diff --git a/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx b/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx
index c4d73f9..61f856c 100644
--- a/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/NDKContext.tsx
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@ export const NDKContextProvider = ({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) => {
     let ndkRelaySet: NDKRelaySet | undefined
 
     if (explicitRelayUrls && explicitRelayUrls.length > 0) {
+      if (!explicitRelayUrls.includes(SIGIT_RELAY)) {
+        explicitRelayUrls = [...explicitRelayUrls, SIGIT_RELAY]
+      }
       ndkRelaySet = NDKRelaySet.fromRelayUrls(explicitRelayUrls, ndk)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/RelayController.ts b/src/controllers/RelayController.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ee66472..0000000
--- a/src/controllers/RelayController.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,242 +0,0 @@
-import { Event, Filter, Relay } from 'nostr-tools'
-import {
-  settleAllFullfilfedPromises,
-  normalizeWebSocketURL,
-  timeout
-} from '../utils'
-import { SIGIT_RELAY } from '../utils/const'
-
-/**
- * Singleton class to manage relay operations.
- */
-export class RelayController {
-  private static instance: RelayController
-  private pendingConnections = new Map<string, Promise<Relay | null>>() // Track pending connections
-  public connectedRelays = new Map<string, Relay>()
-
-  private constructor() {}
-
-  /**
-   * Provides the singleton instance of RelayController.
-   *
-   * @returns The singleton instance of RelayController.
-   */
-  public static getInstance(): RelayController {
-    if (!RelayController.instance) {
-      RelayController.instance = new RelayController()
-    }
-    return RelayController.instance
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Connects to a relay server if not already connected.
-   *
-   * This method checks if a relay with the given URL is already in the list of connected relays.
-   * If it is not connected, it attempts to establish a new connection.
-   * On successful connection, the relay is added to the list of connected relays and returned.
-   * If the connection fails, an error is logged and `null` is returned.
-   *
-   * @param  relayUrl - The URL of the relay server to connect to.
-   * @returns  A promise that resolves to the connected relay object if successful, or `null` if the connection fails.
-   */
-  public connectRelay = async (relayUrl: string): Promise<Relay | null> => {
-    const normalizedWebSocketURL = normalizeWebSocketURL(relayUrl)
-    const relay = this.connectedRelays.get(normalizedWebSocketURL)
-
-    if (relay) {
-      if (relay.connected) return relay
-
-      // If relay is found in connectedRelay map but not connected,
-      // remove it from map and call connectRelay method again
-      this.connectedRelays.delete(relayUrl)
-      return this.connectRelay(relayUrl)
-    }
-
-    // Check if there's already a pending connection for this relay URL
-    if (this.pendingConnections.has(relayUrl)) {
-      // Return the existing promise to avoid making another connection
-      return this.pendingConnections.get(relayUrl)!
-    }
-
-    // Create a new connection promise and store it in pendingConnections
-    const connectionPromise = Relay.connect(relayUrl)
-      .then((relay) => {
-        if (relay.connected) {
-          // Add the newly connected relay to the connected relays map
-          this.connectedRelays.set(relayUrl, relay)
-
-          // Return the newly connected relay
-          return relay
-        }
-
-        return null
-      })
-      .catch((err) => {
-        // Log an error message if the connection fails
-        console.error(`Relay connection failed: ${relayUrl}`, err)
-
-        // Return null to indicate connection failure
-        return null
-      })
-      .finally(() => {
-        // Remove the connection from pendingConnections once it settles
-        this.pendingConnections.delete(relayUrl)
-      })
-
-    this.pendingConnections.set(relayUrl, connectionPromise)
-    return connectionPromise
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Asynchronously retrieves multiple event from a set of relays based on a provided filter.
-   * If no relays are specified, it defaults to using connected relays.
-   *
-   * @param filter - The filter criteria to find the event.
-   * @param relays - An optional array of relay URLs to search for the event.
-   * @returns  Returns a promise that resolves with an array of events.
-   */
-  fetchEvents = async (
-    filter: Filter,
-    relayUrls: string[] = []
-  ): Promise<Event[]> => {
-    if (!relayUrls.includes(SIGIT_RELAY)) {
-      /**
-       * NOTE: To avoid side-effects on external relayUrls array passed as argument
-       * re-assigned relayUrls with added sigit relay instead of just appending to same array
-       */
-
-      relayUrls = [...relayUrls, SIGIT_RELAY] // Add app relay to relays array if not exists already
-    }
-
-    // connect to all specified relays
-    const relays = await settleAllFullfilfedPromises(
-      relayUrls,
-      this.connectRelay
-    )
-
-    // Check if any relays are connected
-    if (relays.length === 0) {
-      throw new Error('No relay is connected to fetch events!')
-    }
-
-    const events: Event[] = []
-    const eventIds = new Set<string>() // To keep track of event IDs and avoid duplicates
-
-    // Create a promise for each relay subscription
-    const subPromises = relays.map((relay) => {
-      return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
-        if (!relay.connected) {
-          console.log(`${relay.url} : Not connected!`, 'Skipping subscription')
-          return resolve()
-        }
-
-        // Subscribe to the relay with the specified filter
-        const sub = relay.subscribe([filter], {
-          // Handle incoming events
-          onevent: (e) => {
-            // Add the event to the array if it's not a duplicate
-            if (!eventIds.has(e.id)) {
-              eventIds.add(e.id) // Record the event ID
-              events.push(e) // Add the event to the array
-            }
-          },
-          // Handle the End-Of-Stream (EOSE) message
-          oneose: () => {
-            sub.close() // Close the subscription
-            resolve() // Resolve the promise when EOSE is received
-          }
-        })
-
-        // add a 30 sec of timeout to subscription
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          if (!sub.closed) {
-            sub.close()
-            resolve()
-          }
-        }, 30 * 1000)
-      })
-    })
-
-    // Wait for all subscriptions to complete
-    await Promise.allSettled(subPromises)
-
-    // It is possible that different relays will send different events and events array may contain more events then specified limit in filter
-    // To fix this issue we'll first sort these events and then return only limited events
-    if (filter.limit) {
-      // Sort events by creation date in descending order
-      events.sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at)
-
-      return events.slice(0, filter.limit)
-    }
-
-    return events
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Asynchronously retrieves an event from a set of relays based on a provided filter.
-   * If no relays are specified, it defaults to using connected relays.
-   *
-   * @param filter - The filter criteria to find the event.
-   * @param relays - An optional array of relay URLs to search for the event.
-   * @returns Returns a promise that resolves to the found event or null if not found.
-   */
-  fetchEvent = async (
-    filter: Filter,
-    relays: string[] = []
-  ): Promise<Event | null> => {
-    const events = await this.fetchEvents(filter, relays)
-
-    // Sort events by creation date in descending order
-    events.sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at)
-
-    // Return the most recent event, or null if no events were received
-    return events[0] || null
-  }
-
-  publish = async (
-    event: Event,
-    relayUrls: string[] = []
-  ): Promise<string[]> => {
-    if (!relayUrls.includes(SIGIT_RELAY)) {
-      /**
-       * NOTE: To avoid side-effects on external relayUrls array passed as argument
-       * re-assigned relayUrls with added sigit relay instead of just appending to same array
-       */
-      relayUrls = [...relayUrls, SIGIT_RELAY] // Add app relay to relays array if not exists already
-    }
-
-    // connect to all specified relays
-    const relays = await settleAllFullfilfedPromises(
-      relayUrls,
-      this.connectRelay
-    )
-
-    // Check if any relays are connected
-    if (relays.length === 0) {
-      throw new Error('No relay is connected to publish event!')
-    }
-
-    const publishedOnRelays: string[] = [] // List to track which relays successfully published the event
-
-    // Create a promise for publishing the event to each connected relay
-    const publishPromises = relays.map(async (relay) => {
-      try {
-        await Promise.race([
-          relay.publish(event), // Publish the event to the relay
-          timeout(20 * 1000) // Set a timeout to handle cases where publishing takes too long
-        ])
-        publishedOnRelays.push(relay.url) // Add the relay URL to the list of successfully published relays
-      } catch (err) {
-        console.error(`Failed to publish event on relay: ${relay.url}`, err)
-      }
-    })
-
-    // Wait for all publish operations to complete (either fulfilled or rejected)
-    await Promise.allSettled(publishPromises)
-
-    // Return the list of relay URLs where the event was published
-    return publishedOnRelays
-  }
-}
-
-export const relayController = RelayController.getInstance()
diff --git a/src/controllers/index.ts b/src/controllers/index.ts
index 63c9671..e7302ce 100644
--- a/src/controllers/index.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 export * from './NostrController'
-export * from './RelayController'
diff --git a/src/hooks/index.ts b/src/hooks/index.ts
index e0c77b0..cbadfee 100644
--- a/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ export * from './useAuth'
 export * from './useDidMount'
 export * from './useDvm'
 export * from './useLogout'
+export * from './useNDK'
 export * from './useNDKContext'
diff --git a/src/hooks/useNDK.ts b/src/hooks/useNDK.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e24352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useNDK.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,415 @@
+import { useCallback } from 'react'
+import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
+
+import { bytesToHex } from '@noble/hashes/utils'
+import { NDKEvent, NDKFilter, NDKKind } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
+import _ from 'lodash'
+import {
+  Event,
+  generateSecretKey,
+  getPublicKey,
+  kinds,
+  UnsignedEvent
+} from 'nostr-tools'
+
+import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector, useNDKContext } from '.'
+import { NostrController } from '../controllers'
+import {
+  updateProcessedGiftWraps,
+  updateUserAppData as updateUserAppDataAction
+} from '../store/actions'
+import { Keys } from '../store/auth/types'
+import { Meta, UserAppData, UserRelaysType } from '../types'
+import {
+  countLeadingZeroes,
+  createWrap,
+  deleteBlossomFile,
+  getDTagForUserAppData,
+  getUserAppDataFromBlossom,
+  hexToNpub,
+  parseJson,
+  unixNow,
+  uploadUserAppDataToBlossom
+} from '../utils'
+
+export const useNDK = () => {
+  const dispatch = useAppDispatch()
+  const { ndk, fetchEvent, fetchEventsFromUserRelays, publish } =
+    useNDKContext()
+  const usersPubkey = useAppSelector((state) => state.auth.usersPubkey)
+  const appData = useAppSelector((state) => state.userAppData)
+  const processedEvents = useAppSelector(
+    (state) => state.userAppData?.processedGiftWraps
+  )
+
+  /**
+   * Fetches user application data based on user's public key.
+   *
+   * @returns The user application data or null if an error occurs or no data is found.
+   */
+  const getUsersAppData = useCallback(async (): Promise<UserAppData | null> => {
+    if (!usersPubkey) return null
+
+    // Generate an identifier for the user's nip78
+    const dTag = await getDTagForUserAppData()
+    if (!dTag) return null
+
+    // Define a filter for fetching events
+    const filter: NDKFilter = {
+      kinds: [NDKKind.AppSpecificData],
+      authors: [usersPubkey],
+      '#d': [dTag]
+    }
+
+    const encryptedContent = await fetchEvent(filter)
+      .then((event) => {
+        if (event) return event.content
+
+        // If no event is found, return an empty stringified object
+        return '{}'
+      })
+      .catch((err) => {
+        // Log error and show a toast notification if fetching event fails
+        console.log(`An error occurred in finding kind 30078 event`, err)
+        toast.error(
+          'An error occurred in finding kind 30078 event for data storage'
+        )
+        return null
+      })
+
+    // Return null if encrypted content retrieval fails
+    if (!encryptedContent) return null
+
+    // Handle case where the encrypted content is an empty object
+    if (encryptedContent === '{}') {
+      // Generate ephemeral key pair
+      const secret = generateSecretKey()
+      const pubKey = getPublicKey(secret)
+
+      return {
+        sigits: {},
+        processedGiftWraps: [],
+        blossomUrls: [],
+        keyPair: {
+          private: bytesToHex(secret),
+          public: pubKey
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Get an instance of the NostrController
+    const nostrController = NostrController.getInstance()
+
+    // Decrypt the encrypted content
+    const decrypted = await nostrController
+      .nip04Decrypt(usersPubkey, encryptedContent)
+      .catch((err) => {
+        // Log error and show a toast notification if decryption fails
+        console.log('An error occurred while decrypting app data', err)
+        toast.error('An error occurred while decrypting app data')
+        return null
+      })
+
+    // Return null if decryption fails
+    if (!decrypted) return null
+
+    // Parse the decrypted content
+    const parsedContent = await parseJson<{
+      blossomUrls: string[]
+      keyPair: Keys
+    }>(decrypted).catch((err) => {
+      // Log error and show a toast notification if parsing fails
+      console.log(
+        'An error occurred in parsing the content of kind 30078 event',
+        err
+      )
+      toast.error(
+        'An error occurred in parsing the content of kind 30078 event'
+      )
+      return null
+    })
+
+    // Return null if parsing fails
+    if (!parsedContent) return null
+
+    const { blossomUrls, keyPair } = parsedContent
+
+    // Return null if no blossom URLs are found
+    if (blossomUrls.length === 0) return null
+
+    // Fetch additional user app data from the first blossom URL
+    const dataFromBlossom = await getUserAppDataFromBlossom(
+      blossomUrls[0],
+      keyPair.private
+    )
+
+    // Return null if fetching data from blossom fails
+    if (!dataFromBlossom) return null
+
+    const { sigits, processedGiftWraps } = dataFromBlossom
+
+    // Return the final user application data
+    return {
+      blossomUrls,
+      keyPair,
+      sigits,
+      processedGiftWraps
+    }
+  }, [usersPubkey, fetchEvent])
+
+  const updateUsersAppData = useCallback(
+    async (meta: Meta) => {
+      if (!appData || !appData.keyPair || !usersPubkey) return null
+
+      const sigits = _.cloneDeep(appData.sigits)
+
+      const createSignatureEvent = await parseJson<Event>(
+        meta.createSignature
+      ).catch((err) => {
+        console.log('err in parsing the createSignature event:>> ', err)
+        toast.error(
+          err.message || 'error occurred in parsing the create signature event'
+        )
+        return null
+      })
+
+      if (!createSignatureEvent) return null
+
+      const id = createSignatureEvent.id
+      let isUpdated = false
+
+      // check if sigit already exists
+      if (id in sigits) {
+        // update meta only if incoming meta is more recent
+        // than already existing one
+        const existingMeta = sigits[id]
+        if (existingMeta.modifiedAt < meta.modifiedAt) {
+          sigits[id] = meta
+          isUpdated = true
+        }
+      } else {
+        sigits[id] = meta
+        isUpdated = true
+      }
+
+      if (!isUpdated) return null
+
+      const blossomUrls = [...appData.blossomUrls]
+
+      const newBlossomUrl = await uploadUserAppDataToBlossom(
+        sigits,
+        appData.processedGiftWraps,
+        appData.keyPair.private
+      ).catch((err) => {
+        console.log(
+          'An error occurred in uploading user app data file to blossom server',
+          err
+        )
+        toast.error(
+          'An error occurred in uploading user app data file to blossom server'
+        )
+        return null
+      })
+
+      if (!newBlossomUrl) return null
+
+      // insert new blossom url at the start of the array
+      blossomUrls.unshift(newBlossomUrl)
+
+      // only keep last 10 blossom urls, delete older ones
+      if (blossomUrls.length > 10) {
+        const filesToDelete = blossomUrls.splice(10)
+        filesToDelete.forEach((url) => {
+          deleteBlossomFile(url, appData.keyPair!.private).catch((err) => {
+            console.log(
+              'An error occurred in removing old file of user app data from blossom server',
+              err
+            )
+          })
+        })
+      }
+
+      // encrypt content for storing in kind 30078 event
+      const nostrController = NostrController.getInstance()
+      const encryptedContent = await nostrController
+        .nip04Encrypt(
+          usersPubkey,
+          JSON.stringify({
+            blossomUrls,
+            keyPair: appData.keyPair
+          })
+        )
+        .catch((err) => {
+          console.log(
+            'An error occurred in encryption of content for app data',
+            err
+          )
+          toast.error(
+            err.message ||
+              'An error occurred in encryption of content for app data'
+          )
+          return null
+        })
+
+      if (!encryptedContent) return null
+
+      // generate the identifier for user's appData event
+      const dTag = await getDTagForUserAppData()
+      if (!dTag) return null
+
+      const updatedEvent: UnsignedEvent = {
+        kind: kinds.Application,
+        pubkey: usersPubkey,
+        created_at: unixNow(),
+        tags: [['d', dTag]],
+        content: encryptedContent
+      }
+
+      const signedEvent = await nostrController
+        .signEvent(updatedEvent)
+        .catch((err) => {
+          console.log('An error occurred in signing event', err)
+          toast.error(err.message || 'An error occurred in signing event')
+          return null
+        })
+
+      if (!signedEvent) return null
+
+      const ndkEvent = new NDKEvent(ndk, signedEvent)
+      const publishResult = await publish(ndkEvent)
+
+      if (publishResult.length === 0) {
+        toast.error(
+          'An unexpected error occurred in publishing updated app data '
+        )
+        return null
+      }
+
+      if (!publishResult) return null
+
+      // update redux store
+      dispatch(
+        updateUserAppDataAction({
+          sigits,
+          blossomUrls,
+          processedGiftWraps: [...appData.processedGiftWraps],
+          keyPair: {
+            ...appData.keyPair
+          }
+        })
+      )
+
+      return signedEvent
+    },
+    [appData, dispatch, ndk, publish, usersPubkey]
+  )
+
+  const processReceivedEvent = useCallback(
+    async (event: NDKEvent, difficulty: number = 5) => {
+      // Abort processing if userAppData is undefined
+      if (!processedEvents) return
+
+      if (processedEvents.includes(event.id)) return
+
+      dispatch(updateProcessedGiftWraps([...processedEvents, event.id]))
+
+      // validate PoW
+      // Count the number of leading zero bits in the hash
+      const leadingZeroes = countLeadingZeroes(event.id)
+      if (leadingZeroes < difficulty) return
+
+      // decrypt the content of gift wrap event
+      const nostrController = NostrController.getInstance()
+      const decrypted = await nostrController.nip44Decrypt(
+        event.pubkey,
+        event.content
+      )
+
+      const internalUnsignedEvent = await parseJson<UnsignedEvent>(
+        decrypted
+      ).catch((err) => {
+        console.log(
+          'An error occurred in parsing the internal unsigned event',
+          err
+        )
+        return null
+      })
+
+      if (!internalUnsignedEvent || internalUnsignedEvent.kind !== 938) return
+
+      const meta = await parseJson<Meta>(internalUnsignedEvent.content).catch(
+        (err) => {
+          console.log(
+            'An error occurred in parsing the internal unsigned event',
+            err
+          )
+          return null
+        }
+      )
+
+      if (!meta) return
+
+      await updateUsersAppData(meta)
+    },
+    [dispatch, processedEvents, updateUsersAppData]
+  )
+
+  const subscribeForSigits = useCallback(
+    async (pubkey: string) => {
+      // Define the filter for the subscription
+      const filter: NDKFilter = {
+        kinds: [1059 as NDKKind],
+        '#p': [pubkey]
+      }
+
+      // Process the received event synchronously
+      const events = await fetchEventsFromUserRelays(
+        filter,
+        pubkey,
+        UserRelaysType.Read
+      )
+
+      for (const e of events) {
+        await processReceivedEvent(e)
+      }
+    },
+    [fetchEventsFromUserRelays, processReceivedEvent]
+  )
+
+  const sendNotification = useCallback(
+    async (receiver: string, meta: Meta) => {
+      if (!usersPubkey) return
+
+      // Create an unsigned event object with the provided metadata
+      const unsignedEvent: UnsignedEvent = {
+        kind: 938,
+        pubkey: usersPubkey,
+        content: JSON.stringify(meta),
+        tags: [],
+        created_at: unixNow()
+      }
+
+      // Wrap the unsigned event with the receiver's information
+      const wrappedEvent = createWrap(unsignedEvent, receiver)
+
+      // Publish the notification event to the recipient's read relays
+      const ndkEvent = new NDKEvent(ndk, wrappedEvent)
+      await publish(ndkEvent).catch((err) => {
+        // Log an error if publishing the notification event fails
+        console.log(
+          `An error occurred while publishing notification event for ${hexToNpub(receiver)}`,
+          err
+        )
+        throw err
+      })
+    },
+    [ndk, publish, usersPubkey]
+  )
+
+  return {
+    getUsersAppData,
+    subscribeForSigits,
+    updateUsersAppData,
+    sendNotification
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/layouts/Main.tsx b/src/layouts/Main.tsx
index 4409224..6d27ae8 100644
--- a/src/layouts/Main.tsx
+++ b/src/layouts/Main.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   useAppSelector,
   useAuth,
   useLogout,
+  useNDK,
   useNDKContext
 } from '../hooks'
 
@@ -30,12 +31,7 @@ import {
 import { LoginMethod } from '../store/auth/types'
 import { setUserRobotImage } from '../store/userRobotImage/action'
 
-import {
-  getRoboHashPicture,
-  getUsersAppData,
-  loadState,
-  subscribeForSigits
-} from '../utils'
+import { getRoboHashPicture, loadState } from '../utils'
 
 import styles from './style.module.scss'
 
@@ -44,8 +40,9 @@ export const MainLayout = () => {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch()
   const logout = useLogout()
-  const { findMetadata, getNDKRelayList } = useNDKContext()
+  const { findMetadata } = useNDKContext()
   const { authAndGetMetadataAndRelaysMap } = useAuth()
+  const { getUsersAppData, subscribeForSigits } = useNDK()
 
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true)
   const [loadingSpinnerDesc, setLoadingSpinnerDesc] = useState(`Loading App`)
@@ -191,13 +188,13 @@ export const MainLayout = () => {
       if (pubkey && !hasSubscribed.current) {
         // Call `subscribeForSigits` only if it hasn't been called before
         // #193 disabled websocket subscribtion, until #194 is done
-        subscribeForSigits(pubkey, getNDKRelayList)
+        subscribeForSigits(pubkey)
 
         // Mark `subscribeForSigits` as called
         hasSubscribed.current = true
       }
     }
-  }, [authState, isLoggedIn, usersAppData, getNDKRelayList])
+  }, [authState, isLoggedIn, usersAppData, subscribeForSigits])
 
   /**
    * When authState change user logged in / or app reloaded
@@ -214,7 +211,7 @@ export const MainLayout = () => {
 
       setIsLoading(true)
       setLoadingSpinnerDesc(`Loading SIGit history...`)
-      getUsersAppData(getNDKRelayList)
+      getUsersAppData()
         .then((appData) => {
           if (appData) {
             dispatch(updateUserAppData(appData))
diff --git a/src/pages/create/index.tsx b/src/pages/create/index.tsx
index b2d6f5d..f593cbd 100644
--- a/src/pages/create/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/create/index.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
 import type { Identifier, XYCoord } from 'dnd-core'
 import saveAs from 'file-saver'
 import JSZip from 'jszip'
-import { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { DndProvider, useDrag, useDrop } from 'react-dnd'
 import { MultiBackend } from 'react-dnd-multi-backend'
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ import { useLocation, useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { LoadingSpinner } from '../../components/LoadingSpinner'
 import { UserAvatar } from '../../components/UserAvatar'
-import { NostrController, RelayController } from '../../controllers'
+import { NostrController } from '../../controllers'
 import { appPrivateRoutes } from '../../routes'
 import {
   CreateSignatureEventContent,
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   Meta,
   SignedEvent,
   User,
+  UserRelaysType,
   UserRole
 } from '../../types'
 import {
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ import {
   unixNow,
   npubToHex,
   queryNip05,
-  sendNotification,
   signEventForMetaFile,
-  updateUsersAppData,
   uploadToFileStorage,
   DEFAULT_TOOLBOX,
   settleAllFullfilfedPromises
@@ -75,15 +73,17 @@ import { Autocomplete } from '@mui/lab'
 import _, { truncate } from 'lodash'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { AvatarIconButton } from '../../components/UserAvatarIconButton'
-import { NDKUserProfile } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
+import { NDKUserProfile, NostrEvent } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import { useNDKContext } from '../../hooks/useNDKContext.ts'
+import { useNDK } from '../../hooks/useNDK.ts'
 
-type FoundUser = Event & { npub: string }
+type FoundUser = NostrEvent & { npub: string }
 
 export const CreatePage = () => {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const location = useLocation()
-  const { findMetadata, getNDKRelayList } = useNDKContext()
+  const { findMetadata, fetchEventsFromUserRelays } = useNDKContext()
+  const { updateUsersAppData, sendNotification } = useNDK()
 
   const { uploadedFiles } = location.state || {}
   const [currentFile, setCurrentFile] = useState<File>()
@@ -155,24 +155,20 @@ export const CreatePage = () => {
 
     setSearchUsersLoading(true)
 
-    const relayController = RelayController.getInstance()
-
     const searchTerm = searchString.trim()
 
-    const ndkRelayList = await getNDKRelayList(usersPubkey)
-
-    relayController
-      .fetchEvents(
-        {
-          kinds: [0],
-          search: searchTerm
-        },
-        [...ndkRelayList.writeRelayUrls]
-      )
+    fetchEventsFromUserRelays(
+      {
+        kinds: [0],
+        search: searchTerm
+      },
+      usersPubkey,
+      UserRelaysType.Write
+    )
       .then((events) => {
-        console.log('events', events)
+        const nostrEvents = events.map((event) => event.rawEvent())
 
-        const fineFilteredEvents: FoundUser[] = events
+        const fineFilteredEvents = nostrEvents
           .filter((event) => {
             const lowercaseContent = event.content.toLowerCase()
 
@@ -189,15 +185,15 @@ export const CreatePage = () => {
               lowercaseContent.includes(`"nip05":"${searchTerm.toLowerCase()}"`)
             )
           })
-          .reduce((uniqueEvents: FoundUser[], event: Event) => {
-            if (!uniqueEvents.some((e: Event) => e.pubkey === event.pubkey)) {
+          .reduce((uniqueEvents, event) => {
+            if (!uniqueEvents.some((e) => e.pubkey === event.pubkey)) {
               uniqueEvents.push({
                 ...event,
                 npub: hexToNpub(event.pubkey)
               })
             }
             return uniqueEvents
-          }, [])
+          }, [] as FoundUser[])
 
         console.log('fineFilteredEvents', fineFilteredEvents)
         setFoundUsers(fineFilteredEvents)
@@ -773,9 +769,7 @@ export const CreatePage = () => {
         : viewers.map((viewer) => viewer.pubkey)
     ).filter((receiver) => receiver !== usersPubkey)
 
-    return receivers.map((receiver) =>
-      sendNotification(receiver, meta, getNDKRelayList)
-    )
+    return receivers.map((receiver) => sendNotification(receiver, meta))
   }
 
   const extractNostrId = (stringifiedEvent: string): string => {
@@ -965,12 +959,11 @@ export const CreatePage = () => {
     setUserSearchInput(value)
   }
 
-  const parseContent = (event: Event) => {
+  const parseContent = (event: NostrEvent) => {
     try {
       return JSON.parse(event.content)
     } catch (e) {
       return undefined
-      console.error(e)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/pages/settings/relays/index.tsx b/src/pages/settings/relays/index.tsx
index ba776fb..b2c102e 100644
--- a/src/pages/settings/relays/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/settings/relays/index.tsx
@@ -21,17 +21,12 @@ import {
   useNDKContext
 } from '../../../hooks'
 import { setRelayMapAction } from '../../../store/actions'
-import {
-  RelayConnectionState,
-  RelayFee,
-  RelayInfo,
-  RelayMap
-} from '../../../types'
+import { RelayConnectionState, RelayFee, RelayInfo } from '../../../types'
 import {
   capitalizeFirstLetter,
   compareObjects,
+  getRelayMapFromNDKRelayList,
   hexToNpub,
-  normalizeWebSocketURL,
   publishRelayMap,
   shorten,
   timeout
@@ -85,30 +80,7 @@ export const RelaysPage = () => {
   // new relay map
   useEffect(() => {
     if (ndkRelayList) {
-      const newRelayMap: RelayMap = {}
-
-      ndkRelayList.readRelayUrls.forEach((relayUrl) => {
-        const normalizedUrl = normalizeWebSocketURL(relayUrl)
-
-        newRelayMap[normalizedUrl] = {
-          read: true,
-          write: false
-        }
-      })
-
-      ndkRelayList.writeRelayUrls.forEach((relayUrl) => {
-        const normalizedUrl = normalizeWebSocketURL(relayUrl)
-
-        const existing = newRelayMap[normalizedUrl]
-        if (existing) {
-          existing.write = true
-        } else {
-          newRelayMap[normalizedUrl] = {
-            read: false,
-            write: true
-          }
-        }
-      })
+      const newRelayMap = getRelayMapFromNDKRelayList(ndkRelayList)
 
       if (!compareObjects(relayMap, newRelayMap)) {
         dispatch(setRelayMapAction(newRelayMap))
diff --git a/src/pages/sign/index.tsx b/src/pages/sign/index.tsx
index f874122..3adea40 100644
--- a/src/pages/sign/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/sign/index.tsx
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ import {
   npubToHex,
   parseJson,
   readContentOfZipEntry,
-  sendNotification,
   signEventForMetaFile,
-  updateUsersAppData,
   findOtherUserMarks,
   timeout,
   processMarks
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ import {
 import { ARRAY_BUFFER, DEFLATE } from '../../utils/const.ts'
 import { generateTimestamp } from '../../utils/opentimestamps.ts'
 import { MARK_TYPE_CONFIG } from '../../components/MarkTypeStrategy/MarkStrategy.tsx'
-import { useNDKContext } from '../../hooks/useNDKContext.ts'
+import { useNDK } from '../../hooks/useNDK.ts'
 
 enum SignedStatus {
   Fully_Signed,
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ export const SignPage = () => {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const location = useLocation()
   const params = useParams()
-  const { getNDKRelayList } = useNDKContext()
+  const { updateUsersAppData, sendNotification } = useNDK()
 
   const usersAppData = useAppSelector((state) => state.userAppData)
 
@@ -783,7 +781,7 @@ export const SignPage = () => {
     setLoadingSpinnerDesc('Sending notifications')
     const users = Array.from(userSet)
     const promises = users.map((user) =>
-      sendNotification(npubToHex(user)!, meta, getNDKRelayList)
+      sendNotification(npubToHex(user)!, meta)
     )
     await Promise.all(promises)
       .then(() => {
diff --git a/src/pages/verify/index.tsx b/src/pages/verify/index.tsx
index 282390e..6dc5180 100644
--- a/src/pages/verify/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/verify/index.tsx
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@ import {
   readContentOfZipEntry,
   signEventForMetaFile,
   getCurrentUserFiles,
-  updateUsersAppData,
-  npubToHex,
-  sendNotification
+  npubToHex
 } from '../../utils'
 import styles from './style.module.scss'
 import { useLocation, useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
 import axios from 'axios'
 import { FONT_SIZE, FONT_TYPE, inPx } from '../../utils/pdf.ts'
-import { useAppSelector, useNDKContext } from '../../hooks'
+import { useAppSelector, useNDK } from '../../hooks'
 import { getLastSignersSig } from '../../utils/sign.ts'
 import { saveAs } from 'file-saver'
 import { Container } from '../../components/Container'
@@ -166,7 +164,7 @@ const SlimPdfView = ({
 export const VerifyPage = () => {
   const location = useLocation()
   const params = useParams()
-  const { getNDKRelayList } = useNDKContext()
+  const { updateUsersAppData, sendNotification } = useNDK()
 
   const usersAppData = useAppSelector((state) => state.userAppData)
   const usersPubkey = useAppSelector((state) => state.auth.usersPubkey)
@@ -365,7 +363,7 @@ export const VerifyPage = () => {
 
           const users = Array.from(userSet)
           const promises = users.map((user) =>
-            sendNotification(npubToHex(user)!, updatedMeta, getNDKRelayList)
+            sendNotification(npubToHex(user)!, updatedMeta)
           )
 
           await Promise.all(promises)
diff --git a/src/utils/nostr.ts b/src/utils/nostr.ts
index ed82513..ad33ab8 100644
--- a/src/utils/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/utils/nostr.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-import { bytesToHex, hexToBytes } from '@noble/hashes/utils'
+import { hexToBytes } from '@noble/hashes/utils'
+import { NDKEvent } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import axios from 'axios'
-import _, { truncate } from 'lodash'
+import { truncate } from 'lodash'
 import {
   Event,
   EventTemplate,
-  Filter,
   UnsignedEvent,
   finalizeEvent,
   generateSecretKey,
   getEventHash,
   getPublicKey,
-  kinds,
   nip04,
   nip19,
   nip44,
@@ -18,25 +17,16 @@ import {
 } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { toast } from 'react-toastify'
 import { NIP05_REGEX } from '../constants'
-import { NostrController, relayController } from '../controllers'
-import {
-  updateProcessedGiftWraps,
-  updateUserAppData as updateUserAppDataAction
-} from '../store/actions'
-import { Keys } from '../store/auth/types'
 import store from '../store/store'
-import { Meta, ProfileMetadata, SignedEvent, UserAppData } from '../types'
-import { getDefaultRelayMap } from './relays'
-import { parseJson, removeLeadingSlash } from './string'
-import { timeout } from './utils'
-import { getHash } from './hash'
+import { Meta, ProfileMetadata, SignedEvent } from '../types'
 import { SIGIT_BLOSSOM } from './const.ts'
-import { Hexpubkey, NDKEvent, NDKRelayList } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
+import { getHash } from './hash'
+import { parseJson, removeLeadingSlash } from './string'
 
 /**
  * Generates a `d` tag for userAppData
  */
-const getDTagForUserAppData = async (): Promise<string | null> => {
+export const getDTagForUserAppData = async (): Promise<string | null> => {
   const isLoggedIn = store.getState().auth.loggedIn
   const pubkey = store.getState().auth?.usersPubkey
 
@@ -325,309 +315,7 @@ export const createWrap = (unsignedEvent: UnsignedEvent, receiver: string) => {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Fetches user application data based on user's public key and stored metadata.
- *
- * @returns The user application data or null if an error occurs or no data is found.
- */
-export const getUsersAppData = async (
-  getNDKRelayList: (pubkey: Hexpubkey) => Promise<NDKRelayList>
-): Promise<UserAppData | null> => {
-  // Initialize an array to hold relay URLs
-  const relays: string[] = []
-
-  // Retrieve the user's public key and relay map from the Redux store
-  const usersPubkey = store.getState().auth.usersPubkey!
-  const relayMap = store.getState().relays?.map
-
-  // Check if relayMap is undefined in the Redux store
-  if (!relayMap) {
-    // If relayMap is not present, get relay list using NDKContext
-
-    const ndkRelayList = await getNDKRelayList(usersPubkey)
-
-    // Ensure that the relay list is not empty
-    if (ndkRelayList.writeRelayUrls.length === 0) return null
-
-    // Add write relays to the relays array
-    relays.push(...ndkRelayList.writeRelayUrls)
-
-    // // Ensure that the relay list is not empty
-  } else {
-    // If relayMap exists, filter and add write relays from the stored map
-    const writeRelays = Object.keys(relayMap).filter(
-      (key) => relayMap[key].write
-    )
-    relays.push(...writeRelays)
-  }
-
-  // Generate an identifier for the user's nip78
-  const dTag = await getDTagForUserAppData()
-  if (!dTag) return null
-
-  // Define a filter for fetching events
-  const filter: Filter = {
-    kinds: [kinds.Application],
-    '#d': [dTag]
-  }
-
-  const encryptedContent = await relayController
-    .fetchEvent(filter, relays)
-    .then((event) => {
-      if (event) return event.content
-
-      // If no event is found, return an empty stringified object
-      return '{}'
-    })
-    .catch((err) => {
-      // Log error and show a toast notification if fetching event fails
-      console.log(`An error occurred in finding kind 30078 event`, err)
-      toast.error(
-        'An error occurred in finding kind 30078 event for data storage'
-      )
-      return null
-    })
-
-  // Return null if encrypted content retrieval fails
-  if (!encryptedContent) return null
-
-  // Handle case where the encrypted content is an empty object
-  if (encryptedContent === '{}') {
-    // Generate ephemeral key pair
-    const secret = generateSecretKey()
-    const pubKey = getPublicKey(secret)
-
-    return {
-      sigits: {},
-      processedGiftWraps: [],
-      blossomUrls: [],
-      keyPair: {
-        private: bytesToHex(secret),
-        public: pubKey
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Get an instance of the NostrController
-  const nostrController = NostrController.getInstance()
-
-  // Decrypt the encrypted content
-  const decrypted = await nostrController
-    .nip04Decrypt(usersPubkey, encryptedContent)
-    .catch((err) => {
-      // Log error and show a toast notification if decryption fails
-      console.log('An error occurred while decrypting app data', err)
-      toast.error('An error occurred while decrypting app data')
-      return null
-    })
-
-  // Return null if decryption fails
-  if (!decrypted) return null
-
-  // Parse the decrypted content
-  const parsedContent = await parseJson<{
-    blossomUrls: string[]
-    keyPair: Keys
-  }>(decrypted).catch((err) => {
-    // Log error and show a toast notification if parsing fails
-    console.log(
-      'An error occurred in parsing the content of kind 30078 event',
-      err
-    )
-    toast.error('An error occurred in parsing the content of kind 30078 event')
-    return null
-  })
-
-  // Return null if parsing fails
-  if (!parsedContent) return null
-
-  const { blossomUrls, keyPair } = parsedContent
-
-  // Return null if no blossom URLs are found
-  if (blossomUrls.length === 0) return null
-
-  // Fetch additional user app data from the first blossom URL
-  const dataFromBlossom = await getUserAppDataFromBlossom(
-    blossomUrls[0],
-    keyPair.private
-  )
-
-  // Return null if fetching data from blossom fails
-  if (!dataFromBlossom) return null
-
-  const { sigits, processedGiftWraps } = dataFromBlossom
-
-  // Return the final user application data
-  return {
-    blossomUrls,
-    keyPair,
-    sigits,
-    processedGiftWraps
-  }
-}
-
-export const updateUsersAppData = async (meta: Meta) => {
-  const appData = store.getState().userAppData
-  if (!appData || !appData.keyPair) return null
-
-  const sigits = _.cloneDeep(appData.sigits)
-
-  const createSignatureEvent = await parseJson<Event>(
-    meta.createSignature
-  ).catch((err) => {
-    console.log('err in parsing the createSignature event:>> ', err)
-    toast.error(
-      err.message || 'error occurred in parsing the create signature event'
-    )
-    return null
-  })
-
-  if (!createSignatureEvent) return null
-
-  const id = createSignatureEvent.id
-  let isUpdated = false
-
-  // check if sigit already exists
-  if (id in sigits) {
-    // update meta only if incoming meta is more recent
-    // than already existing one
-    const existingMeta = sigits[id]
-    if (existingMeta.modifiedAt < meta.modifiedAt) {
-      sigits[id] = meta
-      isUpdated = true
-    }
-  } else {
-    sigits[id] = meta
-    isUpdated = true
-  }
-
-  if (!isUpdated) return null
-
-  const blossomUrls = [...appData.blossomUrls]
-
-  const newBlossomUrl = await uploadUserAppDataToBlossom(
-    sigits,
-    appData.processedGiftWraps,
-    appData.keyPair.private
-  ).catch((err) => {
-    console.log(
-      'An error occurred in uploading user app data file to blossom server',
-      err
-    )
-    toast.error(
-      'An error occurred in uploading user app data file to blossom server'
-    )
-    return null
-  })
-
-  if (!newBlossomUrl) return null
-
-  // insert new blossom url at the start of the array
-  blossomUrls.unshift(newBlossomUrl)
-
-  // only keep last 10 blossom urls, delete older ones
-  if (blossomUrls.length > 10) {
-    const filesToDelete = blossomUrls.splice(10)
-    filesToDelete.forEach((url) => {
-      deleteBlossomFile(url, appData.keyPair!.private).catch((err) => {
-        console.log(
-          'An error occurred in removing old file of user app data from blossom server',
-          err
-        )
-      })
-    })
-  }
-
-  const usersPubkey = store.getState().auth.usersPubkey!
-
-  // encrypt content for storing in kind 30078 event
-  const nostrController = NostrController.getInstance()
-  const encryptedContent = await nostrController
-    .nip04Encrypt(
-      usersPubkey,
-      JSON.stringify({
-        blossomUrls,
-        keyPair: appData.keyPair
-      })
-    )
-    .catch((err) => {
-      console.log(
-        'An error occurred in encryption of content for app data',
-        err
-      )
-      toast.error(
-        err.message || 'An error occurred in encryption of content for app data'
-      )
-      return null
-    })
-
-  if (!encryptedContent) return null
-
-  // generate the identifier for user's appData event
-  const dTag = await getDTagForUserAppData()
-  if (!dTag) return null
-
-  const updatedEvent: UnsignedEvent = {
-    kind: kinds.Application,
-    pubkey: usersPubkey!,
-    created_at: unixNow(),
-    tags: [['d', dTag]],
-    content: encryptedContent
-  }
-
-  const signedEvent = await nostrController
-    .signEvent(updatedEvent)
-    .catch((err) => {
-      console.log('An error occurred in signing event', err)
-      toast.error(err.message || 'An error occurred in signing event')
-      return null
-    })
-
-  if (!signedEvent) return null
-
-  const relayMap = store.getState().relays.map || getDefaultRelayMap()
-  const writeRelays = Object.keys(relayMap).filter((key) => relayMap[key].write)
-
-  const publishResult = await Promise.race([
-    relayController.publish(signedEvent, writeRelays),
-    timeout(40 * 1000)
-  ]).catch((err) => {
-    console.log('err :>> ', err)
-    if (err.message === 'Timeout') {
-      toast.error('Timeout occurred in publishing updated app data')
-    } else if (Array.isArray(err)) {
-      err.forEach((errResult) => {
-        toast.error(
-          `Publishing to ${errResult.relay} caused the following error: ${errResult.error}`
-        )
-      })
-    } else {
-      toast.error(
-        'An unexpected error occurred in publishing updated app data '
-      )
-    }
-
-    return null
-  })
-
-  if (!publishResult) return null
-
-  // update redux store
-  store.dispatch(
-    updateUserAppDataAction({
-      sigits,
-      blossomUrls,
-      processedGiftWraps: [...appData.processedGiftWraps],
-      keyPair: {
-        ...appData.keyPair
-      }
-    })
-  )
-
-  return signedEvent
-}
-
-const deleteBlossomFile = async (url: string, privateKey: string) => {
+export const deleteBlossomFile = async (url: string, privateKey: string) => {
   const pathname = new URL(url).pathname
   const hash = removeLeadingSlash(pathname)
 
@@ -662,7 +350,7 @@ const deleteBlossomFile = async (url: string, privateKey: string) => {
  * @param privateKey - The private key used for encryption.
  * @returns A promise that resolves to the URL of the uploaded file.
  */
-const uploadUserAppDataToBlossom = async (
+export const uploadUserAppDataToBlossom = async (
   sigits: { [key: string]: Meta },
   processedGiftWraps: string[],
   privateKey: string
@@ -730,7 +418,10 @@ const uploadUserAppDataToBlossom = async (
  * @param privateKey - The private key used for decryption.
  * @returns A promise that resolves to the decrypted and parsed user application data.
  */
-const getUserAppDataFromBlossom = async (url: string, privateKey: string) => {
+export const getUserAppDataFromBlossom = async (
+  url: string,
+  privateKey: string
+) => {
   // Initialize errorCode to track HTTP error codes
   let errorCode = 0
 
@@ -799,133 +490,6 @@ const getUserAppDataFromBlossom = async (url: string, privateKey: string) => {
   return parsedContent
 }
 
-/**
- * Function to subscribe to sigits notifications for a specified public key.
- * @param pubkey - The public key to subscribe to.
- * @returns A promise that resolves when the subscription is successful.
- */
-export const subscribeForSigits = async (
-  pubkey: string,
-  getNDKRelayList: (pubkey: Hexpubkey) => Promise<NDKRelayList>
-) => {
-  const ndkRelayList = await getNDKRelayList(pubkey)
-
-  // Ensure relay list is not empty
-  if (ndkRelayList.readRelayUrls.length === 0) return
-
-  // Define the filter for the subscription
-  const filter: Filter = {
-    kinds: [1059],
-    '#p': [pubkey]
-  }
-
-  // Process the received event synchronously
-  const events = await relayController.fetchEvents(filter, [
-    ...ndkRelayList.readRelayUrls
-  ])
-  for (const e of events) {
-    await processReceivedEvent(e)
-  }
-
-  // Async processing of the events has a race condition
-  // relayController.subscribeForEvents(filter, relaySet.read, (event) => {
-  //   processReceivedEvent(event)
-  // })
-}
-
-const processReceivedEvent = async (event: Event, difficulty: number = 5) => {
-  const processedEvents = store.getState().userAppData?.processedGiftWraps
-
-  // Abort processing if userAppData is undefined
-  if (!processedEvents) return
-
-  if (processedEvents.includes(event.id)) return
-
-  store.dispatch(updateProcessedGiftWraps([...processedEvents, event.id]))
-
-  // validate PoW
-  // Count the number of leading zero bits in the hash
-  const leadingZeroes = countLeadingZeroes(event.id)
-  if (leadingZeroes < difficulty) return
-
-  // decrypt the content of gift wrap event
-  const nostrController = NostrController.getInstance()
-  const decrypted = await nostrController.nip44Decrypt(
-    event.pubkey,
-    event.content
-  )
-
-  const internalUnsignedEvent = await parseJson<UnsignedEvent>(decrypted).catch(
-    (err) => {
-      console.log(
-        'An error occurred in parsing the internal unsigned event',
-        err
-      )
-      return null
-    }
-  )
-
-  if (!internalUnsignedEvent || internalUnsignedEvent.kind !== 938) return
-
-  const meta = await parseJson<Meta>(internalUnsignedEvent.content).catch(
-    (err) => {
-      console.log(
-        'An error occurred in parsing the internal unsigned event',
-        err
-      )
-      return null
-    }
-  )
-
-  if (!meta) return
-
-  await updateUsersAppData(meta)
-}
-
-/**
- * Function to send a notification to a specified receiver.
- * @param receiver - The recipient's public key.
- * @param meta - Metadata associated with the notification.
- */
-export const sendNotification = async (
-  receiver: string,
-  meta: Meta,
-  getNDKRelayList: (pubkey: Hexpubkey) => Promise<NDKRelayList>
-) => {
-  // Retrieve the user's public key from the state
-  const usersPubkey = store.getState().auth.usersPubkey!
-
-  // Create an unsigned event object with the provided metadata
-  const unsignedEvent: UnsignedEvent = {
-    kind: 938,
-    pubkey: usersPubkey,
-    content: JSON.stringify(meta),
-    tags: [],
-    created_at: unixNow()
-  }
-
-  // Wrap the unsigned event with the receiver's information
-  const wrappedEvent = createWrap(unsignedEvent, receiver)
-
-  const ndkRelayList = await getNDKRelayList(receiver)
-
-  // Ensure relay list is not empty
-  if (ndkRelayList.readRelayUrls.length === 0) return
-
-  // Publish the notification event to the recipient's read relays
-  await Promise.race([
-    relayController.publish(wrappedEvent, [...ndkRelayList.readRelayUrls]),
-    timeout(40 * 1000)
-  ]).catch((err) => {
-    // Log an error if publishing the notification event fails
-    console.log(
-      `An error occurred while publishing notification event for ${hexToNpub(receiver)}`,
-      err
-    )
-    throw err
-  })
-}
-
 /**
  * Show user's name, first available in order: display_name, name, or npub as fallback
  * @param npub User identifier, it can be either pubkey or npub1 (we only show npub)