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In today's update, we cover the latest news from ContextVM. In particular, we discuss the latest release of the Rust SDK, bringing it closer to feature parity with the TS one.

In today's update, we cover the latest news from ContextVM. In particular, we discuss our first contribution to the upstream MCP repository, how we are trying to reduce the amount of dependencies in our SDK, our brand new documentation pages, and a new Explicit Payment Gating mode for CEP-8 that lets AI agents decide whether a call is worth paying for.

In today's update, we cover the latest news from ContextVM. In particular, we discuss the ongoing effort to expose the functionalities of CVM to other programming ecosystems through bindings in our Rust SDK. We also highlight the recent merge of ephemeral gift wraps in NIP-59, and two powerful additions to our website.

In today's update, we cover the latest news from ContextVM. In particular, we present the finalists that will take part in the Summer of Bitcoin program during the next months, and discuss the latest release of our SDK.

GM people, and welcome to the 8th issue of "The ContextVM World", your biweekly appointment to discover everything you need to know about ContextVM, MCP, Nostr, and everything in between! In today's update we cover the latest news from ContextVM. In particular, we discuss the first official release of our new Rust SDK, which brings CVM to native development. We also cover a bunch of new CEPs being merged.

In today's update we cover the latest news from ContextVM. In particular, we discuss the recent merging of two new specifications, CEP-23, which allows servers to publish a public profile and post notes signed with the same keypair used for protocol operations, and CEP-24, which allows users to attach comments and reviews to servers.

GM people, and welcome to the sixth issue of "The ContextVM World", your biweekly appointment to discover everything you need to know about ContextVM, MCP, Nostr, and all in between!

Relatr 0.2.x has been a long time coming. This release is the result of a real engineering effort: not just shipping features, but stepping back, questioning assumptions, and redesigning one of the most important parts of the system until it matched the principles we care about. The center of gravity in this release is the plugin system, and with it, Relatr takes a major step forward.

In today's update we cover the latest news from ContextVM. In particular, we have been chosen to mentor the next generation of open-source contributors through the Summer of Bitcoin internship program. We also cover our latest modification to the CVM website and the spam attack that recently hit our realys.

In today's update we cover CEP-17, the latest specification change to the CVM protocol. This change allows MCP servers to announce the relays for establishing connections, making it easier to be discovered by clients. New CVMI capabilities, and other news from the ecosystem

CVMI is becoming the command line for that world. With the new `discover` and `call` commands, CVMI is no longer only a supporting tool around the ecosystem. It is becoming a direct way to explore the network, inspect remote servers, debug them from the terminal, and integrate ContextVM services into scripts, apps, and agent workflows.

In today's update we cover ephemeral gift wraps, which have been recently merged into the protocol with CEP-19. This feature introduces an optional convention for CVM servers and clients to exchange encrypted messages using an ephemeral gift wrap kind. We also present the latest release family, v0.6.x. We also discuss the latest news from the ecosystem, with a new MCP server to query Wolfram Alpha over Nostr, and the new feature being implemented in the CVM protocol, namely CEP-15, for common tools schema, and CEP-17, which provides a way for a server to publish its relay list.

GM people, and welcome to the second issue of "The ContextVM World", your biweekly appointment to discover everything you need to know about ContextVM, MCP, Nostr, and all in between! In today's update we are going to discuss payments on CVM, enabled by CEP-8 specifications. The latest releases of CVM SDK and CVMI have been updated to support this huge milestone.

This is a small, fun, and simple teaching project: a ContextVM server with one paid tool to mint and sell Nostr badges (NIP-58), and one free tool to get stats, designed to illustrate the new CEP-8 payments flow without distractions.

Finally, payments are here! 🚀

GM people, and welcome to the first ever issue of "The ContextVM World", your biweekly appointment to discover everything you need to know about ContextVM, MCP, Nostr, and all in between!

This post introduces TA in relatr, why we implemented it, and why we think the combination of TA + request/response is the right shape for decentralization.

This article addresses a practical question: when a service lives behind a Nostr pubkey like a DVM or a CVM, what does it mean to "call it"?

Wotrlay is a new relay that explores a different approach to moderation: treat it as resource allocation, and let a community's web-of-trust influence who gets more publishing capacity.

Today, we are releasing Relatr v0.1, with significant architectural improvements powered by the new Nostr Social Duck library. This update solves critical scaling challenges and makes running your own trust engine more accessible than ever.

A decentralized trust metric service for Nostr that computes trust scores based in the perspective of a source pubkey using social graph distances and customizable validations.

Inspired by tools like shadcn and Cap'n Web, CtxCn is a command-line utility designed to make developers' lives easier.

During the recent SovEng 5 cohort, we embarked on a period of intense experimentation with ContextVM (CVM), a technology that we believe provides a powerful new foundation for sovereign infrastructure. This article shares the insights, breakthroughs, and a Cambrian explosion of projects that emerged, painting a picture of a more liberated digital future.

We're excited to announce the launch of our new ContextVM Enhancement Proposal (CEP) guidelines! As ContextVM has grown, we recognized the need for a more structured approach to protocol evolution. This standardized process is designed to ensure that enhancements to the ContextVM protocol are well-vetted, thoroughly discussed, and properly documented while maintaining our community-driven approach to development.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the brand new ContextVM website, now live at contextvm.org! This is a major step forward in our mission to create a truly sovereign, resilient, and open marketplace for computational tools and services.

The digital world stands at a crossroads. We were promised a frontier of boundless connection and creativity, an open commons for all. Instead, we find ourselves in a landscape of walled gardens, governed by central authorities who act as gatekeepers to our data, our identity, and even our lives. New standards emerge, promising interoperability and a more connected future, yet they are often built upon the very same fractured and centralized foundations.

We're excited to announce a new update to DVMCP, bringing enhanced privacy and security with encryption for transport communication and the launch of private server discovery. These features are designed to offer greater flexibility, stronger data protection, and new ways to manage access within the DVMCP ecosystem.