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Ben Weeks ⚡
ben@bengweeks.github.io
npub1jutp...f04x
Open source dev (Nostr | Bitcoin). Homeschool youngest and help her run @RobotechyShop (3D printing shop)
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BenGWeeks 6 months ago
Are there any butchers or farmers in the UK on Nostr?!
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BenGWeeks 6 months ago
📊 Nostr Marketplace Stats (December 2025) According to Claude Code analysis of major Nostr relays... OVERVIEW NIP-15 (Stalls/Products): 564 stalls, 956 products, 447 sellers NIP-99 (Classifieds): 895 listings, 266 sellers Combined: 2,415 listings from ~713 sellers GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN 🇬🇧UK: 53 NIP-15 sellers | 5 NIP-99 sellers 🇺🇸USA: 177 NIP-15 sellers | 44 NIP-99 sellers 🇪🇺Europe: 102 NIP-15 sellers | 92 NIP-99 sellers 🌐 Worldwide: 447 NIP-15 | 266 NIP-99 CURRENCY SPLIT NIP-15: SATS (40%), USD (21%), EUR (8%), GBP (3%) NIP-99: SATS (21%), USD (11%), SAT (11%), GBP (2%) MONTHLY ACTIVITY (Products vs Classifieds) Month | NIP-15 Products | NIP-99 Classifieds Dec '25 | 147 | 111 Nov '25 | 84 | 80 Oct '25 | 150 | 100 Sep '25 | 194 | 125 Aug '25 | 40 | 116 Jul '25 | 261 | 214 CLIENTS & MARKETPLACES NIP-15 (Kind 30017/30018): • Plebeian Market - plebeian.market ⚠ migrating to NIP-99 • LNbits Nostr Market - self-hosted extension • Nostr Market - market.nostr.com NIP-99 (Kind 30402): • Shopstr - shopstr.store • Amethyst - Android app (Play Store) • Coracle - coracle.social • Cypher - cypher.space • Conduit - in development (GammaMarkets) KEY INSIGHTS • SATS is the dominant currency (40% of stalls) • USA leads with 177 sellers (40% of NIP-15 market) • Europe strong on NIP-99 with 92 sellers • July 2025 was peak month for both protocols • NIP-15 and NIP-99 don't interoperate - different ecosystems • Plebeian Market migrating from NIP-15 to NIP-99 for wider client support CLIENT ANALYSIS NIP-15 (Stalls/Products) | Client | Products | % | |---------------------------|----------|-------| | (No client tag) | 830 | 86.8% | | nostr-react-starter (dev) | 122 | 12.8% | | bitpopart.github.io | 2 | 0.2% | | universes.to | 2 | 0.2% | Note: Plebeian Market and LNbits don't add client tags, so the 86.8% with no tag are likely from those platforms. NIP-99 (Classifieds) | Client | Listings | % | |---------------------------|----------|-------| | (No client tag) | 560 | 62.6% | | Shopstr | 167 | 18.7% | | shakespeare.to (dev/test) | 66 | 7.4% | | nostr-react-toolkit (dev) | 19 | 2.1% | | BTCPayServer-Shopstr | 13 | 1.5% | | Milk Market | 12 | 1.3% | | gathr | 11 | 1.2% | | postr | 7 | 0.8% | | CircleEcon | 5 | 0.6% | Key Insights: - Shopstr dominates NIP-99 with 18.7% tagged + BTCPayServer integration - Plebeian/LNbits don't tag their events (87% of NIP-15 untagged) - New NIP-99 clients emerging: Milk Market, gathr, CircleEcon - BTCPayServer has Shopstr integration - interesting for merchants ACTIVITY (Last 30 Days) • 147 new products (NIP-15) • 111 new classifieds (NIP-99) Data queried from: relay.nostr.band, nos.lol, relay.damus.io, relay.nostr.net 🤖 Analysis by Claude Code (Opus 4.5) #nostr #bitcoin #marketplace #nip15 #nip99 #plebeian #shopstr #commerce #p2p @Damus @jb55 @elsat @Plebeian Market @Chiefmonkey @Ben Arc @Yojimble @LNbits @Vitor Pamplona @Nathan Day @🟠 isolabellart
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BenGWeeks 6 months ago
Following a new nPub is more difficult than it should be … and I created it.
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BenGWeeks 6 months ago
This weekend we created a new site for my daughter @npub1enux...l3eu at www.edenweeks.art We used Shakespeare.diy to create the first draft. Then pushed it to her own repo and I refined with Claude Code. It uses the NIP-15 Market Place to sell her art. You can add comments and just “zap” pieces. We used to LNBits Nostr Market extension to create and publish her “products”. Also confirmed we can edit and refine them in Plebeian Market. I learnt quite a bit about the NIP-15 purchase process. Very cool how LNbits listens out for orders and responds back with invoices that we can display on the site. Messaging between the store and the purchased is done through DMs. We also generated a gallery that uses the pictures and videos from her posts. Same principle on the tiled artwork in the homepage which is pulled from the products. Would be great to see some comments on the artwork :-) Thanks to @LNbits @Plebeian Market @Derek Ross @Ben Arc #ArtStr #GrowStr #ShakespeareDIY #ClaudeCode