Most Nostr users have never heard of nostr.build. Many Nostr users know of nostr.build, and that we store images and videos for Nostr, but don't know that we can do anything else. There are also users that have a paid nostr.build account, but don’t know of all the included features they have access to. For these reasons I've decided to write a blog about all of nostr.build's features, in detail, let's begin.
Nostr.build offers free media hosting services for Nostr and paid services when you purchase an account. We have three levels of paid accounts: Pro, Creator, and Advanced. Let’s talk about each level of service and the features included below.
Free Services:
Supported Media Files up to 21MB: Anyone using Nostr can upload the media of their choice, up to 21MB per file. We support many different media types including .jpg, .png, .gif, .mov, .mp4, .mp3, and .wav. We compress JPEGs, PNGs and GIFs, but currently perform only light processing of video to allow quick preview. If your video is playing weird, no audio or not playing at all, it is likely your video format or how it was transcoded.
Removes Location-Related Metadata: Most photographs these days have the location data (GPS coordinates) embedded in the metadata. The data is commonly used to tell users where they were when they took the picture, it can also dox someone if they share an image with location data in it, e.g., their home address. Nostr.build removes this location metadata so as not to reveal your location to everyone you are sharing a picture with.
Integrated Media Uploading on Nostr Platforms: In the early days of Nostr, if you wanted to share an image or video, you would have to upload it to another site, copy the link it provides, and paste it to your Nostr note. With NIP96 and NIP98 nostr.build is now directly integrated into most Nostr apps making it just one click to add your media, like other popular and social media platforms. Currently this is supported on Damus, Amethyst, Nostrudel, Snort, Iris, Coracle, Flycat, and Yakihonne, among others.
Free Media Gallery: Curious what type of images, memes, gifs, and videos are being uploaded to Nostr? Check out the Free Media Gallery to see the most recent uploades to nostr.build. This view only shares the free uploads, you would not be able to see any user account uploads which are kept private unless purposely shared by the account owner. https://nostr.build/freeview
Delete Uploaded Media: If you upload free media to Nostr using a Nostr app, you can go back and delete it yourself with our delete tool. This is most used when people dox themselves, accidentally uploading an image with their name or address. The image needs to be associated to your n-pub and you will need to authenticate before deleting.
CSAM Scanning, Removal and Reporting: CSAM is not tolerated in any way. Not just CSAM, but any media that exploits a child in any way including AI and cartoons, children in inappropriate positions or clothing, we block the user and report their content and all related information we have on the user to the authorities / NCMEC. We use multiple services when filtering and reporting CSAM including Cloudflare's CSAM filter, Microsoft PhotoDNA, AI models and the NCMEC reporting portal. We do not filter or report anything else that is in compliance with our TOS, only CSAM. https://www.missingkids.org/theissues/csam
24/7 Support: nostr.build has people around the world, monitoring Nostr every day for Nostr and nostr.build related issues. Issues include but are not limited to; media not uploading or displaying, doxed uploads, illegal content removal, developer issues, and feature requests. There are very few services in the world where you can interact directly with the developers and get support and feature requests fulfilled. You can also contact us at support@nostr.build.
Pro Accounts:
10GB of Private Storage: One of the most common problems with the free service is the file size is capped at 21MB per file. For long videos, this becomes a challenge. With paid accounts, there is no file size limit to what you upload, only the size of the account.
Media Management Portal: One of the biggest advantages of a nostr.build account is the ability to keep all your media in one place, separate from social media platforms, in your own private portal. You can drag and drop, add, create folders, move to a folder, delete, and rename any of your media, and much more. Check out our nostr.build features overview video to get a better idea of media management in your nostr.build account.
AI Studio: Our latest and one of our coolest features is the all-new AI Studio. AI Studio provides text-to-image generation with multiple popular models to choose from. While other platforms only offer a single text-to-image model (ex. ChatGPT/DallE, Discord/Midjourney, X/Grok2), nostr.build offers multiple models on the same platform. We also offer a complete media management system for your AI creations mentioned above, the other platforms don’t have that. Check out our competitive comparison here! For Pro accounts we offer SDXL-Lightning, and Stable Diffusion 1.
.pdf and .zip File Support: Another huge request from users was to support the .pdf and .zip file types. This wasn’t as easy as it seems since we have to perform a virus scan on each of these file types before publishing and allowing public access.
View All Media Gallery: Curious what type of images, memes, gifs and videos are being uploaded to nostr's free service? Check out the Media Gallery to see all 2Million+ uploads ever uploaded to nostr.build. This only shares the free uploads, you would not be able to see any user account uploads which are kept private unless shared.
Share Direct to Nostr: Upload or create new media on nostr.build and share it with or without a note straight to Nostr, no other client needed! This is a feature that more tightly integrates nostr.build with Nostr and takes it steps closer to becoming a true Nostr client.
Global Content Delivery Network: Lightning-fast global CDN distribution of your content for faster, easier viewing around the world.
Referral Link: Found in your profile settings, share your referral link and earn ‘Credits’ when someone uses it to purchase an account. Credits can be used for advanced features, account upgrades, and renewals.
Viewer and Usage Stats: See the total ‘Unique Views’ and ‘Request Counts’ for all of your media, nicely graphed out, from 1-day to 3-month chart options. Just click the three dots under your media and select the 'Statistics' tab.
Creator Accounts:
30GB of Private Storage: 3x more storage than the Pro account. Ideal for creators, podcasts, and videographers, this gives you the added storage for those larger projects.
.svg File Support: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files use mathematical formulas to store graphics. This makes them able to be resized without losing quality, very common with designers and content creators.
AI Studio: When creating images in AI Studio, Creator accounts have access to all Pro Stable Diffusion models and unlimited use of the Flux.1 model.
- Flux.1 (schnell): One of the latest text-to-image models, Flux is a 2 billion parameter rectified flow transformer that excels in graphic detail and correct text spelling and layout. It is the same core model that X(Twitter) uses with Grok2 images.
Host a Creators Page: Creators have the option to share their media to their Creators page hosted on nostr.build. This makes it easier for people to see, donate, and share. Check out all the Creators and their masterpieces here!
iDrive E2 backup for all media: We currently store all media on Cloudflare R2 servers. If for whatever reason Cloudflare servers lose your content, we also store a backup on a completely different service provider, iDrive E2 servers.
Advanced Accounts:
100GB of Private Storage: The largest account size we offer, with more than 3x the storage of the Creator account. This is plenty of storage for all of your Nostr needs and more.
AI Studio Extended Access: Get all the models, all the latest experimental features, and additional Credits with an Advanced account.
NIP-05 @nostr.build: Do you need premium NIP-05 identification? Choose any name you want and have your own @nostr.build official profile.
Roadmap:
Free Account: This would be just enough to get someone started with nostr.build’s media management features and slightly larger media size uploads.
Lifetime Account: This would be something like all features, all experimental features, 1TB of storage for life, and two free t-Shirts.
Traditional and AI Media Editors: Combining a powerful, standard media editor Pintura, with modern AI image editing features from stability.ai would allow users to quickly and easily modify their media using multiple tools. https://pqina.nl/pintura/?ref=pqina https://stability.ai/stable-image
Video Transcoding and Player: nostr.build has never modified video meaning all different formats and sizes are uploaded, none of them optimized for the platform they are being viewed on, and all of them in many different formats. By properly transcoding the media it will be viewable, optimized and faster on all platforms the video is being watched on, Android, iOS, desktops, laptops, etc.
Expandable Storage: The ability to purchsase additional chunks of storage and add it to your existing account.
nostr.build has a lot more to offer than just a place to upload media. It is your complete media platform, with an extremely intuitive user interface offering new features added all the time, and of course, always with the goal, to help grow Nostr, make is easier and more fun to use.
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