessions, simpleX, matrice and something else.

Hamstr

nostr

[Pull Request] NIP-104: End-to-End Encrypted DMs by erskingardner

0xbitcoiner

This looks sexy AF.

The best thing nostr has going is the decentralized identities and cryptographic signing.

If you add the hardest e2e private messaging standard on top, then nostr will be a killer app.

I don't believe anyone really *wants* to be spied on. Even normies are getting salty from the endless tentacle-rape of their electronics by the orwellian surveillance octopus.

If I could ditch signal for a private messaging nostr app, I would do it in a heartbeat and compel all my normie friends to join. And I don't think it would take much persuading to get them onboard.

One thing that is missing though, is a way to manage nostr identities in a mobile wallet. With a much better interface than NIP-7 that supports protocols like this NIP directly.