nick avlo

starting this item now & btw- do you have a [label](https://github.com/tcheeric/nostr-java/issues/labels)/equivalent to indicate an item/issue/etc is "in progress"? i don't see one/similar in the current set:  if not, i...

PR #195 submitted

gotcha & thx for pointing out that specification variant. to accommodate it, i've added a NostrUtil NIP04-specific (66-character, under the hood) method: `public static byte[] nip04PubKeyHexToBytes(String s)` and updated the...

perhaps worth noting, an obvious alternative to: `public static byte[] nip04PubKeyHexToBytes(String s)` could be a more generalized method requriing hex-string length as 2nd parameter: `public static byte[] hexToBytes(String s, int...

just noticed this [NIP-04 deprecation notification](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/04.md), if of any relevance to you:  wherein NIP-17 event spec appears to use 64-character pubkey hex strings (non-conclusive, brief examination) among additional encryption/security...

> You are definitely correct regarding key lengths. I had based my comment on cashu's implementation, and it seems there is a slight difference there... > Thanks. i wonder if...