New

• Delete your own comments. Comments used to be permanent — the extension had no delete
control at all. Your own comments now carry a delete button that publishes a NIP-09
deletion request. Most relays honour it, some will not, and copies may remain, so the
wording promises only that. Deletion requests from others are honoured too, and one only
counts when signed by the author of the comment it targets.

• A note before you post, so you know beforehand rather than afterwards: comments go to
public relays, and deletion is a request rather than a guarantee.

• Bring an identity you already use. There was previously no way to import a key at all —
you could generate, rotate or delete, but the nsec every other Nostr app gives you had
nowhere to go. Settings now accepts an nsec1… key directly, or raw hex, with the checksum
verified so a mistyped key is refused instead of quietly becoming a different identity.

• Choose which key signs. A key stored here used to win unconditionally, which silently
disabled Alby and nos2x — switching accounts in your signer had no effect. Settings now
has an explicit choice, and the extension follows your signer when you switch there.

• See who you are. The status line showed the tail of a hex key, which tells you nothing.
It now shows your profile name, or a shortened npub. Settings gained an Active identity
card with your avatar, name and full npub, with hex behind a toggle.

Fixes

• Warnings before an identity is lost. Importing or rotating replaced the stored key behind
a single confirmation with no way to keep a copy — and an unbacked-up key was simply gone.
Import, rotate and delete now name the npub about to disappear, say plainly whether a
backup was ever confirmed, and offer to copy the key without closing the dialog.

• NostrComments is now available on Firefox for Android.
• Fixed the comment panel overflowing slightly past the screen edge on narrow
displays, which clipped its margins and rounded corners.

New
• Support the developer — a value-4-value section at the bottom of the panel that
zaps sats straight from your own Lightning wallet. Nothing is gated; every
feature stays free and open source.
• Mute words — hide any comment containing a word or phrase you choose.
• "New" badges — comments posted since your last visit to a page are marked.
• Portable identity — copy your key as nsec or npub (NIP-19) to use the same
identity in any other Nostr app.
• Backup reminder — a confirmation step so a locally generated key is less
likely to be lost.

Improved
• Relays now reconnect automatically after a dropped connection, with a capped
backoff (~6 attempts) so a failing relay no longer needs a page reload.
• Single-page sites no longer reload the thread on every navigation event.
• Accessibility: all text in the support section now meets WCAG AA contrast in
both light and dark themes.

• Firefox: fixed a bug that stopped the extension from loading in Firefox — the panel opened but "Connect" did nothing and comments never appeared. Initialization now works correctly, so the recent features (per-page threads, accessibility, optional password protection) work on Firefox too. (22.32)
• Replaced a defunct default relay (relay.current.fyi → offchain.pub) that produced a failed connection and console noise on every page load. Only affects new installs / users who haven't customized their relays. (22.32)

• Chrome: NostrComments-Chrome-v22.32.zip
• Firefox: NostrComments-Firefox-v22.32.xpi
• Userscript (Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey): NostrComments-v22.32.user.js

v22.30
• Fixes an issue that stopped the add-on from working in Firefox (the panel opened but "Connect" did nothing).
• Each page now gets its own comment thread, even on sites that use URL parameters — every YouTube video is separate instead of sharing one thread — and threads follow in-app navigation on single-page sites.
• Full keyboard and screen-reader accessibility for the button and dialog.
• Optional password protection: encrypt your generated key on your device. Reading comments never needs it — you're asked for your password only when you post. Off by default.

v22.29
• Each page now gets its own comment thread, even on sites that use URL parameters — every YouTube video is now separate instead of sharing one thread, and threads follow in-app navigation on single-page sites.
• Full keyboard and screen-reader accessibility for the button and dialog.
• Optional password protection: you can now encrypt your generated key on your device. Reading comments never needs it — you're asked for your password only when you post. Off by default.

v22.26
• Added a one-time consent step: NostrComments now asks for your permission before it connects to any Nostr relay. Nothing (page URL, comments, or your public key) is sent until you enable it.
• Updated the privacy policy to clearly describe what is stored locally and what is sent to public relays.
• Now requires Firefox 142+.

v22.25
• Signature verification: all comments, votes and profiles from relays are now cryptographically verified (NIP-01 id + BIP-340 Schnorr). Forged or tampered events are rejected, so a relay can't spoof authorship or fake vote counts.
• Firefox fix: connecting a Nostr signer extension (nos2x / Alby) now works reliably.
• Lightning addresses are validated before a zap is sent.

v22.23–22.24

• Fixed: comment count and notification badges now always show in red/amber with white text (were appearing black on some pages due to CSS override)
• Removed nostr.wine and purplepages.es from default relays — nostr.wine requires a paid account to post, purplepages.es was unreachable
• Added relay.snort.social and relay.current.fyi as replacements
• Votes and comments no longer show an error toast when a relay rejects with "restricted:" — these are relay policy decisions, not user errors

v22.23: Firefox compatibility fixes

• Fixed: extension crashed silently on pages with strict Content Security Policy (CSP) — bubble now always appears even when relay connections are blocked by the page
• Fixed: NIP-07 external wallet support (Alby, Nos2x) restored in Firefox — signing events now works correctly
• Fixed: comment count and notification badges now always show in red/amber with white text instead of appearing black on some pages

• Fixed: locally generated keys now produce valid Nostr signatures — votes and comments were previously rejected by relays due to a bug in the cryptographic signing code
• Fixed: key rotation now correctly updates your connected identity
• Fixed: pressing Enter in the relay input now saves the relay
• Improved: voting the same way twice no longer sends duplicate events to relays

Fix userscript TDZ crash (icon unresponsive when stored key exists in Chrome) + add key rotation with confirmation warning

Changes in this version:
• Fixed a Temporal Dead Zone crash that made the floating button unresponsive in Chrome when a key was already stored
• Added key rotation feature with a clear confirmation warning before replacing your existing key

v22.4 — uniform icon design

• Floating button now uses the same rounded speech bubble icon as the extension icons
• Three dots now show correctly as visible blue circles on the white bubble
• Regenerated icon48.png and icon128.png from a canonical SVG source for consistency

v22.0 – Onboarding redesign
• New users now see a clear explanation of how Nostr works before commenting
• One-click keypair generation built into the welcome panel
• Links to Alby and nos2x for users with an existing Nostr wallet

Previous versions also added: profile avatars, dark mode, relative timestamps,
reply notifications, mute users, inline media embeds, and copy-note links.

v20.8 – Fix overlay on sites with CSS transforms on body

The floating button and modal now correctly appear as a viewport overlay on all websites, including those that apply CSS transforms or filters to the <body> element (which previously caused the extension to render inline as part of the page instead of as a fixed overlay).

v20.7 – Security & bug fixes

• Fixed infinite loop protection in reply thread rendering
• Tightened relay URL validation (only valid wss:// addresses accepted)
• Added "reload page" reminder when adding or removing relays
• Minor CSS fix in reply indicator

Bugfix attempt: Can't connect to NOS2-FOX due to restrictions

Bugfix: Could not connect to NOS2X-Fox due to restrictions.