👾 Hackers at @btcplusplus in Brazil will be competing this week for $10,000 of main hackathon prizes. 🤑 On top of that, thanks to contributions from @Alby and Flashwhen hacking with NWC they can win additional $1,000 of sats! Let's take a look at NWC challenges 👇 💸 1. Integration of NWC to enable Bitcoin payments in a third-party application The goal is to allow NWC wallets/nodes to connect into other apps for seamless in-app payments Could be @npub1qvph...lyfw , Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, @Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge , @LN Markets or any other app 👛 2. Integration of NWC connections in an existing Bitcoin wallet The goal is to enable creating NWC connections in one of the existing Bitcoin wallets. This could be @Blink Wallet , @La Crypta or any other open source lightning wallet 🆕 3. New application using NWC in an app, website, or client The goal is to create an app, website, client or other innovative way of utilizing NWC protocol Create a unique client or NWC use case, invent auto-verification of @BTC Map merchants with NWC or an AI agent using NWC More details about the hackathon:

Bitcoin++ - Beach Edition

Bitcoin++ - Beach Edition

bitcoin++ is hacking at the beach

🔌 Nostr Wallet Connect hackathon track sponsored by @Alby is coming next week to @btcplusplus in Florianópolis, Brazil 🇧🇷! 👩‍💻 Compete for hefty sats prizes by hacking innovative software with NWC protocol 🎟️ GIVEAWAY: We’re giving away one free ticket! To win a ticket, simply: 1. Follow NWC X profile (sorry, it's X only 😬):

X (formerly Twitter)

Nostr Wallet Connect (@nwc_dev) on X

Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) is an open protocol to connect lightning wallets to apps

2. Repost giveaway post:

X (formerly Twitter)

Nostr Wallet Connect (@nwc_dev) on X

🔌 Nostr Wallet Connect hackathon track sponsored by @getAlby is coming next week to @btcplusplus in Florianópolis, Brazil 🇧🇷! 👩‍�...

3. Tag a product that would benefit from integrating NWC and explain how it could make it better We’ll choose the winner based on the best answer and announce it this Saturday.

@miljan 's thoughts on @primal Wallet embracing Nostr Wallet Connect naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp4sl80zm866yqrha4esknfwp0j4lxfrt29pkrh5nnnj2rgx6dm62qq0y2an9wfuj6stswqk5uet9v3ej6snfw33k76tw943hjvm4wejqp96a3d

Primal Wallet embracing NWC is a huge push for widespread NWC adoption! Kudos 🫶

One of the greatest lightning wallets @ZEUS lately allowed us to connect any NWC wallet to use it on mobile within Zeus 😎 But they're not stopping. Seems like built-in Zeus wallet will also gain superpowers of connecting into other apps in the future 👀

Nost Wallet Connect mentioned by @Plan ₿ Network Nice that you noticed the growth of the protocol to use bitcoin... everywhere. We're sure your students will create many great things with NWC

Wen @ZEUS integrates NWC

Zap less, but with higher amounts

2024 was a real breakthrough of Nostr Wallet Connect ecosystem—new wallets, apps, websites, dev tools embraced interoperability & programmability that #NWC brings to Bitcoin. 2025 is going to be even more exciting. Let's celebrate that with fresh updates to NWC ecosystem map 🧵👇 There's another NWC wallet in the block? Created by @Megalithic.me , Rizful is a service providing instant, disposable lightning nodes, optimized for education. Easily spin up a node with NWC functionalities for testing.

Rizful: Lightning Services

Free Lightning vaults, and instant, disposable Lightning Nodes.

@Alby Hub is getting easier to deploy on more and more platforms and operating systems. Already in 2025, both RaspiBlitz and Unraid let you install Alby Hub from their app stores. Olas - new, Instagram-like Nostr client created by @PABLOF7z that gains lots of traction now, allows you to zap photos of your friends with sats

GitHub

GitHub - pablof7z/olas: Guess.

Guess. Contribute to pablof7z/olas development by creating an account on GitHub.

We now have two NWC Telegram bots: ZapGram allows you to tip users on Telegram directly from your wallet.

Telegram

ZapGram

⚡ Bitcoin Lightning wallet in Telegram.

@nostrcheck.me — a comprehensive Nostr account management service & private relay integrated Nostr Wallet Connect as well.

Nostrcheck Server

nostrcheck.me | FREE nostr address (NIP-05 identifier), file hosting and relay

The best free service for nostr address (NIP-05 identifier), file hosting and relay.

@plebdevs.com , bitcoin developer education community, awhile ago integrated NWC bot on their Discord. Now you can also connect your wallet to their website to pay for content, 1:1 sessions, plebdevs.com lightning address & NIP-05 Pull That Up Jamie! is a private AI web search that integrated Bitcoin Connect for NWC payments per prompt.

Pull That Up Jamie

Pull That Up Jamie - Search + AI Analysis

Podcast Search & AI Automation for Podcasters & Content Creators

We added experimental NWC integration with @strike API created by @npub1h6lq...gty4

GitHub

GitHub - SamSamskies/strike-nwc-service: Nostr Wallet Connect service using Strike API

Nostr Wallet Connect service using Strike API. Contribute to SamSamskies/strike-nwc-service development by creating an account on GitHub.

Polish bitcoiners community @Dwadzieścia Jeden started using NWC bot ThunderTip on its Telegram. Last but not least — small little fun app Bullish Bulletin is a web cork notice board. You pay with sats per each note you want to share

Bullish Bulletin

A place to share your thoughts while supporting The Bullish Bitcoiner.

NWC realises Andreas' vision of using BTC as programmable money. Apps can program any kind of unique payment flows they wish, with any language they want. Users connect their wallets and use their bitcoin in new, exciting ways.

I just want to zap people from my node on @SimpleX Chat, is that too much to ask for? 🥺

Great news for builders and developers: https://rizful.com/, a service providing instant, disposable lightning nodes, optimized for education integrated NWC! That means you can easily spin up a node with NWC functionalities for testing. Huge win for all of us, thanks @Megalithic.me