From 82fffa05807f75c49ce322170e73ec538b998959 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gleason <alex@alexgleason.me>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:58:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] NIP-72: use kind 1111 events for text notes (#1953)

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 72.md | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/72.md b/72.md
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--- a/72.md
+++ b/72.md
@@ -41,19 +41,55 @@ The goal of this NIP is to enable public communities. It defines the replaceable
 
 # Posting to a community
 
-Any Nostr event can be posted to a community. Clients MUST add one or more community `a` tags, each with a recommended relay.
+[NIP-22](NIP-22) kind 1111 events SHOULD be used for text notes posted to a community, with the `A` tag always scoped to the community definition.
+
+## Top-level posts
+
+For top-level posts, the uppercase and lowercase NIP-22 tags should both refer to the community definition itself.
 
 ```jsonc
 {
-  "kind": 1,
+  "kind": 1111,
   "tags": [
-    ["a", "34550:<community event author pubkey>:<community-d-identifier>", "<optional-relay-url>"],
+    ["A", "34550:<community-author-pubkey>:<community-d-identifier>", "<optional-relay-url>"],
+    ["a", "34550:<community-author-pubkey>:<community-d-identifier>", "<optional-relay-url>"],
+    ["P", "<community-author-pubkey>", "<optional-relay-url>"],
+    ["p", "<community-author-pubkey>", "<optional-relay-url>"],
+    ["K", "34550"],
+    ["k", "34550"],
   ],
-  "content": "hello world",
+  "content": "Hi everyone. It's great to be here!",
   // other fields...
 }
 ```
 
+## Nested replies
+
+For nested replies, the uppercase tags should still refer to the community definition, while the lowercase tags should refer to the parent post or reply.
+
+```jsonc
+{
+  "kind": 1111,
+  "tags": [
+    // community definition itself
+    ["A", "34550:<community-author-pubkey>:<community-d-identifier>", "<optional-relay-url>"],
+    ["P", "<community-author-pubkey>", "<optional-relay-url>"],
+    ["K", "34550"],
+
+    // parent post or reply
+    ["e", "<parent-event-id>", "<optional-relay-url>"],
+    ["p", "<parent-event-author-pubkey>", "<optional-relay-url>"],
+    ["k", "<parent-event-kind>"] // most likely "1111"
+  ],
+  "content": "Agreed! Welcome everyone!",
+  // other fields...
+}
+```
+
+## Backwards compatibility note
+
+Previously kind 1 events were used for posts in communities, with an "a" tag pointing to the community. For backwards compatibility, clients MAY still query for kind 1 events, but SHOULD NOT use them for new posts. Instead, clients SHOULD use kind 1111 events with the `A` and `a` tags as described above.
+
 # Moderation
 
 Anyone may issue an approval event to express their opinion that a post is appropriate for a community. Clients MAY choose which approval events to honor, but SHOULD at least use ones published by the group's defined moderators.