What is Porwr
What is Porwr
Diogel Porwr is a Browser Extension Nostr identity and signing extension.
Enabling you too:
- Create or import Nostr identity keys.
- Store keys in a password-protected encrypted local vault.
- Use Nostr websites that support browser signers through
window.nostr. - Approve or reject signing and encryption requests from websites.
- Manage Nostr profile metadata.
- Manage relay settings.
- Publish simple Nostr notes directly from the extension.
- Connect to Lightning wallets through Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC).
- Check wallet info and balance.
- Pay BOLT11 Lightning invoices after explicit approval.
- Review signing activity, exceptions, and wallet payment history.
Diogel Porwr does not act as a custodial service. It does not hold your funds on a server, and it does not manage an online account for you. Your keys and wallet connection details are stored locally in your browser extension encrypted vault.
Core concepts
Nostr identity
A Nostr identity is controlled by a private key. Anyone with that private key can act as that identity.
Diogel Porwr helps you store and use that key without pasting it into websites.
Public key
Your public key identifies you on Nostr. It is safe to share.
It is often shown as an npub... value.
Private key
Your private key controls your identity. It is often shown as an nsec... value.
Treat it like a password and a recovery seed combined. If someone gets your private key, they can impersonate you. If you lose it, Diogel Porwr cannot recover it for you.
Encrypted vault
Diogel Porwr stores sensitive data inside a password-protected local vault.
The vault can contain:
- Nostr identity keys.
- Vault metadata.
- Nostr Wallet Connect connection secrets.
- NIP-47 payment history.
The vault lives locally in your browser extension storage. Export a backup if you need to move browsers or recover later.
Website signer requests
Nostr websites can ask Diogel Porwr to:
- Get your public key.
- Sign an event.
- Get relay information.
- Encrypt or decrypt NIP-04 messages.
- Encrypt or decrypt NIP-44 messages.
Diogel Porwr shows approval prompts before allowing sensitive actions.
Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC)
NWC lets Diogel Porwr connect to an external Lightning wallet service using Nostr relays.
Diogel Porwr does not become a full Lightning wallet. Instead, it stores an NWC connection string in the encrypted vault and sends wallet requests to the connected wallet service.
Current wallet functionality is internal to the extension. Diogel Porwr does not expose a wallet API to websites yet.