diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4b9bf70..431709d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "skate-spots",
-  "version": "1.7.53",
+  "version": "1.7.54",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "skate-spots",
-      "version": "1.7.53",
+      "version": "1.7.54",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "dependencies": {
         "@bitcoinerlab/secp256k1": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f96ef8..d9b747f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "skate-spots",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.7.53",
+  "version": "1.7.54",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "https://skate-spots.org",
diff --git a/release-notes.txt b/release-notes.txt
index 483668a..710f5c2 100644
--- a/release-notes.txt
+++ b/release-notes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+🖼️ Image uploads are now bounded by npub, not just IP
+- Blossom uploads are image-only: JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, HEIC or GIF, max 10 MB.
+  No video uploads were added.
+- A signed quota proxy now verifies the BUD-11 upload token, then enforces:
+  • 50 images / 250 MB per npub per day
+  • 3× that budget for the two relay admins
+  • a generous 100 images / 500 MB per IP per hour backstop
+  • a 20 GB relay-wide media budget with health alerts
+- Uploads go through our own Blossom only. Public mirrors remain read-side
+  fallbacks for existing images, but can no longer silently bypass the quota.
+- Clear size/type/daily-limit errors replace raw Blossom responses.
+- Newlay’s own per-object cap is now 10 MB as a second line of defence.
+
+The private read-only admin dashboard is next; this release is the quota layer.
+
+---
+
 🛰️ Cordn / Staircase reliability pass
 - Raised the embedded coordinator’s request budget (120/min → 300/min,
   burst 30 → 120) and concurrency (32 → 64) after finding 3,767 rate-limit