routstr

Periodic reminder to update your client to get the best prices and cache hit rates.

New Release: Routstr Core 0.5.0

A Major New Feature: Modular Model Path Control.

With this new release, any client can specify the exact upstream inference provider they want to use for a particular model. Including all the inference providers on OpenRouter.

Second Major Feature: Upstream Provider Test Suite

You can test if everything is good with an upstream inference provider you just added.

Other changes in:

1. Intelligence: • /v1/systemone — typed AI decisions, paid per call (Jev) • /v1/decisions — OpenAI's new Decisions API, proxied • native Venice + DeepSeek

2. Money: • Lightning refunds + payouts in tx history • crash-safe refund claims

3. Ops: • one-command private node onboarding and llms.txt for agent powered onboarding • faster requests, provider cooldowns, never strand a reservation

~100 PRs. 254 files. 4 weeks.

https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/v0.5.0

Not just a problem with secondary markets for AI inference, it solves this problem for anything that is resold online using an API key.

Please help us battle test it!

New routstrd release!

Update with 'routstrd update'. Latest version: 0.4.17

With this version, you can use both "rout" or "routstrd" as your cli command. We agree, routstrd is hard to type 🥲

The AI space moves at lightning ⚡️ speed. Harnesses change how they work, and inference providers keep changing their caching behaviour and API formats. So stay current with the latest releases :).

What's new:

1. Mismatched model IDs are handled for you. If a node misconfigures one, the client handles it transparently via Nostr events (38426).

Nodes will inevitably advertise models under IDs nobody agreed on. Instead of those models missing your ranking algorithm, the client fetches mapping events from Nostr and takes care of it. So you get more upstreams and better prices.

2. TUI time filters and charts. The TUI now shows data filtered by time period, with charts.
3. Sandbox label for unverified nodes. Try nodes we haven't verified with 'routstrd providers enable sandbox'. Be careful though.
4. Vendor-specific APIs for Pi and OpenCode. Far better cache hit rates and more upstream coverage.
5. Better Lightning mint/melt recovery, with more wallet cleanup and recovery buttons and commands. Ask your agent to explore the wallet commands if you hit issues.
6. NWC refills are rock solid now. We lean on them more and more internally.
7. Reminder: cache hits are shown in the Recent tab. Found a bad upstream? Tag us and let us know :).
8. Per-model cooldowns. 'routstrd cooldowns' lists what's cooling down; 'routstrd cooldowns --reset' clears it.
9. Model bootstrap is 10x faster now, 150s (in some cases) to 10-15s.
10. Update notifications. While you're doing routine things — receive, balance, and friends routstrd will now tell you, for example: A new routstrd version is available (v0.4.16 → v0.4.17). Run 'routstrd update' to update.

Release: https://github.com/Routstr/routstrd/releases/tag/v0.4.17

Unreal times, an idea from a conversation here on Nostr to full implementation in 2-3 days. Juraj is a juggernaut!

Open ideas, open execution. Open source will be unstoppable. Grateful for this community. ❤

The upcoming Private Provider App goes head-to-head with Codex Desktop and Claude CoWork but it's built entirely on Nostr rails, so it'll be 10x better, with none of the legacy headaches like API keys, GitHub connections, Google 🤧, etc.

But unlike Codex/Claude, you aren't leaking personal information because of TEEs and you only need to topup using some Bitcoin! Plus, everything is on your phone so you can build while playing with your kids and touching grass. 🧡

Super excited!

Jev is live on Routstr!

Jev jev jev jev jev, I'm sure you've heard of this by now, it's a new model architecture that is super fast and super cheap and works as classifier for anything you need. Look here for more inspiration: https://github.com/cobanov/awesome-jev

You can finally jevelop (sorry 😂) using jev using nothing but a couple of sats!

Update your routstrd if you want to use it through it. Or you can use it through our sdk as well. (pnpm install @routstr/sdk)

The model is "jev-latest" live on one node rn: https://ai.redsh1ft.com

Give this skill to your agent and start building using this, just tell it to use and query

https://docs.typesafe.ai/agent-skill

We Sunset Our Official Node. Zero Downtime.

All nodes are community-run now 🧡

It's been a month and a half since we sunset api.routstr.com, the last "official" Routstr node. Nobody noticed a thing.

routstrd and routstr-sdk discover nodes on Nostr and pick the cheapest one for you automatically. No one can rugpull you. No one can capture you. Your client truly works for you.

We're removing the team as a dependency. Point out any centralization left and we'll remove it next 🔨

New routstrd Release: Faster than Ever Before 🏃‍➡⚡️

Update using: routstrd update

New Features:

• Prompt Caching inside TEE models via Tinfoil (GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash are new)
• Faster Responses with Proactive TopUps
• New Binary Release thanks to
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  (download binaries directly from here: https://github.com/Routstr/routstrd/releases/tag/v0.4.10)

Major Bug Fixes:

• Tinfoil 422 error which is due to stale Tinfoil keys
• Lightning topups sometimes requiring restart is fixed
• Frequent parallel requests failing due to 402 errors

Please report any bugs/issues you find, we'll zap you :)

New Release: Routstr Core 0.4.7 ✨️

• Completions endpoint update
• Removed features such as: child key creation
• Security bug fixes 🛡

Please update your node: https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/v0.4.7

Cuba Bitcoin Cashu mint is down right now. This was set as the default mint for routstrd, please switch to another mint to continue using Routstr.

routstrd wallet mints set-default https://mint.minibits.cash/Bitcoin routstrd receive 21000

You can then continue using Routstr.

We're sorry about the inconvenience. We're in search of more mints.

And it's super fast! ⚡️

The Routstr network has many upstreams. You can now see which upstreams you could be using via Routstr nodes using the new /v1/models/paths endpoint. Soon, you'll be able to choose your inference providers on a per request basis :)

OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI down? Don't worry, Routstr is still up and kicking.

Just 3 commands to resume using Kimi K3 or GLM 5.3:

bun i -g routstrd routstrd onboard routstrd receive 21000

Pay the invoice by scanning your terminal. Ready to code!

👀

New Release: Routstr Core v0.4.5

This release focuses on some security features and fixes, Cashu wallet resiliency, new upstream integrations, and other bug fixes.

1. 🔐 Encrypted secrets vault Node secrets are no longer stored in plaintext config. They now live in an encrypted vault, so a leaked config file or database dump no longer means leaked keys.

2. 🆕 EHBP proxy support & Tinfoil direct integration

• New EHBP proxy upstream support
• Tinfoil can now be integrated directly

3. 🛡 Database stability overhaul Fixed connection-pool exhaustion and unsafe session sharing, the node no longer goes down under load or while waiting on external I/O. Pool sizing is now environment-configurable.

4. 💰 Cashu wallet resilience The wallet now reduces its dependency on mints by smarter token handling and proof verification:

• Withdrawn and auto-topup tokens are recoverable
• Stale Cashu reservations are safely reclaimed
• Clear, specific error messages when token redemption fails

5. 🔒 Security hardening

• Patched all reachable dependency advisories (aiohttp, PyJWT, python-multipart, pydantic-settings)
• Hop-by-hop header sanitization and exact attestation routing
• Published a SECURITY.md with our vulnerability reporting policy

Plus dozens of smaller fixes across payouts, refunds, mint handling, and the dashboard. Full changelog: https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/v0.4.5

Main contributors:

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Upgrade now: docker compose down && docker compose up --build -d

New Release: routstrd v0.4.2 🌟

Update to the latest version using: "routstrd update"

This version brings brings more stability to the entire stack. It includes:

• Migration to Coco-cashu based wallet which will handle mint rate limits better
• Tinfoil models caching support
• Improved Pi Agent support with thinking selection
• Windows support
• Security hardening
• Better fallback handling if some nodes are down
• Default mint selection
• And more ✨️

This update is necessary to ensure a interoperability with the latest versions of routstr-core.

We're really sorry about not responding to most of the DMs in the last one year. We never expected people to reach out for support via Nostr DMs, in hindsight, it seems stupid not to expect this.

If you reached out to

you must've got a response. We're just catching up on all the old DMs on this account.

We'll ensure to offer the upmost support on this account from now onwards. Please reach out if you any issues with Routstr, whether as a node runner (routstr-core) or as a client user (routstrd). Thank you for your support 🧡

Ox-Alpha, a new mysterious frontier model is available on Routstr for free!... almost free, offered by 2 nodes at 0.001 sat (1 msat) per request, no I/O costs. Try it out today via Routstrd.

The best AI solution Bitcoin & Nostr has to offer.

We want to build a solution so good it'll bring a new influx of users to Nostr and Bitcoin.

New Release! Routstr Core v0.4.4: Reliable Billing & Robust Streaming

Major Changes:

• More Accurate Cache Pricing: Cached input tokens are now billed at their real, per-vendor rates across direct upstreams (OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, and more) instead of a flat guess. Cache prices are configurable, so operators can tune them per model.

• Reliable Mint Swaps: Foreign-mint swaps now retry using the fees the mint actually charges instead of trusting a stale fee_reserve, and the NUT-02 input fee is deducted when crediting trusted-mint top-ups.

• Robust Streaming for All Providers: A new buffer-based SSE parser handles streamed responses for every supported provider

• Lightning Invoice Top-ups (RIP-08): You can now create and top up API keys directly with a Lightning invoice.

• Hardened Child Keys: Child key balance deduction.

Plus better rate-limit forwarding, smarter OpenRouter defaults (routes to a tool-use-capable provider), harder-to-abuse admin endpoints, and many smaller fixes.

Huge thanks to everyone who shipped this release - with a special welcome to our first-time contributors.

Please upgrade your nodes by pulling from the release tag here: https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/0.4.4

and run docker compose up --build -d.

If you want to offer Tinfoil models as well, you can checkout the integration tag here (still in Beta): https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/v0.4.6-e2ee

If you're running this node, please reach out. You've misconfigured some things in your node. We will make sure to prevent this from happening in the future through better node runner UX 😅

Big Release for Private AI 🔒

TEE E2EE models are live on Routstr!

Access frontier open-source models like GLM-5.2 and DeepSeek V4 Pro inside verified GPU TEEs, encrypted on your device and only decrypted inside a TEE while you pay per prompt in sats with no accounts. The best privacy you'll get apart from running them yourself!

Write code anonymously with Opus-like capabilities via routstrd, or ask private questions on our chat app.

Read more about how it works:

GLM-5.2 is the best open-source model available right now. And it beats GPT-5.5 in many benchmarks. It is available on the Routstr network offered by 6 Routstr nodes already:

https://routstr.com/models/glm-5.2

It should go without saying that all new models popup immediately on Routstr. Happy hacking on your Nostr projects!

Yep. You can run Routstr daemon for your team or for multiple devices of your own by hosting it on Cloudron or just using docker on a VPS. Setup NWC to automatically top up using Lightning and access more than 300+ models including all SOTA models soon as they're launched.

Bitcoin, Nostr and Cashu/Lightning

from Routstr is in Prague demoing the Routstr ecosystem. Be sure to check it out and set yourself up with the sovereign AI stack.

Routstr network just surpassed 2.1M sats in monthly volume for the first time!

Next goal: 21M sats in monthly volume. 💹

*Fully organic, grass fed, no hype. Slow but steady.

New Release: Routstrd v0.3 NWC, Careful Node Selection and More

• Setup Nostr Wallet Connect(NWC) to auto top-up your local wallet balance!
• Routstrd is also more stable now with node selection.
• Better logs

NWC: Configure your NWC connection with a threshold and the topup amount along with delay between two topups.

Simply run: routstrd nwc connect routstrd nwc auto-refill on --threshold 21000 --amount 4200 --cooldown 10800

(to topup 4200 sats as soon as the balance goes below 21000 sats with a cooldown of 3 hours)

Thank you so much for the support

!

It helps us keep building towards our vision in an open, decentralized and, most importantly, the right way.

New Release! Routstr Core v0.4.3

Major Changes:

1. Dev Cut: A default 2.1% protocol fee is added to all paid requests to fund Routstr development and is auto-paid to the Routstr lightning address. More on this here:

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2. Node Management Cli: A dedicated admin token can be created for managing your node via Routstr Cli. Hand the Cli to your agent and it can manage the node for you (add upstreams, rotate keys, check balances, etc.): https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-cli Note: the CLI is still in early beta and needs more testing before a stable release — try it, but expect rough edges.

3. Cross conversions from/to /v1/messages endpoint: To allow any upstream for interfacing with Claude Code.

4. API Key Refund Tracking: Refunds are now tracked per API key. You can recover refund tokens upto 7 days.

5. Version Drift Visibility: The node now shows the running commit when it isn't aligned with the latest release tag — easy to spot when an operator is on an in-between build vs. a clean release.

6. All-in-One Docker Image: New official image 9qeklajc/routstr on Docker Hub bundles the FastAPI backend and the prebuilt Next.js admin UI in a single ~400 MB multi-arch (amd64 + arm64) container. One docker run gives you API + admin dashboard. https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/9qeklajc/routstr/general

Plus other improvements and bug fixes — full release notes:

https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/v0.4.3

Please upgrade your nodes by pulling the latest from main and running docker compose up --build -d.

Routstr started with a very simple idea by

, "what if we used a Cashu token as Bearer token to pay for AI". Without cashu, we wouldn't be where we are right now.

Cashu is amazing ❤

Announcing Routstrd: The Only Tool you Need for Uncensorable Access to AI

Routstrd is unlike any other inference provider out there. Because it's not an inference provider, it's a tool, powered by Nostr and Bitcoin, that works for you.

A tool that:

1. Constantly searches Nostr for Routstr/AI nodes
2. Finds the cheapest available provider for the model you like
3. Falls back to the next best one based on availability

Because there's an open competition between Routstr nodes to offer the best price, latency and uptime, you will never be disappointed. We have 8-9 Routstr nodes right now.

To get started run these 3 commands:

1. bun install -g routstrd
2. routstrd onboard (choose your favorite agent here, Claude Code, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and Pi Agent have quick installations for now, you can integrate it with any app on your machine)
3. routstrd receive 2100 (scan a Lightning invoice and voila, start your agent)

The Nostr + Bitcoin experience just became unbeatable! No KYC, no credit cards, no permissions.

It also has a beautiful TUI that keeps you up to date on what's happening.

I've been using Routstrd for a month now. It was easier to battle test it if you're its primary user.

Btw the competition between Routstr nodes is getting heated right now and thus you're getting the best price for your sats.

Bitcoiners get the best price! And with Routstrd, Bitcoiners also get the best experience.

Please try it out and let

know if you face any issues. Thank you

and

for testing this.

New Release! Routstr Core v0.4.0: With Open Nostr Analytics

Major Changes:

1. Open Analytics: Routstr nodes now periodically share combined usage stats on Nostr. (Enabled by default, can be disabled in the settings)

And as a user, you can now look at how the Routstr network is doing here:

https://routstr.com/stats

We've done 1.2M sats in volume this month across 7 nodes. Just getting started, we're optimistic that we'll grow this 10x and 100x in the near future.

2. Child Keys: Teams can now manage apikeys and child keys for their teams on using a single upstream like api.routstr.com (Platform UI still in beta, pls report bugs: https://beta.platform.routstr.com).

3. Admin Dashboard Redesigned: Now it's slicker with fewer bugs. Thanks to

   npub1u37h8rh…lmw8vy

   our UI wizard. Helping you manage your models and upstreams better.

4. Routstr Node Upstreams: You can now add other Routstr nodes as upstream and your node will pay for other nodes with lightning/cashu. api.routstr.com will be doing only Routstr node upstreams going forward, you can use this as your base URL easily.

5. X-Cashu Caching: A long awaited feature where x-cashu refunds are caching for a while before the node deletes them. If the user forgets to store refunds, you won't lose funds.

Plus other minor improvements and bug fixes.

Please upgrade your nodes by pulling the latest from main and run docker compose up --build -d.

RoutstrCore v0.3.0!

https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/v0.3.0

Introducing OpenClaw Sovereign Setup!

Deploy a self-sovereign AI that: • Pays for its fuel (inference costs with Cashu) • Pays for its car (server time via Lightning) • Runs completely sovereign with a Cashu wallet

→ Setup in 6 minutes with 2 Lightning payments → Run it now: https://routstr.com/openclaw

Built on

+

+ Bitcoin/Cashu

PS: Use VSCode's terminal for best QR rendering. 🔁 Script is safe to re-run if the connection hiccups.

We updated our docs! Now focusing on Clients vs Nodes: docs.routstr.com

Full OpenResponses.org support✅

RoutstrCore v0.2.1 is LIVE

https://github.com/routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/v0.2.1

We are honored and grateful to be supported by

and their AI for Individual Rights Program! Access to state of the art AI should be decentralized and permissionless. Thank you 🧡

https://hrf.org/latest/hrf-announces-support-for-projects-advancing-ai-for-individual-rights/

Routstr Chat is improving every week. It is the best alternative to $20/month AI subscriptions now where you have to KYC.

With chat-v0.2.0, we now have:

1. Web Search via OpenAI and Perplexity models
2. Encrypted Chat history live-sync powered by Nostr and AppleSauce
   npub1ye5ptcx…cpknpr

3. Nostr Wallet Connect auto topups
4. Persistent image storage in the browser. (encrypted blossom sync soon!)
5. And many more bug fixes!

Routstr Core v0.2.0 now live!

https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/v0.2.0c

Routstr Chat v0.1.0 Stable Release

Image Generation, Multi-modal Inputs (images, pdfs, etc), Nostr Wallet Connect and more

We're proud to announce a battle tested chat frontend is ready for your daily use. Now it comes with:

1. Image generation for as little as 5 sats (on Nano Banana)
2. Image editing with image inputs
3. PDF/files summarization
4. Nostr Wallet Connect for seamless topups.
5. Automatic Routstr node selection based on price (among 8 nodes)
6. Highly stable NIP60 wallet to never lose sats
7. Robust API testing to ensure stability https://blossom.primal.net/76b49bcdcc2bfb161e8464d1f4c8d22b686403c00aef9c8a0532fb4371d004d9.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/6acbea0edd0c09ed70e83ac2385364f6dd41c303c3a2bcc8395c4b409b05205e.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/78d3ec7c56fafe9f7724e758beccaac71f6f3e29db374f042da25b70dc886aa8.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/a689689a0e027d0867653349205dffb71d9fb8c899af3141f7e96c38f21c6179.jpg

Routstr Core v0.1.4 live now on api.routstr.com

https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/v0.1.4

Download Local++ on the

v0.1.2 of routstr-core is live: Every node now automatically publishes their information to nostr so it can be discovered!

Announcing Routstr Core v0.1.0: Come Run Routstr Nodes with Us

With this stable release, anyone can run Routstr nodes and help decentralize AI access to anyone, anywhere on earth!

Come run a Routstr node and serve models from OpenAI, Anthropic, x-ai, Google, Replicate, or OpenRouter (charges 5% extra) to anyone on the open internet and earn Bitcoin via Cashu/Lightning.

With v0.1.0, we made Routstr incredibly stable, but this is still a Beta version. If you come across a problem, we’d appreciate it if you report the bug to us on our Github.

Along with making Routstr more robust, we added these new features to Routstr:

1. Multiple Cashu Mint Support: Users and nodes don’t need to use the same mint
2. Multi-Currency Support: Sat and msats are both supported right now
3. Pay per Request with X-Cashu Headers: Send a Cashu token with enough balance and get the change back along with the response
4. Admin Dashboard and Withdrawals: A simple dashboard to look your and your users’ balances, more updates coming

We made a bad decision: Running our own Nip60 implementation. its causing our production environment to run instable. Maybe you experience some issues with routstr in the the recent weeks, we lost funds, early adopters did, we are really sorry. Its not a problem of cashu, its not a problem with nostr, we are just so early.

We are proposing NIP-91: Discoverability for routstr providers https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1987 https://image.nostr.build/98a99cb518b5edb5e1a4426efae8d87db71eee40967280857e23ed44c4ccd4c9.jpg

sorry for the api being broken the last days

it’s back now working 🎉

you can now create api keys that are pre filled with a balance (stored at provider side) that can be used in other applications like cursor so you can top up the balance without needing to change the cashu token always

You can now change the base_url in our chat app to any provider running a openai-api proxy supporting the routstr-cashu protocol