IMPORTANT: We're moving (and shaking)
First things first: we’re moving this newsletter to a new platform called Ghost. There’s nothing wrong with Buttondown, but this new platform gives us a lot more of what we’re looking for in terms of branding and customization.
Going forward, you can find us there at: https://blog.conduit.market
Note: we will move current subscribers over there after this newsletter goes out. You will receive a simple “confirm you’re still in” message from us through Ghost. Thank you in advance to all of you who choose to stay with us during this transition!
Our Hermit Period is Over
It’s been over 6 months since we’ve written to you… and there’s so much to share. Firstly: apologies for the silence. Going forward, expect more regular updates and even shorter letters. We just haven’t had time to write 3,000 word meme-filled soliloquies these days (and I’m told you don’t have time to read them anyways). That’s a good thing, it means we’re out of our pontificating stage and into our building stage. Speaking of that…
Nostrbama 2025
We’re excited to be presenting at Nostrbama 2025 in less than two weeks! On July 15th we’ll be up on stage in good company to give a short talk and live demo of our tech.
Here’s the teaser for Conduit’s talk:
Commerce on Nostr ("de-commerce") is interoperable and unstoppable. Join us for a chat about this nascent movement's potential and watch us demo a smooth Nostr-powered checkout experience that competes with the big platforms.
This talk will be recorded and hopefully livestreamed too. We’ll post links when we have them! There’s no point in over-explaining to you here about the tech—we’re damn excited to just show you.
Our Landing Page is Live
To tell you the truth, it’s been live for a while but it’s finally polished enough for us to promote it.
Check it out here: https://conduit.market
This site does a lot more to explain what we’re building than we could ever do through a wall of words in a newsletter. Thanks again to our amazing designers at Santoral for their work.
Conduit is now a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation
We’re raising funds from mission-aligned investors to build tools for this peaceful decentralized commerce revolution.
That being the case, it’s important to codify some guardrails to keep us aligned as the company grows.
Our fantastic legal team helped us do exactly that when we converted from a California LLC, to an investor-ready Delaware PBC:
This is a clear signal to future investors: Conduit is about more than shareholder returns. Our mission is core to our brand—and should be core to ANY for-profit company building on these protocols.
Gamma Markets Spec Reference Merged
This is an exciting one that has been months in the making. The e-commerce use case extension for NIP-99 was officially merged into the main Nostr protocol branch.
This is a big stamp of approval from the core Nostr developers on what Conduit, Shopstr, Plebeian Market, and Cypher Space have all been working hard towards.
See You Soon
That’s only the tip of the iceberg but more than enough for now. We’d love to ramble on about the tech some more but would rather just show you at Nostrbama.
And once again, thanks to all of you who join us on Ghost.
Looking forward to chatting again soon.
Cheers,
Eric FJ - CEO, Conduit Hodlings
Acea Spades - CTO, Conduit Hodlings