Building Sovereign, Censorship-Resistant Communication & Community Hub
Empowering 85M+ Turkish speakers with open protocols, local high-speed relays (relay.nostr.org.tr), developer tooling, and decentralized digital sovereignty.
1. Background Story: Why Nostr Türkiye?
Centralization, censorship, and sovereign digital public infrastructure
In Turkey and across the region, public discourse is increasingly captured by centralized platforms. Citizens, journalists, and independent creators face regular arbitrary bandwidth throttling, emergency ISP bans, algorithmic silencing, and unilateral de-platforming.
Nostr (Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays) liberates communication by anchoring identity to cryptographic keypairs (public keys) rather than corporate server databases. No central gatekeeper can suspend your account or mute your broadcast.
What We Built With Zero External Funding
- • nostr.org.tr Hub: Production Astro 5 platform hosted on edge infrastructure with zero tracking.
- • Local Relay (
relay.nostr.org.tr): Low-latency high-throughput regional relay for regional nostriches. - • Free NIP-05 Identity Service: Instant
name@nostr.org.trverification for the community. - • 7+ Web Diagnostic Tools: Key Generator, NIP-19 Converter, NIP-05 Generator, NIP-07 Tester, Live Relay Latency Checker, Zap Verifier, and Event Validator.
- • Comprehensive Guides & DevFest Keynote: Turkish documentation and public conference presentations.
Until now, all server hosting, domain fees, and engineering labor have been self-funded by volunteer maintainers. We are now raising funds to transform this into a sustainable, high-availability public good for millions of Turkish speakers.
2. Tangible Impact for the Turkish Ecosystem
Where will your contribution make an impact?
A neutral digital public square immune to state bans and corporate de-platforming for citizens and journalists.
Optimized relay clusters located near Turkish IXPs, eliminating high overseas round-trip latencies.
Step-by-step masterclasses, security guides, and university workshops for non-technical users.
Direct micro-grants for Turkish open-source developers building Nostr clients, bots, and protocol tools.
3. Transparent Budget Allocation
Verifiable, auditable, and open fund distribution
Server & High-Availability Relay Infrastructure
- • Multi-region NVMe dedicated relay nodes (relay.nostr.org.tr)
- • High-bandwidth WebSocket clusters and Cloudflare edge network
- • DDoS mitigation, automated database snapshots & disaster recovery systems
Education, Content Production & Local Outreach
- • Turkish video tutorials, animated explainers, and interactive onboarding guides
- • Security checklists for beginners and university cryptographic workshops
- • Open educational resources (OER) and localized infographics
Open Source Dev Bounties & Tool Maintenance
- • Bounties for local NIP implementations, open-source bots, and merchant bridges
- • Translation & localization bounties for major Nostr desktop & mobile clients
- • Continuous maintenance and new features for nostr.org.tr web tool suites
Domain Protection, Security Audits & Reserves
- • Multi-year domain registration & brand defense (nostr.org.tr)
- • Independent security audits of web tools and cryptographic code
- • Operational contingency reserve for unexpected network traffic spikes
4. Funding Milestones
Key deliverables tied to funding thresholds
Resilient Core Infrastructure
12 months of high-performance relay.nostr.org.tr dedicated NVMe server costs, nostr.org.tr domain security, and 100% Turkish localization of the top 3 Nostr clients (Amethyst, Primal, Coracle).
Education & Community Growth
Comprehensive 10-episode Turkish Nostr & Lightning video masterclass, interactive onboarding hub, and 3 in-person university workshops across Istanbul and Ankara.
Developer Grants & Hackathon
5 open-source developer micro-grants for Turkish Nostr apps, multi-node geo-redundant relay failover cluster, and the first official Türkiye Nostr Developer Hackathon.
Open Source & Transparent Governance
The Nostr Türkiye initiative operates with 100% open source governance. Code repositories, server hosting receipts, and grant disbursements are published openly on GitHub and via NIP-23 long-form notes.
Direct Lightning Support
If you prefer sending Zaps directly from your native Lightning or Nostr wallet:
For corporate sponsorships, server hardware, or dedicated relay hosting, reach out directly at ekip@nostr.org.tr.