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Lotus release Notes v0.3.0

<br /> ## Highlights * **Sky onboarding**\ A calm, non-technical way to create your Lotus identity: choose a name, review your key, set an optional device lock, and finish with gentle cloud reveals. Existing Nostr sign-in methods stay available for anyone who already has a key. * **Sky share previews**\ Every Lotus share link now unfurls as a polished preview card in chats and social apps, including friend and group invites, public pages and forms, booking pages, map places and collections, group conversations, and the About page. * **Refreshed invites**\ Friend and group invite entry screens are redesigned in the same Sky language. * **Mute conversations**\ Mute a chat and Lotus keeps it out of the way across the app. * **Request a badge**\ Ask someone for a badge straight from their profile, delivered privately over your DM relays. * **Group support rooms**\ Groups now discover the "EINUNDZWANZIG Project" rooms assigned to them automatically. * **Terms & Impressum**\ New Terms of Service and Impressum pages, linked from the home, sign-in, and About footers, alongside a fresh full-bleed About banner. * **Follow Lotus by feed**\ Subscribe to Lotus releases and news over RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed, linked from the home and About footers. * **Pro on every domain**\ Your Lotus Pro subscription now stays active across both app URLs. ## Technical updates & fixes * Muted conversations are honored across chat, with a rewritten mute codec that still reads older encrypted mute lists. * Share preview images now serve correctly from both production hosts. * A new extensible Sky card system powers every share preview, and the discovery wizard moved from boxed layouts to focused glass controls. * The news feed is generated from the release notes at build time in three formats: RSS, Atom, and JSON Feed. * The JSON feed includes the raw Markdown so releases can be picked up by automation. * News and blog feeds are wired and ready for future content. * Release notes now have their own Sky header card for sharing as long-form articles. ## Contributors Thanks to everyone who shipped this release: * [@DoktorShift](https://github.com/DoktorShift) * [@Pratik227](https://github.com/Pratik227) ## Community * **Try Lotus:** [https://lotus.mybuho.de](https://lotus.mybuho.de/) * **About us:** <https://lotus.mybuho.de/about> * **Nostr:** [Join the Lotus Community Chat](https://lotus.mybuho.de/join/g/groups.0xchat.com/lotus?p=https%3A%2F%2Fblossom.einundzwanzig.space%2F6b5a22ebfd361b9ebec6f8daabc0b8f92847920249d335dea89af0df8648d530\&a=Lotus+is+your+space+to+plan%2C+create%2C+share+and+stay+close.%0A%0ABring+your+calendar%2C+files%2C+chats%2C+tasks+and+people+together+in+one+calm%2C+friend\&n=Lotus+Public+Community)

Lotus Release Notes v0.2.0

# Highlights ### Chat Payments Send sats privately inside a direct message, request a specific amount with a payment card, and watch requests settle or be declined in place. Every payment is transmitted through your encrypted chats. ### Group Polls and Message Zaps Create polls directly from the group composer, vote, follow the live results, and pin a poll above the feed for everyone. Zap any group message like a reaction and receive a verified sats indicator once the payment settles. ### Paper Receipts in the Wallet The payment success screen and full transaction details now resemble a printed receipt, giving every payment a clear and human-readable record. ### Date Navigation in Chat Jump directly to any day in a private or group conversation. Date dividers make long chat histories easier to scan and navigate. ### Presence-Based Member List Group members are now organized by: * Online * Away * Offline On mobile devices, the member list opens as a dedicated drawer. ### Encrypted Note Attachments Attach files to notes with full encryption. Copies retain their attachments, and images that could not be safely scrubbed are never displayed. ### Identity Map The account relationship map has been completely rebuilt with clearer relationship lanes, profile details, and a dedicated information panel. ## Technical Updates and Fixes * Fixed a forgeable payment verification badge. The badge is now bound to a settled invoice created by the payee's own payment service. * A member's own group zaps are now verified locally, preventing the interface from displaying an amount that was not witnessed by the relay. * Fixed group access toggles that could previously not be disabled again. * Verified role capabilities are now displayed in the member roles dialog. * Hardened group polls, message zaps, and chat history pagination. * Added 21Channels support, including tags and badge handling for both legacy and current event formats. * Thread and discussion replies are now counted only when their parent message renders as an openable row. * Removed a menu snapshot that was committed accidentally. ## Contributors Thanks to everyone who helped ship this release: * [@DoktorShift](https://github.com/DoktorShift) ## Community Join the [Lotus Public Community](https://lotus.mybuho.de/join/g/groups.0xchat.com/lotus?p=https%3A%2F%2Fblossom.einundzwanzig.space%2F6b5a22ebfd361b9ebec6f8daabc0b8f92847920249d335dea89af0df8648d530\&a=Lotus+is+your+space+to+plan%2C+create%2C+share+and+stay+close.%0A%0ABring+your+calendar%2C+files%2C+chats%2C+tasks+and+people+together+in+one+calm%2C+friend\&n=Lotus+Public+Community) on Nostr. ## Download Native desktop applications for major operating systems are coming soon.