diff --git a/src/api/accounts.ts b/src/api/accounts.ts
index 120f7fd..2ece6cb 100644
--- a/src/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/api/accounts.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-import { getPublicKey } from '@/deps.ts';
-
 import { LOCAL_DOMAIN } from '../config.ts';
 import { fetchUser } from '../client.ts';
 import { MetaContent, metaContentSchema } from '../schema.ts';
+import { getKeys } from '../utils.ts';
 
 import type { Context } from '@/deps.ts';
 
 async function credentialsController(c: Context) {
-  const authHeader = c.req.headers.get('Authorization') || '';
+  const keys = getKeys(c);
 
-  if (authHeader.startsWith('Bearer ')) {
-    const token = authHeader.split('Bearer ')[1];
-    const pubkey = getPublicKey(token);
+  if (keys) {
+    const { pubkey } = keys;
     const event = await fetchUser(pubkey);
     const parsed = metaContentSchema.safeParse(JSON.parse(event?.content || ''));
     const content: MetaContent = parsed.success ? parsed.data : {};
diff --git a/src/api/statuses.ts b/src/api/statuses.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f5dc7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/statuses.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { validator, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+
+import publish from '../publisher.ts';
+import { toStatus } from '../transmute.ts';
+import { getKeys } from '../utils.ts';
+
+import type { Event } from '../event.ts';
+
+const createStatusSchema = z.object({
+  status: z.string(),
+});
+
+const createStatusController = validator('json', (value, c) => {
+  const keys = getKeys(c);
+  const result = createStatusSchema.safeParse(value);
+
+  if (result.success && keys) {
+    const { data } = result;
+    const { pubkey, privatekey } = keys;
+
+    const event: Event<1> = {
+      kind: 1,
+      pubkey: pubkey,
+      content: data.status,
+      tags: [],
+      created_at: Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000),
+    };
+
+    publish(event, privatekey);
+    return c.json(toStatus(event));
+  } else {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Bad request' }, 400);
+  }
+});
+
+export { createStatusController };
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 95470fe..63ce8ac 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { appCredentialsController, createAppController } from './api/apps.ts';
 import { emptyArrayController } from './api/fallback.ts';
 import instanceController from './api/instance.ts';
 import { createTokenController } from './api/oauth.ts';
+import { createStatusController } from './api/statuses.ts';
 
 const app = new Hono();
 
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ app.post('/oauth/token', createTokenController);
 
 app.get('/api/v1/accounts/verify_credentials', credentialsController);
 
+app.post('/api/v1/statuses', createStatusController);
+
 // Not (yet) implemented.
 app.get('/api/v1/timelines/*', emptyArrayController);
 app.get('/api/v1/accounts/:id/statuses', emptyArrayController);
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index a9ae376..19268e3 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ const fetchFollows = (pubkey: string): Promise<Event<3> | null> => {
   });
 };
 
-export { fetchEvent, fetchFollows, fetchUser };
+export { fetchEvent, fetchFollows, fetchUser, pool };
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 66c9fab..42e5096 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export const LOCAL_DOMAIN = Deno.env.get('LOCAL_DOMAIN') || 'http://localhost:80
 export const POST_CHAR_LIMIT = Number(Deno.env.get('POST_CHAR_LIMIT') || 5000);
 
 export const poolRelays = (Deno.env.get('RELAY_POOL') || '').split(',').filter(Boolean);
+export const publishRelays = ['wss://relay.mostr.pub'];
diff --git a/src/deps.ts b/src/deps.ts
index 104db22..23acd59 100644
--- a/src/deps.ts
+++ b/src/deps.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ export { Hono, validator };
 export { cors } from 'https://deno.land/x/hono@v3.0.2/middleware.ts';
 export { z } from 'https://deno.land/x/zod@v3.20.5/mod.ts';
 export { Author, RelayPool } from 'https://dev.jspm.io/nostr-relaypool@0.5.3';
-export { getPublicKey } from 'https://dev.jspm.io/nostr-tools@1.6.0';
+export { getEventHash, getPublicKey, signEvent } from 'https://dev.jspm.io/nostr-tools@1.6.0';
 export type { Context };
diff --git a/src/publisher.ts b/src/publisher.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2cebc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/publisher.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { getEventHash, signEvent } from '@/deps.ts';
+
+import { pool } from './client.ts';
+import { publishRelays } from './config.ts';
+
+import type { Event } from './event.ts';
+
+/** Publish an event to the Nostr relay. */
+function publish(event: Event, privatekey: string, relays = publishRelays): void {
+  event.id = getEventHash(event);
+  event.sig = signEvent(event, privatekey);
+  console.log('Publishing event', event);
+  try {
+    pool.publish(event, relays);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(e);
+  }
+}
+
+export default publish;
diff --git a/src/transmute.ts b/src/transmute.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..972c043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transmute.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { LOCAL_DOMAIN } from './config.ts';
+
+import type { Event } from './event.ts';
+
+function toStatus(event: Event<1>) {
+  return {
+    id: event.id,
+    account: {
+      id: event.pubkey,
+    },
+    content: event.content,
+    created_at: new Date(event.created_at * 1000).toISOString(),
+    in_reply_to_id: null,
+    in_reply_to_account_id: null,
+    sensitive: false,
+    spoiler_text: '',
+    visibility: 'public',
+    language: 'en',
+    replies_count: 0,
+    reblogs_count: 0,
+    favourites_count: 0,
+    favourited: false,
+    reblogged: false,
+    muted: false,
+    bookmarked: false,
+    reblog: null,
+    application: null,
+    media_attachments: [],
+    mentions: [],
+    tags: [],
+    emojis: [],
+    card: null,
+    poll: null,
+    uri: `${LOCAL_DOMAIN}/posts/${event.id}`,
+    url: `${LOCAL_DOMAIN}/posts/${event.id}`,
+  };
+}
+
+export { toStatus };
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..498ee71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Context, getPublicKey } from '@/deps.ts';
+
+function getKeys(c: Context) {
+  const auth = c.req.headers.get('Authorization') || '';
+
+  if (auth.startsWith('Bearer ')) {
+    const privatekey = auth.split('Bearer ')[1];
+    const pubkey = getPublicKey(privatekey);
+
+    return {
+      privatekey,
+      pubkey,
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+export { getKeys };