diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index 167176f..b4e834a 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     "debug": "deno run -A --inspect src/server.ts",
     "test": "DATABASE_URL=\"sqlite://:memory:\" deno test -A",
     "check": "deno check src/server.ts",
-    "relays:sync": "deno run -A scripts/relays.ts sync",
     "nsec": "deno run scripts/nsec.ts",
     "admin:event": "deno run -A scripts/admin-event.ts",
     "admin:role": "deno run -A scripts/admin-role.ts"
diff --git a/scripts/relays.ts b/scripts/relays.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 84f8a7e..0000000
--- a/scripts/relays.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { addRelays } from '@/db/relays.ts';
-import { filteredArray } from '@/schema.ts';
-import { relaySchema } from '@/utils.ts';
-
-switch (Deno.args[0]) {
-  case 'sync':
-    await sync(Deno.args.slice(1));
-    break;
-  default:
-    console.log('Usage: deno run -A scripts/relays.ts sync <url>');
-}
-
-async function sync([url]: string[]) {
-  if (!url) {
-    console.error('Error: please provide a URL');
-    Deno.exit(1);
-  }
-  const response = await fetch(url);
-  const data = await response.json();
-  const values = filteredArray(relaySchema).parse(data) as `wss://${string}`[];
-  await addRelays(values, { active: true });
-  console.log(`Done: added ${values.length} relays.`);
-}
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
index 96d4afa..473dd63 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { NostrFilter, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { getAuthor, getFollowedPubkeys } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema, fileSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
-import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { addTag, deleteTag, findReplyTag, getTagSet } from '@/tags.ts';
 import { uploadFile } from '@/upload.ts';
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ const updateCredentialsController: AppController = async (c) => {
   }
 
   const author = await getAuthor(pubkey);
-  const meta = author ? jsonMetaContentSchema.parse(author.content) : {};
+  const meta = author ? n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).parse(author.content) : {};
 
   const {
     avatar: avatarFile,
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/instance.ts b/src/controllers/api/instance.ts
index d4239d3..188d68f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/instance.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/instance.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import { NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { jsonServerMetaSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
+import { serverMetaSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 
 const instanceController: AppController = async (c) => {
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ const instanceController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const { signal } = c.req.raw;
 
   const [event] = await Storages.db.query([{ kinds: [0], authors: [Conf.pubkey], limit: 1 }], { signal });
-  const meta = jsonServerMetaSchema.parse(event?.content);
+  const meta = n.json().pipe(serverMetaSchema).catch({}).parse(event?.content);
 
   /** Protocol to use for WebSocket URLs, depending on the protocol of the `LOCAL_DOMAIN`. */
   const wsProtocol = protocol === 'http:' ? 'ws:' : 'wss:';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts b/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
index 51f48dc..4b693c4 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
@@ -6,7 +7,6 @@ import { configSchema, elixirTupleSchema, type PleromaConfig } from '@/schemas/p
 import { AdminSigner } from '@/signers/AdminSigner.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { createAdminEvent } from '@/utils/api.ts';
-import { jsonSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 
 const frontendConfigController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const configs = await getConfigs(c.req.raw.signal);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ async function getConfigs(signal: AbortSignal): Promise<PleromaConfig[]> {
 
   try {
     const decrypted = await new AdminSigner().nip44.decrypt(Conf.pubkey, event.content);
-    return jsonSchema.pipe(configSchema.array()).catch([]).parse(decrypted);
+    return n.json().pipe(configSchema.array()).catch([]).parse(decrypted);
   } catch (_e) {
     return [];
   }
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/search.ts b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
index f595e22..e674d0e 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/search.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
-import { nostrIdSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { dedupeEvents } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { nip05Cache } from '@/utils/nip05.ts';
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ const searchQuerySchema = z.object({
   type: z.enum(['accounts', 'statuses', 'hashtags']).optional(),
   resolve: booleanParamSchema.optional().transform(Boolean),
   following: z.boolean().default(false),
-  account_id: nostrIdSchema.optional(),
+  account_id: n.id().optional(),
   limit: z.coerce.number().catch(20).transform((value) => Math.min(Math.max(value, 0), 40)),
 });
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
index 2c05dbd..56ea38b 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { NIP05, NostrEvent, NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { NIP05, NostrEvent, NostrFilter, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import ISO6391 from 'iso-639-1';
 import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import { z } from 'zod';
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { getUnattachedMediaByIds } from '@/db/unattached-media.ts';
 import { getAncestors, getAuthor, getDescendants, getEvent } from '@/queries.ts';
-import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { addTag, deleteTag } from '@/tags.ts';
 import { createEvent, paginationSchema, parseBody, updateListEvent } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { renderEventAccounts } from '@/views.ts';
@@ -406,7 +405,7 @@ const zapController: AppController = async (c) => {
 
   const target = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'], signal });
   const author = target?.author;
-  const meta = jsonMetaContentSchema.parse(author?.content);
+  const meta = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).parse(author?.content);
   const lnurl = getLnurl(meta);
 
   if (target && lnurl) {
diff --git a/src/controllers/nostr/relay-info.ts b/src/controllers/nostr/relay-info.ts
index 7f1ddf7..a56df51 100644
--- a/src/controllers/nostr/relay-info.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/nostr/relay-info.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
+import { NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+
 import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { jsonServerMetaSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
+import { serverMetaSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 
 const relayInfoController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const { signal } = c.req.raw;
   const [event] = await Storages.db.query([{ kinds: [0], authors: [Conf.pubkey], limit: 1 }], { signal });
-  const meta = jsonServerMetaSchema.parse(event?.content);
+  const meta = n.json().pipe(serverMetaSchema).catch({}).parse(event?.content);
 
   return c.json({
     name: meta.name ?? 'Ditto',
diff --git a/src/controllers/nostr/relay.ts b/src/controllers/nostr/relay.ts
index 2fe8f92..7d70ad9 100644
--- a/src/controllers/nostr/relay.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/nostr/relay.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import {
+  NostrClientCLOSE,
+  NostrClientCOUNT,
+  NostrClientEVENT,
+  NostrClientMsg,
+  NostrClientREQ,
+  NostrEvent,
+  NostrFilter,
+  NSchema as n,
+} from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { relayInfoController } from '@/controllers/nostr/relay-info.ts';
 import * as pipeline from '@/pipeline.ts';
-import {
-  type ClientCLOSE,
-  type ClientCOUNT,
-  type ClientEVENT,
-  type ClientMsg,
-  clientMsgSchema,
-  type ClientREQ,
-} from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 
 import type { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ function connectStream(socket: WebSocket) {
   const controllers = new Map<string, AbortController>();
 
   socket.onmessage = (e) => {
-    const result = n.json().pipe(clientMsgSchema).safeParse(e.data);
+    const result = n.json().pipe(n.clientMsg()).safeParse(e.data);
     if (result.success) {
       handleMsg(result.data);
     } else {
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ function connectStream(socket: WebSocket) {
   };
 
   /** Handle client message. */
-  function handleMsg(msg: ClientMsg) {
+  function handleMsg(msg: NostrClientMsg) {
     switch (msg[0]) {
       case 'REQ':
         handleReq(msg);
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ function connectStream(socket: WebSocket) {
   }
 
   /** Handle REQ. Start a subscription. */
-  async function handleReq([_, subId, ...rest]: ClientREQ): Promise<void> {
+  async function handleReq([_, subId, ...rest]: NostrClientREQ): Promise<void> {
     const filters = prepareFilters(rest);
 
     const controller = new AbortController();
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ function connectStream(socket: WebSocket) {
   }
 
   /** Handle EVENT. Store the event. */
-  async function handleEvent([_, event]: ClientEVENT): Promise<void> {
+  async function handleEvent([_, event]: NostrClientEVENT): Promise<void> {
     try {
       // This will store it (if eligible) and run other side-effects.
       await pipeline.handleEvent(event, AbortSignal.timeout(1000));
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ function connectStream(socket: WebSocket) {
   }
 
   /** Handle CLOSE. Close the subscription. */
-  function handleClose([_, subId]: ClientCLOSE): void {
+  function handleClose([_, subId]: NostrClientCLOSE): void {
     const controller = controllers.get(subId);
     if (controller) {
       controller.abort();
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ function connectStream(socket: WebSocket) {
   }
 
   /** Handle COUNT. Return the number of events matching the filters. */
-  async function handleCount([_, subId, ...rest]: ClientCOUNT): Promise<void> {
+  async function handleCount([_, subId, ...rest]: NostrClientCOUNT): Promise<void> {
     const { count } = await Storages.db.count(prepareFilters(rest));
     send(['COUNT', subId, { count, approximate: false }]);
   }
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ function connectStream(socket: WebSocket) {
 }
 
 /** Enforce the filters with certain criteria. */
-function prepareFilters(filters: ClientREQ[2][]): NostrFilter[] {
+function prepareFilters(filters: NostrClientREQ[2][]): NostrFilter[] {
   return filters.map((filter) => {
     const narrow = Boolean(filter.ids?.length || filter.authors?.length);
     const search = narrow ? filter.search : `domain:${Conf.url.host} ${filter.search ?? ''}`;
diff --git a/src/db/DittoTables.ts b/src/db/DittoTables.ts
index 79fec5d..d71f48a 100644
--- a/src/db/DittoTables.ts
+++ b/src/db/DittoTables.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ export interface DittoTables {
   events: EventRow;
   events_fts: EventFTSRow;
   tags: TagRow;
-  relays: RelayRow;
   unattached_media: UnattachedMediaRow;
   author_stats: AuthorStatsRow;
   event_stats: EventStatsRow;
@@ -45,12 +44,6 @@ interface TagRow {
   event_id: string;
 }
 
-interface RelayRow {
-  url: string;
-  domain: string;
-  active: boolean;
-}
-
 interface UnattachedMediaRow {
   id: string;
   pubkey: string;
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/000_create_events.ts b/src/db/migrations/000_create_events.ts
index 158551b..f08a614 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/000_create_events.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/000_create_events.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/001_add_relays.ts b/src/db/migrations/001_add_relays.ts
index 1415f5f..11c6884 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/001_add_relays.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/001_add_relays.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/003_events_admin.ts b/src/db/migrations/003_events_admin.ts
index 8469fc2..388a3a4 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/003_events_admin.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/003_events_admin.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(_db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
 }
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/004_add_user_indexes.ts b/src/db/migrations/004_add_user_indexes.ts
index 929181c..fca9c5f 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/004_add_user_indexes.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/004_add_user_indexes.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(_db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
 }
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/006_pragma.ts b/src/db/migrations/006_pragma.ts
index 2639e81..f20ee9b 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/006_pragma.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/006_pragma.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(_db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
 }
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/007_unattached_media.ts b/src/db/migrations/007_unattached_media.ts
index 1887111..a36c5d3 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/007_unattached_media.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/007_unattached_media.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/008_wal.ts b/src/db/migrations/008_wal.ts
index 2639e81..f20ee9b 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/008_wal.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/008_wal.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(_db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
 }
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/009_add_stats.ts b/src/db/migrations/009_add_stats.ts
index 60d9447..ef1c443 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/009_add_stats.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/009_add_stats.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/010_drop_users.ts b/src/db/migrations/010_drop_users.ts
index 6cd83c0..c36f2fa 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/010_drop_users.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/010_drop_users.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema.dropTable('users').ifExists().execute();
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/011_kind_author_index.ts b/src/db/migrations/011_kind_author_index.ts
index da21988..3e7d010 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/011_kind_author_index.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/011_kind_author_index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/012_tags_composite_index.ts b/src/db/migrations/012_tags_composite_index.ts
index 8769289..412fa59 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/012_tags_composite_index.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/012_tags_composite_index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema.dropIndex('idx_tags_tag').execute();
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/013_soft_deletion.ts b/src/db/migrations/013_soft_deletion.ts
index 3856ca0..df19da5 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/013_soft_deletion.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/013_soft_deletion.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema.alterTable('events').addColumn('deleted_at', 'integer').execute();
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/014_stats_indexes.ts.ts b/src/db/migrations/014_stats_indexes.ts.ts
index d9071c6..0f27a7f 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/014_stats_indexes.ts.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/014_stats_indexes.ts.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema.createIndex('idx_author_stats_pubkey').on('author_stats').column('pubkey').execute();
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/015_add_pubkey_domains.ts b/src/db/migrations/015_add_pubkey_domains.ts
index 0b5fe29..4b7e23c 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/015_add_pubkey_domains.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/015_add_pubkey_domains.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/016_pubkey_domains_updated_at.ts b/src/db/migrations/016_pubkey_domains_updated_at.ts
index 3a000c1..8b1f75d 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/016_pubkey_domains_updated_at.ts
+++ b/src/db/migrations/016_pubkey_domains_updated_at.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Kysely } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
 
 export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
   await db.schema
diff --git a/src/db/migrations/017_rm_relays.ts b/src/db/migrations/017_rm_relays.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70a274d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db/migrations/017_rm_relays.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { Kysely } from 'kysely';
+
+export async function up(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
+  await db.schema.dropTable('relays').execute();
+}
+
+export async function down(db: Kysely<any>): Promise<void> {
+  await db.schema
+    .createTable('relays')
+    .addColumn('url', 'text', (col) => col.primaryKey())
+    .addColumn('domain', 'text', (col) => col.notNull())
+    .addColumn('active', 'boolean', (col) => col.notNull())
+    .execute();
+}
diff --git a/src/db/relays.ts b/src/db/relays.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index da29b79..0000000
--- a/src/db/relays.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import tldts from 'tldts';
-
-import { db } from '@/db.ts';
-
-interface AddRelaysOpts {
-  active?: boolean;
-}
-
-/** Inserts relays into the database, skipping duplicates. */
-function addRelays(relays: `wss://${string}`[], opts: AddRelaysOpts = {}) {
-  if (!relays.length) return Promise.resolve();
-  const { active = false } = opts;
-
-  const values = relays.map((url) => ({
-    url: new URL(url).toString(),
-    domain: tldts.getDomain(url)!,
-    active,
-  }));
-
-  return db.insertInto('relays')
-    .values(values)
-    .onConflict((oc) => oc.column('url').doNothing())
-    .execute();
-}
-
-/** Get a list of all known active relay URLs. */
-async function getActiveRelays(): Promise<string[]> {
-  const rows = await db
-    .selectFrom('relays')
-    .select('relays.url')
-    .where('relays.active', '=', true)
-    .execute();
-
-  return rows.map((row) => row.url);
-}
-
-export { addRelays, getActiveRelays };
diff --git a/src/filter.ts b/src/filter.ts
index 6247378..59b0298 100644
--- a/src/filter.ts
+++ b/src/filter.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import stringifyStable from 'fast-stable-stringify';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { isReplaceableKind } from '@/kinds.ts';
-import { nostrIdSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 
 /** Microfilter to get one specific event by ID. */
 type IdMicrofilter = { ids: [NostrEvent['id']] };
@@ -42,8 +41,8 @@ function getMicroFilters(event: NostrEvent): MicroFilter[] {
 
 /** Microfilter schema. */
 const microFilterSchema = z.union([
-  z.object({ ids: z.tuple([nostrIdSchema]) }).strict(),
-  z.object({ kinds: z.tuple([z.literal(0)]), authors: z.tuple([nostrIdSchema]) }).strict(),
+  z.object({ ids: z.tuple([n.id()]) }).strict(),
+  z.object({ kinds: z.tuple([z.literal(0)]), authors: z.tuple([n.id()]) }).strict(),
 ]);
 
 /** Checks whether the filter is a microfilter. */
diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index f91626d..b193617 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { sql } from 'kysely';
 
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { db } from '@/db.ts';
-import { addRelays } from '@/db/relays.ts';
 import { deleteAttachedMedia } from '@/db/unattached-media.ts';
 import { DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
 import { isEphemeralKind } from '@/kinds.ts';
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ import { updateStats } from '@/stats.ts';
 import { hydrateEvents, purifyEvent } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { getTagSet } from '@/tags.ts';
-import { eventAge, isRelay, nostrDate, nostrNow, parseNip05, Time } from '@/utils.ts';
+import { eventAge, nostrDate, nostrNow, parseNip05, Time } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { fetchWorker } from '@/workers/fetch.ts';
 import { TrendsWorker } from '@/workers/trends.ts';
 import { verifyEventWorker } from '@/workers/verify.ts';
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ async function handleEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void
     parseMetadata(event, signal),
     processDeletions(event, signal),
     DVM.event(event),
-    trackRelays(event),
     trackHashtags(event),
     fetchRelatedEvents(event, signal),
     processMedia(event),
@@ -113,7 +111,7 @@ async function parseMetadata(event: NostrEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<vo
   if (event.kind !== 0) return;
 
   // Parse metadata.
-  const metadata = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).safeParse(event.content);
+  const metadata = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).safeParse(event.content);
   if (!metadata.success) return;
 
   // Get nip05.
@@ -183,22 +181,6 @@ async function trackHashtags(event: NostrEvent): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
-/** Tracks known relays in the database. */
-function trackRelays(event: NostrEvent) {
-  const relays = new Set<`wss://${string}`>();
-
-  event.tags.forEach((tag) => {
-    if (['p', 'e', 'a'].includes(tag[0]) && isRelay(tag[2])) {
-      relays.add(tag[2]);
-    }
-    if (event.kind === 10002 && tag[0] === 'r' && isRelay(tag[1])) {
-      relays.add(tag[1]);
-    }
-  });
-
-  return addRelays([...relays]);
-}
-
 /** Queue related events to fetch. */
 async function fetchRelatedEvents(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal) {
   if (!event.user) {
diff --git a/src/pool.ts b/src/pool.ts
index 48d5e1f..3ac1a1d 100644
--- a/src/pool.ts
+++ b/src/pool.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 import { RelayPoolWorker } from 'nostr-relaypool';
 
-import { getActiveRelays } from '@/db/relays.ts';
+import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
+import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 
-const activeRelays = await getActiveRelays();
+const [relayList] = await Storages.db.query([
+  { kinds: [10002], authors: [Conf.pubkey], limit: 1 },
+]);
+
+const tags = relayList?.tags ?? [];
+
+const activeRelays = tags.reduce((acc, [name, url, marker]) => {
+  if (name === 'r' && !marker) {
+    acc.push(url);
+  }
+  return acc;
+}, []);
 
 console.log(`pool: connecting to ${activeRelays.length} relays.`);
 
diff --git a/src/schema.ts b/src/schema.ts
index 74dc7af..d152a0d 100644
--- a/src/schema.ts
+++ b/src/schema.ts
@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@ function filteredArray<T extends z.ZodTypeAny>(schema: T) {
     ));
 }
 
-/** Parses a JSON string into its native type. */
-const jsonSchema = z.string().transform((value, ctx) => {
-  try {
-    return JSON.parse(value) as unknown;
-  } catch (_e) {
-    ctx.addIssue({ code: z.ZodIssueCode.custom, message: 'Invalid JSON' });
-    return z.NEVER;
-  }
-});
-
 /** https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Base64#the_unicode_problem */
 const decode64Schema = z.string().transform((value, ctx) => {
   try {
@@ -48,4 +38,4 @@ const booleanParamSchema = z.enum(['true', 'false']).transform((value) => value
 /** Schema for `File` objects. */
 const fileSchema = z.custom<File>((value) => value instanceof File);
 
-export { booleanParamSchema, decode64Schema, fileSchema, filteredArray, hashtagSchema, jsonSchema, safeUrlSchema };
+export { booleanParamSchema, decode64Schema, fileSchema, filteredArray, hashtagSchema, safeUrlSchema };
diff --git a/src/schemas/nostr.ts b/src/schemas/nostr.ts
index 7f51f6c..a42b9f0 100644
--- a/src/schemas/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/nostr.ts
@@ -1,80 +1,14 @@
+import { NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { getEventHash, verifyEvent } from 'nostr-tools';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
-import { jsonSchema, safeUrlSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
-
-/** Schema to validate Nostr hex IDs such as event IDs and pubkeys. */
-const nostrIdSchema = z.string().regex(/^[0-9a-f]{64}$/);
-/** Nostr kinds are positive integers. */
-const kindSchema = z.number().int().nonnegative();
-
-/** Nostr event schema. */
-const eventSchema = z.object({
-  id: nostrIdSchema,
-  kind: kindSchema,
-  tags: z.array(z.array(z.string())),
-  content: z.string(),
-  created_at: z.number(),
-  pubkey: nostrIdSchema,
-  sig: z.string(),
-});
+import { safeUrlSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 
 /** Nostr event schema that also verifies the event's signature. */
-const signedEventSchema = eventSchema
+const signedEventSchema = n.event()
   .refine((event) => event.id === getEventHash(event), 'Event ID does not match hash')
   .refine(verifyEvent, 'Event signature is invalid');
 
-/** Nostr relay filter schema. */
-const filterSchema = z.object({
-  kinds: kindSchema.array().optional(),
-  ids: nostrIdSchema.array().optional(),
-  authors: nostrIdSchema.array().optional(),
-  since: z.number().int().nonnegative().optional(),
-  until: z.number().int().nonnegative().optional(),
-  limit: z.number().int().nonnegative().optional(),
-  search: z.string().optional(),
-}).passthrough().and(
-  z.record(
-    z.custom<`#${string}`>((val) => typeof val === 'string' && val.startsWith('#')),
-    z.string().array(),
-  ).catch({}),
-);
-
-const clientReqSchema = z.tuple([z.literal('REQ'), z.string().min(1)]).rest(filterSchema);
-const clientEventSchema = z.tuple([z.literal('EVENT'), signedEventSchema]);
-const clientCloseSchema = z.tuple([z.literal('CLOSE'), z.string().min(1)]);
-const clientCountSchema = z.tuple([z.literal('COUNT'), z.string().min(1)]).rest(filterSchema);
-
-/** Client message to a Nostr relay. */
-const clientMsgSchema = z.union([
-  clientReqSchema,
-  clientEventSchema,
-  clientCloseSchema,
-  clientCountSchema,
-]);
-
-/** REQ message from client to relay. */
-type ClientREQ = z.infer<typeof clientReqSchema>;
-/** EVENT message from client to relay. */
-type ClientEVENT = z.infer<typeof clientEventSchema>;
-/** CLOSE message from client to relay. */
-type ClientCLOSE = z.infer<typeof clientCloseSchema>;
-/** COUNT message from client to relay. */
-type ClientCOUNT = z.infer<typeof clientCountSchema>;
-/** Client message to a Nostr relay. */
-type ClientMsg = z.infer<typeof clientMsgSchema>;
-
-/** Kind 0 content schema. */
-const metaContentSchema = z.object({
-  name: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
-  about: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
-  picture: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
-  banner: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
-  nip05: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
-  lud06: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
-  lud16: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
-}).partial().passthrough();
-
 /** Media data schema from `"media"` tags. */
 const mediaDataSchema = z.object({
   blurhash: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
@@ -88,40 +22,25 @@ const mediaDataSchema = z.object({
 });
 
 /** Kind 0 content schema for the Ditto server admin user. */
-const serverMetaSchema = metaContentSchema.extend({
+const serverMetaSchema = n.metadata().and(z.object({
   tagline: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
   email: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
-});
+}));
 
 /** Media data from `"media"` tags. */
 type MediaData = z.infer<typeof mediaDataSchema>;
 
-/** Parses kind 0 content from a JSON string. */
-const jsonMetaContentSchema = jsonSchema.pipe(metaContentSchema).catch({});
-
-/** Parses media data from a JSON string. */
-const jsonMediaDataSchema = jsonSchema.pipe(mediaDataSchema).catch({});
-
-/** Parses server admin meta from a JSON string. */
-const jsonServerMetaSchema = jsonSchema.pipe(serverMetaSchema).catch({});
-
 /** NIP-11 Relay Information Document. */
 const relayInfoDocSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().transform((val) => val.slice(0, 30)).optional().catch(undefined),
   description: z.string().transform((val) => val.slice(0, 3000)).optional().catch(undefined),
-  pubkey: nostrIdSchema.optional().catch(undefined),
+  pubkey: n.id().optional().catch(undefined),
   contact: safeUrlSchema.optional().catch(undefined),
   supported_nips: z.number().int().nonnegative().array().optional().catch(undefined),
   software: safeUrlSchema.optional().catch(undefined),
   icon: safeUrlSchema.optional().catch(undefined),
 });
 
-/** NIP-46 signer response. */
-const connectResponseSchema = z.object({
-  id: z.string(),
-  result: signedEventSchema,
-});
-
 /** Parses a Nostr emoji tag. */
 const emojiTagSchema = z.tuple([z.literal('emoji'), z.string(), z.string().url()]);
 
@@ -129,23 +48,11 @@ const emojiTagSchema = z.tuple([z.literal('emoji'), z.string(), z.string().url()
 type EmojiTag = z.infer<typeof emojiTagSchema>;
 
 export {
-  type ClientCLOSE,
-  type ClientCOUNT,
-  type ClientEVENT,
-  type ClientMsg,
-  clientMsgSchema,
-  type ClientREQ,
-  connectResponseSchema,
   type EmojiTag,
   emojiTagSchema,
-  filterSchema,
-  jsonMediaDataSchema,
-  jsonMetaContentSchema,
-  jsonServerMetaSchema,
   type MediaData,
   mediaDataSchema,
-  metaContentSchema,
-  nostrIdSchema,
   relayInfoDocSchema,
+  serverMetaSchema,
   signedEventSchema,
 };
diff --git a/src/storages/events-db.ts b/src/storages/events-db.ts
index 74bcb01..ba34b3c 100644
--- a/src/storages/events-db.ts
+++ b/src/storages/events-db.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { NIP50, NostrEvent, NostrFilter, NStore } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { NIP50, NostrEvent, NostrFilter, NSchema as n, NStore } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import Debug from '@soapbox/stickynotes/debug';
 import { Kysely, type SelectQueryBuilder } from 'kysely';
 
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { DittoTables } from '@/db/DittoTables.ts';
 import { normalizeFilters } from '@/filter.ts';
 import { DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
 import { isDittoInternalKind, isParameterizedReplaceableKind, isReplaceableKind } from '@/kinds.ts';
-import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { purifyEvent } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
 import { isNostrId, isURL } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { abortError } from '@/utils/abort.ts';
@@ -412,7 +411,7 @@ function buildSearchContent(event: NostrEvent): string {
 
 /** Build search content for a user. */
 function buildUserSearchContent(event: NostrEvent): string {
-  const { name, nip05, about } = jsonMetaContentSchema.parse(event.content);
+  const { name, nip05, about } = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).parse(event.content);
   return [name, nip05, about].filter(Boolean).join('\n');
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 085d8af..e9213ed 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-import { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
-import { EventTemplate, getEventHash, nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
+import { NostrEvent, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
-import { nostrIdSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
-
 /** Get the current time in Nostr format. */
 const nostrNow = (): number => Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+
 /** Convenience function to convert Nostr dates into native Date objects. */
 const nostrDate = (seconds: number): Date => new Date(seconds * 1000);
 
-/** Pass to sort() to sort events by date. */
-const eventDateComparator = (a: NostrEvent, b: NostrEvent): number => b.created_at - a.created_at;
-
 /** Get pubkey from bech32 string, if applicable. */
 function bech32ToPubkey(bech32: string): string | undefined {
   try {
@@ -82,74 +78,32 @@ async function sha256(message: string): Promise<string> {
   return hashHex;
 }
 
-/** Schema to parse a relay URL. */
-const relaySchema = z.string().max(255).startsWith('wss://').url();
-
-/** Check whether the value is a valid relay URL. */
-const isRelay = (relay: string): relay is `wss://${string}` => relaySchema.safeParse(relay).success;
-
 /** Deduplicate events by ID. */
 function dedupeEvents(events: NostrEvent[]): NostrEvent[] {
   return [...new Map(events.map((event) => [event.id, event])).values()];
 }
 
-/** Return a copy of the event with the given tags removed. */
-function stripTags<E extends EventTemplate>(event: E, tags: string[] = []): E {
-  if (!tags.length) return event;
-  return {
-    ...event,
-    tags: event.tags.filter(([name]) => !tags.includes(name)),
-  };
-}
-
-/** Ensure the template and event match on their shared keys. */
-function eventMatchesTemplate(event: NostrEvent, template: EventTemplate): boolean {
-  const whitelist = ['nonce'];
-
-  event = stripTags(event, whitelist);
-  template = stripTags(template, whitelist);
-
-  if (template.created_at > event.created_at) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  return getEventHash(event) === getEventHash({
-    pubkey: event.pubkey,
-    ...template,
-    created_at: event.created_at,
-  });
-}
-
 /** Test whether the value is a Nostr ID. */
 function isNostrId(value: unknown): boolean {
-  return nostrIdSchema.safeParse(value).success;
+  return n.id().safeParse(value).success;
 }
 
 /** Test whether the value is a URL. */
 function isURL(value: unknown): boolean {
-  try {
-    new URL(value as string);
-    return true;
-  } catch (_) {
-    return false;
-  }
+  return z.string().url().safeParse(value).success;
 }
 
 export {
   bech32ToPubkey,
   dedupeEvents,
   eventAge,
-  eventDateComparator,
-  eventMatchesTemplate,
   findTag,
   isNostrId,
-  isRelay,
   isURL,
   type Nip05,
   nostrDate,
   nostrNow,
   parseNip05,
-  relaySchema,
   sha256,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/utils/nip98.ts b/src/utils/nip98.ts
index 74e60a4..c33da87 100644
--- a/src/utils/nip98.ts
+++ b/src/utils/nip98.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-import { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { NostrEvent, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { EventTemplate, nip13 } from 'nostr-tools';
 
-import { decode64Schema, jsonSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
+import { decode64Schema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { signedEventSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { eventAge, findTag, nostrNow, sha256 } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { Time } from '@/utils/time.ts';
 
 /** Decode a Nostr event from a base64 encoded string. */
-const decode64EventSchema = decode64Schema.pipe(jsonSchema).pipe(signedEventSchema);
+const decode64EventSchema = decode64Schema.pipe(n.json()).pipe(signedEventSchema);
 
 interface ParseAuthRequestOpts {
   /** Max event age (in ms). */
diff --git a/src/views/activitypub/actor.ts b/src/views/activitypub/actor.ts
index 9ca9a27..cfd40ba 100644
--- a/src/views/activitypub/actor.ts
+++ b/src/views/activitypub/actor.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { getPublicKeyPem } from '@/utils/rsa.ts';
 
 import type { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ import type { Actor } from '@/schemas/activitypub.ts';
 
 /** Nostr metadata event to ActivityPub actor. */
 async function renderActor(event: NostrEvent, username: string): Promise<Actor | undefined> {
-  const content = jsonMetaContentSchema.parse(event.content);
+  const content = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).parse(event.content);
 
   return {
     type: 'Person',
diff --git a/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts b/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts
index 18f3a9d..e00856e 100644
--- a/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/views/mastodon/accounts.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+import { NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { nip19, UnsignedEvent } from 'nostr-tools';
 
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { lodash } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { type DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
-import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { getLnurl } from '@/utils/lnurl.ts';
 import { nip05Cache } from '@/utils/nip05.ts';
 import { Nip05, nostrDate, nostrNow, parseNip05 } from '@/utils.ts';
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async function renderAccount(
     about,
     lud06,
     lud16,
-  } = jsonMetaContentSchema.parse(event.content);
+  } = n.json().pipe(n.metadata()).catch({}).parse(event.content);
 
   const npub = nip19.npubEncode(pubkey);
   const parsed05 = await parseAndVerifyNip05(nip05, pubkey);
diff --git a/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts b/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
index f63c501..683c667 100644
--- a/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { NostrEvent, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { isCWTag } from 'https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/mostr/-/raw/c67064aee5ade5e01597c6d23e22e53c628ef0e2/src/nostr/tags.ts';
 import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { type DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
 import { getMediaLinks, parseNoteContent } from '@/note.ts';
-import { jsonMediaDataSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { Storages } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { findReplyTag } from '@/tags.ts';
 import { nostrDate } from '@/utils.ts';
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import { unfurlCardCached } from '@/utils/unfurl.ts';
 import { accountFromPubkey, renderAccount } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
 import { DittoAttachment, renderAttachment } from '@/views/mastodon/attachments.ts';
 import { renderEmojis } from '@/views/mastodon/emojis.ts';
+import { mediaDataSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 
 interface statusOpts {
   viewerPubkey?: string;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ async function renderStatus(event: DittoEvent, opts: statusOpts): Promise<any> {
 
   const mediaTags: DittoAttachment[] = event.tags
     .filter((tag) => tag[0] === 'media')
-    .map(([_, url, json]) => ({ url, data: jsonMediaDataSchema.parse(json) }));
+    .map(([_, url, json]) => ({ url, data: n.json().pipe(mediaDataSchema).parse(json) }));
 
   const media = [...mediaLinks, ...mediaTags];
 
diff --git a/src/workers/trends.worker.ts b/src/workers/trends.worker.ts
index 819883f..33fd1a1 100644
--- a/src/workers/trends.worker.ts
+++ b/src/workers/trends.worker.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import { NSchema } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import * as Comlink from 'comlink';
 
 import { Sqlite } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { hashtagSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
-import { nostrIdSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { generateDateRange, Time } from '@/utils/time.ts';
 
 interface GetTrendingTagsOpts {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export const TrendsWorker = {
   },
 
   addTagUsages(pubkey: string, hashtags: string[], date = new Date()): void {
-    const pubkey8 = nostrIdSchema.parse(pubkey).substring(0, 8);
+    const pubkey8 = NSchema.id().parse(pubkey).substring(0, 8);
     const tags = hashtagSchema.array().min(1).parse(hashtags);
 
     db.query(