Give admins moderator control over events + fix a spoofing hole

Admins (the two pubkeys in src/lib/admins.ts) can now moderate any event:
- Post authoritative Event Updates (incl. cancel/reschedule) on events they don't own,
  clearly labelled "Admin" and marked with an ["admin","true"] tag
- Take down any event (already wired via DeleteEntityDialog + isAdminPubkey)

SECURITY FIX: kind-7103 Event Updates are now only trusted from the event's host
(pubkey in the `a` coordinate) or a SkateSpots admin. Previously ANY npub could
publish a fake "CANCELLED" update — spoofing the detail-page banner and spamming
RSVPers' notification bells. Enforced in both parseEventUpdate() and
useActivityNotifications.

Note: admins intentionally CANNOT open the edit form on others' events — an
addressable event (31923) can only be replaced by the key that signed it; editing
under a different key would fork it, not edit it. Moderation is done via
authoritative updates + takedown instead.

Docs: NIP.md updated with the host/admin trust rule and the admin marker tag.

Co-authored-by: shakespeare.diy <assistant@shakespeare.diy>

NIP.md

@@ -389,10 +389,11 @@ Hosts broadcast changes ("rain — moved to Sunday", "meet at the back ledge") w
   "kind": 7103,
   "content": "Rain — moved to Sunday 2pm. Meet at the back ledge.",
   "tags": [
-    ["a", "31923:<event-author-pubkey>:<event-d>", "", ""],
+    ["a", "31923:<event-author-pubkey>:<event-d>"],
     ["e", "<event-id>"],
     ["update-kind", "reschedule"],
     ["t", "skateboarding"],
+    ["admin", "true"],
     ["p", "<rsvper-pubkey>"],
     ["p", "<rsvper-pubkey>"],
     ["alt", "Update to a skate event"]
@@ -401,10 +402,11 @@ Hosts broadcast changes ("rain — moved to Sunday", "meet at the back ledge") w
 ```
 
 - `update-kind` is one of `update` (default), `reschedule`, `relocation`, or `cancelled` — used for iconography/emphasis.
-- Only the event's own author should post updates (clients enforce this).
+- **Trust rule (required):** an update is only honored if its author is **either** the event's own host (the pubkey embedded in the `a` coordinate) **or** a designated SkateSpots admin. Updates from any other pubkey MUST be discarded — otherwise a stranger could forge a fake "cancelled" notice. Clients enforce this both when rendering the update thread and when raising notifications.
+- `["admin", "true"]` marks a moderation action posted by an admin on an event they don't own. Clients render such updates with an explicit "Admin" label so they are never mistaken for the host.
 - When a host edits an event's **time or location**, the client auto-publishes a `reschedule`/`relocation` update to notify RSVPers.
 
-Clients query an event's updates with `{ kinds: [7103], "#a": ["31923:<host>:<d>"] }`.
+Clients query an event's updates with `{ kinds: [7103], "#a": ["31923:<host>:<d>"] }`, then filter authors to `{host} ∪ {admins}`.
 
 ## Social Interaction
 

src/components/EventUpdates.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { useToast } from '@/hooks/useToast';
 import { useEventUpdates, usePostEventUpdate } from '@/hooks/useEventUpdates';
 import { useEventRsvps, eventCoord } from '@/hooks/useEventRsvps';
 import { genUserName } from '@/lib/genUserName';
+import { isAdminPubkey } from '@/lib/admins';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import type { EventUpdate, EventUpdateKind, SkateEvent } from '@/lib/types';
 
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ function UpdateItem({ update }: { update: EventUpdate }) {
       <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
           <span className="text-sm font-bold text-white">{name}</span>
+          {update.authorRole === 'admin' && (
+            <span className="rounded-full border border-yellow-500/40 bg-yellow-500/15 px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[9px] font-black uppercase tracking-wide text-yellow-400">
+              Admin
+            </span>
+          )}
           {update.updateKind !== 'update' && (
             <span
               className={cn(
@@ -90,6 +96,9 @@ export function EventUpdates({ event }: { event: SkateEvent }) {
   const [kind, setKind] = useState<EventUpdateKind>('update');
 
   const isHost = user?.pubkey === event.pubkey;
+  const isAdmin = isAdminPubkey(user?.pubkey);
+  // Admins can moderate any event; the host runs their own.
+  const canPost = isHost || isAdmin;
 
   const handlePost = async () => {
     const text = message.trim();
@@ -121,13 +130,31 @@ export function EventUpdates({ event }: { event: SkateEvent }) {
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-4">
-      {/* Composer — host only */}
+      {/* Composer — host or SkateSpots admin */}
-      {isHost && (
+      {canPost && (
-        <div className="rounded-xl border border-[#ccff00]/25 bg-[#ccff00]/[0.04] p-3">
+        <div
-          <div className="mb-2 flex items-center gap-2 text-sm font-black uppercase tracking-wide text-[#ccff00]">
+          className={cn(
+            'rounded-xl border p-3',
+            isHost
+              ? 'border-[#ccff00]/25 bg-[#ccff00]/[0.04]'
+              : 'border-yellow-500/30 bg-yellow-500/[0.05]',
+          )}
+        >
+          <div
+            className={cn(
+              'mb-2 flex items-center gap-2 text-sm font-black uppercase tracking-wide',
+              isHost ? 'text-[#ccff00]' : 'text-yellow-400',
+            )}
+          >
             <Megaphone className="h-4 w-4" />
-            Post an update
+            {isHost ? 'Post an update' : 'Post an admin update'}
           </div>
+          {!isHost && (
+            <p className="mb-2 text-[11px] text-yellow-200/80">
+              You're posting as a SkateSpots admin. It'll be clearly labelled as an admin
+              notice, not from the host.
+            </p>
+          )}
           <div className="mb-2 flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
             {(Object.keys(UPDATE_KIND_META) as EventUpdateKind[]).map((k) => {
               const m = UPDATE_KIND_META[k];
@@ -169,7 +196,12 @@ export function EventUpdates({ event }: { event: SkateEvent }) {
               size="sm"
               onClick={handlePost}
               disabled={isPending || !message.trim()}
-              className="gap-1.5 bg-[#ccff00] font-bold text-black hover:bg-[#ccff00]/90"
+              className={cn(
+                'gap-1.5 font-bold text-black',
+                isHost
+                  ? 'bg-[#ccff00] hover:bg-[#ccff00]/90'
+                  : 'bg-yellow-400 hover:bg-yellow-400/90',
+              )}
             >
               {isPending ? <Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 animate-spin" /> : <Send className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />}
               Post
@@ -190,7 +222,7 @@ export function EventUpdates({ event }: { event: SkateEvent }) {
           ))}
         </div>
       ) : (
-        !isHost && (
+        !canPost && (
           <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
             No updates from the host yet. RSVP and you'll be notified if anything changes.
           </p>

src/hooks/useActivityNotifications.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useNostr } from '@nostrify/react';
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import type { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { useCurrentUser } from '@/hooks/useCurrentUser';
+import { isAdminPubkey } from '@/lib/admins';
 
 /**
  * General, app-wide activity notifications for the logged-in user.
@@ -193,6 +194,12 @@ export function useActivityNotifications() {
           });
         } else if (event.kind === EVENT_UPDATE_KIND) {
           // A host posted an update to an event I RSVP'd to (I'm p-tagged).
+          // SECURITY: only trust it if the author is the event's host (from the
+          // `a` coordinate) or a SkateSpots admin — otherwise a stranger could
+          // spam fake "event cancelled" notifications by p-tagging RSVPers.
+          const updateCoord = event.tags.find(([t]) => t === 'a')?.[1];
+          const updateHost = updateCoord?.split(':')[1];
+          if (event.pubkey !== updateHost && !isAdminPubkey(event.pubkey)) continue;
           out.push({
             id: event.id,
             type: 'event-update',

src/hooks/useEventUpdates.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   type SkateEvent,
 } from '@/lib/types';
 import { eventCoord } from '@/hooks/useEventRsvps';
+import { isAdminPubkey } from '@/lib/admins';
 
 /**
  * Host "Event Updates" (kind 7103) — a public broadcast pinned to a calendar
@@ -61,8 +62,10 @@ export function usePostEventUpdate() {
       notifyPubkeys?: string[];
     }) => {
       if (!user) throw new Error('You must be logged in to post an update.');
-      if (user.pubkey !== opts.event.pubkey) {
+      const isHost = user.pubkey === opts.event.pubkey;
-        throw new Error('Only the event host can post updates.');
+      const isAdmin = isAdminPubkey(user.pubkey);
+      if (!isHost && !isAdmin) {
+        throw new Error('Only the event host or a SkateSpots admin can post updates.');
       }
 
       const coord = eventCoord(opts.event);
@@ -78,6 +81,9 @@ export function usePostEventUpdate() {
         ['update-kind', kind],
         ['t', 'skateboarding'],
         ['alt', `Update to a skate event: ${opts.event.title}`],
+        // Mark moderator actions so clients can show "Admin" instead of "Host".
+        // (An admin posting on an event they don't own is a moderation action.)
+        ...(!isHost && isAdmin ? [['admin', 'true']] : []),
         ...notify.map((pk) => ['p', pk]),
       ];
 

src/lib/types.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import ngeohash from 'ngeohash';
 import { parseCrewVideo } from '@/lib/videoEmbed';
+import { isAdminPubkey } from '@/lib/admins';
 
 // Community relay for all skate-specific content (spots, events, coaches, shops, etc.)
 // This ensures all users see the same content regardless of their personal relay settings
@@ -970,6 +971,14 @@ export interface EventUpdate {
   message: string;
   /** Category of update, for iconography / emphasis. */
   updateKind: EventUpdateKind;
+  /**
+   * Who this update is authoritatively from, relative to the event it targets:
+   * - 'host'  → signed by the event's own author (coordinate pubkey)
+   * - 'admin' → signed by a SkateSpots admin acting as a moderator
+   * Any other author is untrusted and MUST be discarded by callers (a random
+   * npub could otherwise forge a fake "CANCELLED" update).
+   */
+  authorRole: 'host' | 'admin';
   createdAt: number;
   event: NostrEvent;
 }
@@ -977,6 +986,10 @@ export interface EventUpdate {
 /**
  * Parse a host Event Update (kind 7103). Requires an `a` coordinate to a
  * calendar event and non-empty content.
+ *
+ * SECURITY: the update is only trusted if its author is either the event's own
+ * host (derived from the `a` coordinate) or a SkateSpots admin. Updates from any
+ * other pubkey return `null` so a stranger can't spoof a cancellation.
  */
 export function parseEventUpdate(event: NostrEvent): EventUpdate | null {
   if (event.kind !== EVENT_UPDATE_KIND) return null;
@@ -993,6 +1006,18 @@ export function parseEventUpdate(event: NostrEvent): EventUpdate | null {
       ? rawKind
       : 'update';
 
+  // SECURITY: only trust updates from the event's host (the pubkey embedded in
+  // the `a` coordinate) or a SkateSpots admin. Anyone else is forging.
+  const hostPubkey = eventCoord.split(':')[1];
+  let authorRole: 'host' | 'admin';
+  if (event.pubkey === hostPubkey) {
+    authorRole = 'host';
+  } else if (isAdminPubkey(event.pubkey)) {
+    authorRole = 'admin';
+  } else {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   return {
     id: event.id,
     pubkey: event.pubkey,
@@ -1000,6 +1025,7 @@ export function parseEventUpdate(event: NostrEvent): EventUpdate | null {
     eventId: event.tags.find(([name]) => name === 'e')?.[1],
     message: message.slice(0, MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN),
     updateKind,
+    authorRole,
     createdAt: event.created_at,
     event,
   };