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+name: Smoke test the binary
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  smoke-test-linux-amd64:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Download and smoke test latest binary
+        run: |
+          set -eo pipefail # Exit on error, and on pipe failures
+
+          echo "Downloading nak binary from releases"
+          RELEASE_URL="https://api.github.com/repos/fiatjaf/nak/releases/latest"
+          wget $(wget -q -O - ${RELEASE_URL} | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | contains("linux-amd64")) | .browser_download_url') -O nak -nv
+          chmod +x nak
+
+          echo "Running basic tests..."
+          ./nak --version
+
+          # Generate and manipulate keys
+          echo "Testing key operations..."
+          SECRET_KEY=$(./nak key generate)
+          PUBLIC_KEY=$(echo $SECRET_KEY | ./nak key public)
+          echo "Generated key pair: $PUBLIC_KEY"
+
+          # Create events
+          echo "Testing event creation..."
+          ./nak event -c "hello world"
+          ./nak event --ts "2 days ago" -c "event with timestamp"
+          ./nak event -k 1 -t "t=test" -c "event with tag"
+
+          # Test NIP-19 encoding/decoding
+          echo "Testing NIP-19 encoding/decoding..."
+          NSEC=$(echo $SECRET_KEY | ./nak encode nsec)
+          echo "Encoded nsec: $NSEC"
+          ./nak encode npub 79be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798
+          NOTE_ID="5ae731bbc7711f78513da14927c48cc7143a91e6cad0565fdc4d73b8967a7d59"
+          NOTE1=$(./nak encode note $NOTE_ID)
+          echo "Encoded note1: $NOTE1"
+          ./nak decode $NOTE1
+          ./nak decode npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6
+
+          # Test event verification
+          echo "Testing event verification..."
+          # Create an event and verify it
+          VERIFY_EVENT=$(./nak event -c "verify me")
+          echo $VERIFY_EVENT | ./nak verify
+
+          # Test PoW
+          echo "Testing PoW..."
+          ./nak event -c "testing pow" --pow 8
+
+          # Test NIP-49 key encryption/decryption
+          echo "Testing NIP-49 key encryption/decryption..."
+          ENCRYPTED_KEY=$(./nak key encrypt $SECRET_KEY "testpassword")
+          echo "Encrypted key: ${ENCRYPTED_KEY:0:20}..."
+          DECRYPTED_KEY=$(./nak key decrypt $ENCRYPTED_KEY "testpassword")
+          if [ "$DECRYPTED_KEY" != "$SECRET_KEY" ]; then
+            echo "NIP-49 encryption/decryption test failed!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Test multi-value tags
+          echo "Testing multi-value tags..."
+          ./nak event --ts "yesterday" -t "e=f59911b561c37c90b01e9e5c2557307380835c83399756f4d62d8167227e420a;wss://relay.example.com;root" -c "Testing multi-value tags"
+
+          # Test relay operations (with a public relay)
+          echo "Testing relay operations..."
+          # Publish a simple event to a public relay
+          EVENT_JSON=$(./nak event --sec $SECRET_KEY -c "Test from nak smoke test" nos.lol)
+          EVENT_ID=$(echo $EVENT_JSON | jq -r .id)
+          echo "Published event ID: $EVENT_ID"
+
+          # Wait a moment for propagation
+          sleep 2
+
+          # Fetch the event we just published
+          ./nak req -i $EVENT_ID nos.lol
+
+          # Test serving (just start and immediately kill)
+          echo "Testing serve command..."
+          timeout 2s ./nak serve || true
+
+          # Test filesystem mount (just start and immediately kill)
+          echo "Testing fs mount command..."
+          mkdir -p /tmp/nostr-mount
+          timeout 2s ./nak fs --sec $SECRET_KEY /tmp/nostr-mount || true
+
+          echo "All tests passed"