01
Nostr
Nostr is an open protocol for signed events. Your account is your keypair, not a username in one company database.
Beginner friendly guide
What are Nostr, Nsites, and gateways?
If you are new to this stack, this page gives the practical mental model for how a sovereign storefront appears online.
02
Nsite
An Nsite is site content and metadata published over Nostr-compatible rails. It can be cloned to another key and updated without platform lock-in.
03
Gateway
A gateway is the web-facing domain that resolves Nsite data into regular HTTP pages, such as *.nsite.run and *.nsite.lol.
Simple flow
- 1. Merchant controls a Nostr keypair.
- 2. Merchant publishes storefront manifest and content pointers.
- 3. Relays and servers distribute the data.
- 4. Gateway resolves and renders the storefront for browsers.
Why it matters
- - Lower platform dependence.
- - Easier migration and cloning.
- - User-owned merchant identity.
- - Open ecosystem interoperability.