diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 39f9688..dc2402a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "skate-spots",
-  "version": "1.7.72",
+  "version": "1.7.73",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "skate-spots",
-      "version": "1.7.72",
+      "version": "1.7.73",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "dependencies": {
         "@bitcoinerlab/secp256k1": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dbdded9..2e5e60e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "skate-spots",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.7.72",
+  "version": "1.7.73",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "https://skate-spots.org",
diff --git a/release-notes.txt b/release-notes.txt
index 337edd8..bea62d0 100644
--- a/release-notes.txt
+++ b/release-notes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+🔑 Simpler sign-in choices
+- The login dialog now shows two primary methods instead of three:
+  **Browser extension** and a platform-aware signer card.
+- On Android the signer card is **Amber (NIP-55)**. On desktop it is
+  **Pair a signer** via NIP-46 QR.
+- Removed the duplicate NIP-46 card. Desktop QR pairing now contains the
+  “Paste a bunker URI instead” path, with a back link.
+- Amber users on Android get a direct “Use another signer (QR)” escape hatch.
+- Fixed the QR button markup and clarified that QR pairing is for NIP-46
+  signers such as nsec.app/Nostrum; Amber is the one-tap Android path.
+
+---
+
 🛡️ Verify before showing, and stop leaking referrers
 - The shared skate-content query path now verifies every relay event's id and
   signature before merge/display. Trust-sensitive reads no longer rely on the