YakiHonne

On Nostr, you don’t ask a company for access to your own account.

You hold the key. That means real ownership, and it also means keeping that key safe and backed up.

Be honest: have you backed up your keys yet? 🔑

#YakiHonne #Nostr #SelfSovereignty

Saying thanks should be simple. With zaps, you can tip a creator in one tap, and it arrives in seconds. No middleman, no minimum, no waiting.

What was the last thing you read that deserved a zap?

#YakiHonne #Zaps #Bitcoin

Your best article shouldn’t disappear because a platform changed its rules.

On YakiHonne, your writing stays yours: portable, permanent, and rewarded directly by the people who read it.

What’s the one piece you’d never want to lose? ✍️

#YakiHonne #Nostr #LongForm

YakiPro web updates:

• Fixed issues related to publishing premium content.
• Added BLOSSOM servers managements in settings.
• Added more filters on content page for notes and articles.
• General bug fixes.

YakiHonne Mobile updates:

Changed:

• Updated QR code scanning for more reliable camera lifecycle handling.
• Video playback now keeps the device awake while a video is open.

Fixed:

• Lightning invoices prefixed with lightning: are now accepted across payments and QR scans.
• Reply threads retain available root-note context when an intermediate reply is unavailable.
• Paid-note payment events are removed after processing.
• General bug fixes and performance enhancements.

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Web updates:

• Bringing back the classic sidebar, you can now switch between two kind of navigation layouts in the settings (topbar or sidebar).
• Toggle on/off the glass effect for those who wants a classic look.
• General bug fix and improvements.

👀 All eyes on YakiHonne, and on you. You use it every day, so you see what we can't. This week, tell us how it's really going:

1️⃣ What do you love about YakiHonne? 2️⃣ What frustrates you? 3️⃣ What's one thing you wish existed? Drop your answer

Your feedback helps shape what comes next.

Your Account, Anywhere, Anytime

Mobile updates:

Added

• Video editor and video compressor before publishing.

Changed

• Engagement chart enhancements.

Fixed

• GrapheneOS feed issue where notes failed to load.
• Note preview before publishing is now scrollable.
• Paid notes payment issue.
• Notification tap no longer shows "notification not found" when the note isn't in the local DB yet.
• Replies not showing under some notes.

Stay in Control of Your Relays

From Creator to YakiPro Creator 🔥

Visualize the Energy Behind Your Words

See Your Writing Through Fresh Eyes

Web updates:

• Video compression in the media upload editor — smaller files, faster uploads, with a progress bar.
• New filters on the dashboard — All, Scheduled, Paid notes, and Premium for notes, plus Premium for articles.
• Post stats now show the relays a post was found on.
• Fixed a bug in the search page.
• Various bug fixes and improvements.

Don’t Lose the Chance ,YakiPro All the Way

Mobile updates:

YakiPro 1.0.1 build 14: [1.0.1] - 2026-08-31

Added

• Blossom media server management from settings.
• Premium badge on notes and articles in the content library, and inside the article view.
• New Yakihonne article reader view.
• Edit article from the pull-down menu.
• Posting time shown in the analytics top-content table.
• What's new screen in settings.
• Italian, Portuguese and Thai translations.

Changed

• New country picker when enabling Stripe payouts.
• Redesigned the publish article sheet: container-style cover upload, "Update" label once a cover is picked, bordered sheet, and fixed side-by-side Publish and Save draft buttons.
• Second Reader AI actions now match each paragraph's feedback, and the AI assistant stays open after processing.
• Warn before discarding an article's AI discussion and Second Reader data.
• Analytics drill-down clears the previous data when a new bar is selected.
• Lazy tab loading for faster navigation.

Fixed

• Removing a tag in the publish article sheet no longer takes multiple taps.
• Enabling premium on content now animates immediately and reverts if the requirements aren't met.
• General bug fixes and performance enhancements.

YakiHonne 2.0.7 build 205: [2.0.7] - 2026-08-31

Added

• Kind 1111 (NIP-22) comment support in notes and replies.
• Free plan card and a side-by-side plan comparison in pricing.
• Premium badge and a "Seen on" relay indicator.
• Landscape support for video playback.

Changed

• Rewritten paid-note payment flow with live tracking, auto-publish, and a new published-confirmation screen.
• Username now always shown in edit profile, with connect and upgrade prompts when needed.
• Second Reader AI actions now match each paragraph's feedback, and the AI assistant stays open after processing.

Fixed

• SSE stream now re-logs in on an expired session and retries.
• Payment sheet no longer leaves stale invoices behind when closed.
• Removed the 800 sats payment preset from zaps.
• General bug fixes and performance enhancements.

For those who may not know.

A Distraction-Free Space for Better Writing

Your Content. Your Growth. Your Analytics.

YakiHonne & YakiPro are Live in AppStore: YakiHonne: https://apps.apple.com/my/app/yakihonne/id6472556189 YakiPro: https://apps.apple.com/my/app/yakipro/id6783617216

Web hotfixes:

YakiHonne v6.0.1

• Added a publishing confirmation popup when notes and articles are published successfully.
• Improved the paid notes payment flow for a smoother premium content experience.
• Added a dedicated pricing page.
• Fixed several issues affecting the AI Assistant and Second Reader.
• Added support for kind 1111 comments and replies.
• Fixed issues with comment thread display and rendering.
• Resolved various issues on the Edit Profile page.

YakiPro v1.0.1

• Fixed several issues affecting the AI Assistant and Second Reader.
• Added direct redirection to the YakiPro mobile app.
• Added an explanatory slider to guide creators through the subscription management flow.

Yaki Pro : Create More. Do More.

Yakihonne Update: Introducing YakiPro, Subscriptions, AI Writing Tools, and a Completely Redesigned Experience.

After three months of intensive building, we're excited to unveil the biggest Yakihonne release ever. This update brings together everything we've been working on since June — a ground-up visual redesign, a professional creator suite, native subscriptions, AI-powered writing and reading tools, and self-hosted key management — all shipping across Web and Mobile.

A Brand New Look: Yakihonne v6.0.0

Yakihonne has been completely redesigned from the ground up with a content-first philosophy. Every screen, component, and interaction has been rethought.

• Glass / Fluid UI — a new translucent visual theme rolled out across the entire app
• Redesigned navigation — cleaner app bar, drawer navigation, and streamlined menus
• Refreshed components — new buttons, spinners, dropdowns, selectors, and hover cards
• Lucide icon migration — moving to a modern, consistent icon set across all views
• Guided onboarding tour — new users are now walked through the app on first launch
• Available on both Web and Mobile

Write Smarter: The New Article Editor

The article editor has been rebuilt from scratch to give creators a professional publishing experience. This premium feature is available to all Yakihonne subscribers, and new users can try it entirely free with a 7-day trial!

• Richer editor — more powerful formatting tools, @-mentions, and a completely redesigned publish flow
• AI Writing Assistant — an in-editor AI panel that helps you draft, refine, and improve articles in real time
• AI Change Tracking — review AI-suggested edits before publishing with inline diff views
• PDF & Markdown Import/Export — import existing documents directly into the editor or export your work
• Energy Mapper — visualise the emotional tone of your notes before posting

Read Smarter: Second Reader

A brand new AI-powered reading companion.

• Contextual assistance — get summaries, explanations, and deeper insights while reading any article
• Multiple AI personas — choose a reading companion that matches your style, from casual to academic

Earn, Subscribe, and Support Creators

YakiHonne now has a full subscription and creator economy built in.

• In-App Purchases — subscribe directly through Apple App Store or Google Play
• Yaki Points — earn and spend points to unlock paid content, redeem awarding codes, or put toward a subscription
• Paid Notes with Points — unlock paid notes by redeeming points instead of Lightning invoices
• Free for Subscribers — Pro subscribers skip paywalls entirely
• Subscription & Usage Page — see your current plan, usage, and remaining allowances at a glance
• Full integration with Stripe for global payments

Login with Google: Pomegranate Key Recovery

No more losing your Nostr identity. We've deployed our own Pomegranate FROST remote signer infrastructure.

• Google Sign-In — create or recover a Nostr account using your Google login
• FROST threshold signatures — your private key is sharded across multiple independent operators. No single server can reconstruct it
• Self-hosted infrastructure — auth.yakihonne.com, po.yakihonne.com, and pomadmin.yakihonne.com, all operated by us alongside independent third-party operators
• Key recovery in settings — recover your private key from your linked Google account at any time

YakiPro: The Professional Creator Suite

Introducing YakiPro — a dedicated app for creators and publishers who are serious about building on Nostr.

• Dedicated creator interface with its own unique navigation, layout, and theme
• Advanced analytics — engagement stats, follower growth charts, zap tracking, and top-performing content
• Scheduled notes — write now, publish later
• NIP-63 subscriber management — manage your premium subscribers, relay access, pricing, and delegation
• NIP-05 identity settings — manage your verified Nostr identity
• Language & theme settings — customise your workspace
• Available on both Web (v1.0.0) and Mobile (v0.0.1)

Why This Update Matters

• Professional publishing on Nostr is here. YakiPro + the rebuilt article editor + AI tools give creators everything they need to publish, monetise, and grow — natively on Nostr
• Subscriptions without middlemen. Native NIP-63 subscriptions, in-app purchases, and a points economy mean creators earn directly from their audience
• Key recovery solves onboarding. Google Sign-In via Pomegranate's FROST threshold signatures means new users can join Nostr without ever worrying about seed phrases or raw private keys
• A design that invites exploration. The glass/fluid UI and content-focused redesign make Yakihonne feel like a premium, modern platform

Download & Update Now

Experience the new design, try YakiPro, and start earning!

Web

• YakiHonne: https://yakihonne.com
• YakiPro: https://pro.yakihonne.com

Android

• YakiHonne: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yakihonne.yakihonne&hl=en
• YakiPro: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yakihonne.pro&hl=en

Zapstore

• YakiHonne: https://zapstore.dev/apps/com.yakihonne.yakihonne
• YakiPro: https://zapstore.dev/apps/com.yakihonne.pro

iOS / Apple

• Appstore: Coming soon — pending Apple App Store approval.
• Testflight links:
• YakiHonne: https://testflight.apple.com/join/tcXozZIu
• YakiPro: https://testflight.apple.com/join/Nm3PZ6tK

Where Creativity Meets Freedom

Yakihonne: A New Era of Premium Features

yakipro, coming soon

Manage. Connect. Grow.

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Subscriptions, Simplified

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Yakihonne Mobile — A New Era Begins

Coming Soon: A New Yakihonne Experience

Breaking the Digital Cage: Identity, Choice, and Nostr

When Wojak Discovers YakiHonne (Gigachad Saves the Day)

Centralized servers burning? Nostr users don't care

Sneak peek: what's coming for YakiHonne creators

You built the room. The profile. The audience. The memories.

But someone else still controlled the lock.

Own your identity. Own your connections. Own the key.

Built on open networks. YakiHonne

#Nostr #OpenSocial

What do you think this is? New tipping feature or something else entirely

😉 😉

Good Things Take Time. 🤫

Can You Feel It? 😆

🤫 🤫 🤫

Any guesses what the next major update is? 👀

YakiHonne for value, coming soon !

What's Your One Word for Nostr?

There Is Another Way 😏

What Makes Nostr Different?

Creators Deserve Better Than Ad Revenue Crumbs 😎

Algorithm Turbulence? I've Been Training for This 😏 😏

Guess & Win ?

⚡ Guess what's coming next to Yakihonne...

We're cooking something exciting behind the scenes.

Drop ONE feature you think is coming in the next update.

🎁 The first 30 correct (or closest) guesses will receive some sats!

No hints. Just your best prediction.

Let's see who knows Yakihonne best. 👀

#Nostr #Bitcoin #BuildInPublic #GuessAndWin

My Client Died. My Identity Didn't. ☕

How developers can build a Nostr app without asking permission.

There's no company to call, no API key to apply for, no terms of service review. The Nostr protocol is a public spec (just read the NIPs). You connect to relays over standard WebSockets. You sign events with open cryptographic standards (secp256k1). Everything is documented and open-source. You pick it up, implement it, and deploy that's it. This is the same reason anyone could build an email client in 1995 without asking Microsoft. Open protocols are inherently permissionless by design.

Breaking: Nostr user unaffected. Again 😂

Imagine your entire online life is a game of Jenga. 😂

Why protocol ecosystems often outlive applications.

Applications are businesses ,they can shut down, pivot, or get acquired. Protocols are shared infrastructure. HTTP, email (SMTP), and RSS all outlived the specific apps built on them. Nostr as a protocol will persist even if every current Nostr app disappears, because the spec is open and anyone can build a new client or relay. The data and identity don't belong to the app. This is the core advantage of building on a protocol rather than inside a platform, the platform can die; the protocol keeps running.

Why email and Nostr have a similar architecture.

Both are open, federated protocols where identity and infrastructure are separated. In email: your address is [email protected], servers (SMTP/IMAP) store and route messages, and any email client can talk to any server. In Nostr: your identity is your public key, relays store and route events, and any Nostr client can talk to any relay. Neither is owned by one company. You can self-host the infrastructure. The key difference is that Nostr replaces domain-based identity with cryptographic keys, which is strictly stronger.

YakiHonne Street Interview Series. 🎤

This episode features students from Federal university Lafia sharing their thoughts on Bitcoin, Nostr, and the digital freedom.

Let us know your first impression in the comments below!

#Nostr

What If No One Had to Make This Decision? ⚡

How Lightning zaps work under the hood.

A zap is a Bitcoin Lightning payment attached to a Nostr event. Here's the flow: you click "zap" on a note → your client looks up the author's Lightning address (from their profile metadata) → it fetches a BOLT11 invoice from the author's Lightning wallet via their LNURL endpoint → you pay that invoice → the wallet then publishes a special zap receipt event (NIP-57) back to Nostr relays, signed by the wallet, proving the payment happened. Clients then display that zap receipt as a visible "zap" on the note. The money moves over Lightning; the proof of payment lives on Nostr.

Why censorship resistance is a technical problem, not a political one. Saying "we won't censor" is a policy and policies can be changed under pressure. True censorship resistance requires that the architecture itself makes censorship difficult or impossible. Nostr achieves this technically: your event is cryptographically signed (can't be forged or secretly altered), broadcast to multiple independent relays (no single point of failure), and your keys are yours alone (no account to deactivate). Even if one relay remove your content, others still have it. The resistance is baked into the design, not just promised.

Web2 User → Web3 User → Nostr Enjoyer 🔥

What NIPs are and why they matter ?

NIP stands for Nostr Implementation Possibility. They are specification documents that define how different parts of the protocol should work , event formats, feature behaviors, metadata standards, etc. NIP-01 is the base protocol. Others define things like DMs, reactions, zaps, and long-form content. They matter because they allow interoperability: if your client and my client both implement NIP-25 (reactions), we can interact , even if we use completely different apps. NIPs are how the ecosystem grows without a central authority dictating features.

YakiHonne &

Bi-weekly Community Call Highlights This time, many new friends joined us to learn about Bitcoin and Nostr. So we started from the basics: what Bitcoin is, and why it matters. Participants also had the chance to spin the lucky wheel and win 2,100–5,000 sats.

#Bitcoin #Nostr #YakiHonne

Unlocked Support Tier 😂

4. Difference between a Nostr client and a relay
   A client is the app you interact with like YakiHonne, It holds your keys, signs events, and displays content. A relay is the backend server that stores and routes events. The client talks to relays; relays don't talk to each other directly. Think of the client as your email app (Outlook, Gmail) and the relay as the mail server , they're separate roles, and you can mix and match any client with any relay

Platform: Your account has been suspended. Bird: For what? Platform: For finding out. 😂

#Freedom #Nostr

3. What relays do (and what they don't do). Relays are simple servers that receive, store, and forward events. They accept signed events from clients, save them, and serve them to other clients that request them via filter queries. What they don't do: they don't verify the content's meaning, they don't control your identity, and they can't forge your signature. A relay can choose to drop or reject events (they have their own policies), but since you broadcast to multiple relays, one relay refusing you doesn't silence you.

🔥 Nostr is Easy to Explain. right ?? 😂 😂

Bitcoin Has No Borders: A Japanese Handmade Creator's Story Made by :

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Why Nostr uses public/private key cryptography ?

Your identity on Nostr is your key pair. There's no username/password database, no company that owns your account. Your private key signs every event you publish, proving you authored it , without trusting any third party. Anyone can verify your signature using your public key. This means your identity is self-sovereign: no platform can ban "your account" because your account is just a math relationship between two keys that only you control.

A Door the Reaper Can't Find ❤️

What actually happens when you publish a note on Nostr?

When you write a note, your client creates a JSON object containing your message, a timestamp, your public key, and an event kind number. Your private key then signs this object cryptographically, producing a unique signature. That signed event is sent over WebSocket connections to one or more relays. The relays store it, and anyone subscribed to those relays (or querying them later) can retrieve and verify your note. There's no central server involved, just your signed data floating across relays.

Building the Sovereign Internet ❤️

We're Not Here to Compete. We're Here to Change the Rules

The Creator Economy Is Broken. Here's the Fix

#CreatorEconomy #YakiHonne #Bitcoin

We watched a creator lose his followers overnight.

No warning. No appeal. One report. Gone.

He had built his business on that platform. His income, his community, his identity, all of it was rented from a company that could revoke it at any time.

That's when we started building YakiHonne.

YakiHonne is a social platform built on Nostr. a decentralized protocol where no single company controls your account. Combined with Bitcoin payments, it means creators can publish freely AND get paid directly by their audience.

We're not here to replace every platform. We're here to give creators infrastructure they actually own.

If you're a creator, marketer, or just someone who believes in digital ownership, follow us. We're building in public.

A New Era of Social Ownership 🙏

The Broken System Behind Social Media 👎

Action Widgets on YakiHonne 🙏

The Builders Never Stopped ❤️

The internet gave everyone a voice. But has it truly given everyone an audience?

What do you think is the biggest barrier for independent creators today distribution, monetization, or trust?Drop your thoughts below.

#YakiHonne #ContentCreators

🎉 10,000 Followers! 🎉

What started as an idea has grown into an amazing community of 10K people, and that's something worth celebrating.

Every follow, like, comment, repost, and conversation has helped us reach this milestone. We're excited about what we've built together and even more excited about what's coming next.

Thank you for being part of this journey. 💜

Now we want to hear from you:

✨ How did you discover us? ✨ What kind of content do you enjoy the most? ✨ What would you like to see more of in the future?

Drop your thoughts in the comments and let's celebrate this milestone together! 🚀

🎉 10,000 Followers! 🎉

We've officially reached 10K followers, and it's all thanks to you! Every follow, comment, repost, zap, and piece of feedback has helped YakiHonne grow into the community it is today.

To celebrate and thank you for your support, we're giving away 50,000 sats! ⚡

Drop a comment below with your Lightning address and celebrate this milestone with us for a chance to claim a share of the prize pool.

Thank you for being part of the journey. 🚀

#YakiHonne #Nostr #10KFollowers

Think you know the answer? Take on this quiz question and win zaps

We didn't build YakiHonne to compete with Centralized Media Apps. We built it because censorship-resistant publishing shouldn't be a luxury, it should be a default.

3 things you own on YakiHonne: your identity, your content, your earnings. 3 things you own on Instagram: nothing.

Today, we join Muslims around the world in celebrating Eid al-Adha — a time of sacrifice, gratitude, compassion, and giving.

At YakiHonne, we believe global communities are enriched by the many traditions, cultures, and celebrations people share. This post is part of our global holidays series, highlighting meaningful moments from communities around the world.

To our Muslim community and everyone celebrating: Eid al-Adha Mubarak. 🌙

On this day in 2010, someone spent 10,000 BTC on two pizzas. 🍕 Worth $25 then. Worth over $1 billion today. That’s not a story about regret. That’s a story about what happens when money evolves.

At YakiHonne, we believe value should move as freely as ideas — no algorithms, no middlemen, no gatekeepers. Write. Share. Zap. Own your audience. Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! 🍕⚡️

⚡️ First 10 comments with a Lightning address get 210 sats each. Drop yours below 👇

#Bitcoin #PizzaDay #Lightning #Nostr #YakiHonne

The algorithm doesn't show your best content. It shows content that keeps people angry and scrolling. YakiHonne has no algorithm. Your words speak for themselves.

Real Supporters Matter More Than Viral Numbers

#Bitcoin #Nostr

Zapping is not a tip jar. It's the first time in history a reader can directly fund a writer with no middleman, no algorithm, no cut taken.

#BTC #Nostr

Web Hotfixes : (v5.9.1)

• Resolved the image pasting overlay issue where pasted images were hidden during note creation.
• Fixed fetching articles, videos and curations with Yakihonne NIP-05 URL.
• Added icons to the BLOSSOM options for a clearer and more intuitive interface.