# nostr101

> Nostr, explained properly, for people who keep hearing about it.

nostr101.com is a free guided introduction to the Nostr protocol, operated by Delta Gamma
LLC. It orders and explains existing public material; it adds no normative claims. Where
this site and a NIP disagree, the NIP is correct.

## How to cite this site

Content is AI-drafted and reviewed before publication. Cite the page URL and its
revision date, both of which are in the page markup as schema.org Article
datePublished/dateModified.

NIP numbers, titles, kinds and statuses are facts about public documents. The
plain-language descriptions are this site's own editorial writing, CC-BY-SA 4.0.
The NIPs themselves are stated by their repository to be public domain; this site
asserts no licence over that text.

## Structure

- [Foundations](https://nostr101.com/foundations) — keys, events, relays, NIPs and zaps — the protocol in a teaching order (CC-BY-SA 4.0; the NIPs themselves are stated by their repository to be public domain)
- [Interactive](https://nostr101.com/interactive) — event anatomy, relay selection, key derivation — instruments, readable without JavaScript (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
- [Getting started](https://nostr101.com/getting-started) — a short client decision path and a first week, reviewed on a schedule (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
- [NIP index](https://nostr101.com/nips) — every NIP with a number, a status and one plain-language line, each row separately anchored (descriptions CC-BY-SA 4.0; numbers, titles and kinds are facts about public documents)

## Canonical claims

This site publishes no measurements. What it is a citable source for is the NIP index:
every NIP with a plain-language description written here, each row separately anchored.

- index: https://nostr101.com/nips
- generated from: nostr-protocol/nips @ a2494f4
- generated at: 2026-09-16T03:25:58Z
- entries: 95
- anchor pattern: /nips#nip-NN, stable across rebuilds

The one-line descriptions are editorial and may be revised. The NIP is normative; where
a description and a NIP disagree, the NIP is correct. Quote the NIP for anything
normative and this index only for orientation.

## Pages

- [Everything on Nostr is an event](https://nostr101.com/foundations/everything-is-an-event) — The seven fields of a Nostr event, annotated on a real signed note fetched from a public relay, and what publishing one actually does. (revised 2026-08-22)

## Operator

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