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Proposal: New Nostr Kind-0 Metadata Fields

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I've drafted a proposal to add three new optional fields to kind-0 user metadata: status, partner, and kin.

— status (integer 0-7): relationship status, from single to married to open relationship. Integer-based for localization across all languages.
— partner (hex pubkey array): link your partner(s) to your profile. First entry is primary.
— kin (tuple array): family connections with optional relationship types — parent, sibling, child, cousin, in-law, and more.

All fields are optional, public, and use hex pubkeys natively. Clients that don't support them simply ignore them. The spec includes relay size analysis, a privacy section, and a comparison to NIP-81 (Contact Cards).

Full proposal: https://github.com/dankswoops/proposals/tree/main/nostr-kind0-metadata

GitHub Discussion: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/issues/2202

Feedback welcome. Looking for input from client devs and protocol contributors before drafting a formal NIP.