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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.
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