44Billion.net is a website that presents itself as a thin layer, a toolbar where the Nostr apps you install are placed.
If we were to label it, I'd call it a "Nostr app launcher" that includes an app store for app discovery.
One of the initial apps is an app store.
The app store is there to help the user discover and install new Nostr apps.
The account creation is very straightforward. Pick an avatar and a name.
The nsec is encrypted and synchronized across devices by using passkeys. Existing nsecs can be imported as well.
When opening an app, the user is already logged-in there.
We have a free and spam-resistant relay too at wss://relay.44billion.net. Open-source code: https://github.com/44Billion/44b-relay. While we're at it, also check the core platform code: https://github.com/44Billion/44billion, the signer module repo: https://github.com/44Billion/44b-vault and the app store https://github.com/44Billion/nappstore
- Apps files are stored on Blossom.
- App manifest (NIP-5A) and app listing (NIP-5B) events on relays.
- Anyone can publish an app without asking and it shows on the app store.
- Login is handled by a signer that lives on a separata domain: Github Pages by default.
- 44billion.net can't access your nsec directly and you may even self-host the signer.
Apps are installed locally. It allows you to control if and when to update them: