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nostrrecap 6 months ago
================================== #3 ๐ŸŒฑ Ecosystem Growth ================================== Nostr is growing fast! According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr/, there are now over 140 Nostr clients and over 450 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe. According to https://nostr.watch/, there are more than 850 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment. During this week: Total zaps: 36,047, compared to 35,795 zaps the week before image Total zap amount: 5,149,930, compared to 6,251,083 sats the week before image Total events: 3,172,122, compared to 3,042,916 events the week before image Many thanks to https://stats.nostr.band/ by @npub1xdtd...ntxy, all the contributors of and https://nostr.watch/ for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 6 months ago
=================================== #6 ๐Ÿ“ฐ Nostr in the Media =================================== 1. Nostr vs current web 2. Short and Sweet Nostr introduction for beginners 3. A nice Nostr presentation @Alex Gleason 4. Nostr group messaging on Stacker News @Car, @k00b 5. This speech by @Jordi Llonch Esteve is impressive 6. How Nostr & Bitcoin can combat bots 7. The importance of Nostr by @Haroun Kola #media_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 6 months ago
========================================== #9 ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tools, Updates and Releases ========================================== 1. Zaptube - New tool Zaptube is a decentralized video sharing and streaming platform built on Nostr. Zaptube empowers creators to publish videos without relying on centralized platforms, ensuring censorship resistance, peer-to-peer engagement, and native Nostr monetization via zaps and NIP protocols. Developed by: Black Smoke Source: 2. Yumyume - 0.8.0 โ€“ Shakshuka with Feta & Fresh Herbs Yumyume is a free, open-source, decentralized social bookmarking client built on Nostr, inspired by del.icio.us, offering censorship-resistant, user-owned bookmark sharing. The flavorful release "Shakshuka with Feta & Fresh Herbs" release brings a fresh wave of social features: users can now re-bookmark others' links, follow/unfollow profiles, filter bookmarks by people they follow, and comment directly on shared content. This update transforms Yumyume into a more social and interactive space for bookmark discovery. Under the hood, it improves bookmark deduplication, better utilizes OpenGraph metadata, and boosts tag cloud performance by narrowing the timeframe to the last 7 days. With this release, Yumyume becomes more than a bookmarking tool, it becomes a communal experience. The concept is from @Jurjen de Vries. To support its growth, contributions to the @Geyser campaign are encouraged, with rewards available for even less than the cost of a yearly Pinboard subscription. Developed by: @npub1zqca...uza5 Source: 3. Zapstore - 0.2.7 Zapstore is a permissionless, social app store built on Nostr, allowing developers to publish and users to discover decentralized apps with native zap support. In this version, Zapstore added support for a new event format, laying the groundwork for upcoming relay migrations and future NIP upgrades. The release also increases the default zap amounts, encouraging more generous peer-to-peer support for app developers. These changes enhance compatibility, scalability, and community-driven monetization, making Zapstore more robust for both creators and users. Developed by: @franzap Source: 4. Nostrmo - 3.1.0 Nostrmo is a cross-platform Flutter-based Nostr client available on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Linux, and Web. This release introduces several major improvements, including a tags spam filter to reduce unwanted content, a clear cache function for better performance, and reply support in group chats for richer conversations. It also adds support for rejected Android content queries, fixes a Blossom upload bug, improves image rendering compatibility with other clients, and resolves issues with article summaries not being set. These updates collectively enhance usability, performance, and interoperability across platforms. Developed by: @DASHU Source: 5. Tides - v1.1.4 Tides is a browser extension Nostr messenger built for Chrome, enabling seamless, permissionless messaging directly from your browser. This update fixes the positioning of names for received messages in group chats, improving readability and context in conversations. It also resolves issues with NIP-07 login, ensuring smoother authentication and connection with your Nostr identity. These fixes enhance the overall user experience, making Tides more reliable for group and private messaging on the decentralized web. Developed by: @arbadacarba Source: 6. Amber - v3.4.2-pre1 Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android, designed to securely manage your nsec keys in a dedicated mobile app, keeping your identity isolated from other clients. This pre-release brings numerous improvements, including a loading indicator during migrations, a proxy status check with a new icon, and a new screen for sending feedback via Nostr. It also fixes key issues like QR code scanning in multiwindow mode, ncryptsec export, and slow startup errors on some devices. With added event translations, better service handling, and dependency updates, this release enhances stability, usability, and security for users who want to manage their Nostr keys separately and safely. Developed by: @greenart7c3 Source: 7. Mostro - v0.14.0 Mostro is a peer-to-peer exchange platform built on the Lightning Network and Nostr, enabling decentralized Bitcoin trading without intermediaries. In this release, Mostro brings a wave of powerful updates: database keys are now encrypted, boosting user data security, and NIP-69 event publishing has been added for better protocol compliance. A full unit test suite improves code reliability, while the introduction of RPC support allows direct admin communications. The update also features a refactored settings system, hardcoded API URLs moved to configs, and a privacy-aware rating check. These changes make Mostro more secure, maintainable, and aligned with future Nostr and Lightning standards. Developed by: @Catrya, @negrunch, @Pinball Wizard Source: #tools_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 6 months ago
================================================ #10 ๐ŸŽ Developer Tools, updates and Guides ================================================ 1. Nous CLI - New Developer tool Nous CLI is a command-line tool that lets you publish static websites directly to the Nostr protocol and Blossom servers, leveraging NIP-XX: Pubkey Static Websites. With built-in cryptographic identity management, secure key storage, and a user-friendly CLI interface, Nous makes it easy to create and host decentralized websites, no centralized servers, no DNS, just Nostr-native publishing. Developed by: Siddharth Singh Source: 2. Nsite-action - New Developer tool A GitHub Action that automates the deployment of static websites to Nostr and Blossom using the nsyte tool. Ideal for developers building decentralized web experiences, it streamlines CI/CD workflows by publishing directly from your GitHub repository to the Nostr-powered web. Developed by: Sandwich Source: #dev-tools_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=========================== #1 ๐Ÿง  Quote of the Week =========================== @DETERMINISTIC OPTIMISM ๐ŸŒž โ€œIf you want to see Nostr go anywhere, build businesses on Nostr.โ€ #quote_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=========================== #3 ๐ŸŒฑ Ecosystem Growth =========================== Nostr is growing fast! According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr/, there are now over 140 Nostr clients and over 450 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe. According to https://nostr.watch/, there are more than 1000 relays online in more than 40 countries. During this week: - Total zaps: 35,795, compared to 43,519 zaps the week before image - Total zap amount: 6,251,083, compared to 13,236,504 sats the week before image - Total events: 3,038,782, compared to 3,150,579 events the week before image Many thanks to https://stats.nostr.band/ by @npub1xdtd...ntxy, all the contributors of and https://nostr.watch/ for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
============================ #6 ๐Ÿ“ฐ Nostr in the Media ============================ 1. Nostr at #OsloFreedomForum 2. Unstoppable Nostr on Youtube 3. A Nostr talk with @rabble 4. The Live episode in the Primal house @paul keating, @npub1l9s8...dy85, @Jonny Kanone, @Shaughnessy, @ROMAR , @CamiTF, @Laura ๐ŸŒž 5. Over 5 Million zaps sent on Nostr @primal 6. Nostr and #Bitcoin are married @paul keating #media_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=============================== #7 โšก Most Zapped Last Week =============================== Nostrโ€™s Value4Value (V4V) model is all about plebs directly rewarding creators for the value they receive, no middlemen fees, no ads, just pure community-driven support using sats via the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Thanks to by @PABLOF7z for providing this data. Here are the Top Zapped/Top Zappers from last week, showcasing creators who received/sent the most engagement: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Top 3: Most Zapped 1. Name: @ODELL Zaps Received: 680 Sats Earned: 134k 2. Name: @Gigi Zaps Received: 591 Sats Earned: 118k 3. Name: @FLASH Zaps Received: 569 Sats Earned: 66k ๐Ÿ”ฅ Top 3: Most Zappers 1. Name: @Blockstream Zaps Sent: 3309 Sats Spent: 50k 2. Name: @onwayโšก๏ธbitcoin Zaps Sent: 712 Sats Spent: 18k 3. Name: @โ‚ฟoniz23โšก๏ธ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Zaps Sent: 599 Sats Spent: 2k ๐Ÿ’ฐ Top 3: Most Sats Received 1. Name: @Fountain Boost Bot Sats Earned: 479k Zaps Received: 349 2. Name: @npub13jhh...c5sq Sats Earned: 294k Zaps Received: 233 3. Name: @RABBIT HOLE RECAP Sats Earned: 255k Zaps Received: 44 ๐Ÿ’ฐ Top 3: Most Sats Sent 1. Name: โ€œName is not showingโ€ Sats Spent: 150k Zaps Sent: 1 2. Name: @ODELL Sats Spent: 137k Zaps Sent: 97 3. Name: @primal Sats Spent: 125k Zaps Sent: 18 #most-zapped_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=========================================== #10 ๐ŸŽ Developer Tools, updates and Guides =========================================== 1. Nostr GitHub Integration Extension - New Developer tool Nostr GitHub Integration Extension is a browser extension that lets developers share GitHub repositories, code snippets, and permalinks directly to Nostr relays. It streamlines repo announcements and boosts collaboration by bridging GitHub activity with the Nostr network. Developed by: @Biz Source: 2. Zap Watcher - New Developer tool ZapWatcher is an ESP32-based device that connects to Nostr relays and triggers a physical alert (like an LED or buzzer) whenever your npub receives a zap, bringing real-time Nostr interactions into the physical world. Developed by: @Oren โ˜‚๏ธ Source: 3. Nostr PHP - 1.9.0 Nostr PHP is a PHP helper library for interacting with the Nostr protocol. This release introduces support for NIP-13, enabling Proof-of-Work for event publishing, and NIP-65, which allows relay list metadata events. It also adds a new PersistentConnection class with an accompanying code example, enhancing long-term connection handling for developers. This was the major release and there were releases 1.9.1 and 1.9.2 also last week. Developed by: @Sebastix, @Djuri Source: #dev-tools_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
====================================== #11 ๐ŸŒ Relay Updates and Releases ====================================== 1. Ngit Relay - New Relay/Developer tool Ngit-relay is a self-hostable, permissioned Git relay built on the Nostr protocol. It enables decentralized Git repository hosting and collaboration over Nostr, integrating relay, Git, and Blossom service layers into one developer-focused solution. This can be considered as a developer tool for Git over Nostr too. Developed by: @DanConwayDev Source: 2. Grain - v0.4.0 Grain is a Nostr relay designed for operators seeking fine-grained control over relay behavior. This release introduces structured logging with customizable formats and component-level controls, an advanced caching system for whitelist and blacklist pubkeys with background refresh, and smarter connection management featuring memory monitoring and enhanced WebSocket handling. Query performance is boosted through optimized MongoDB operations and configurable request limits. Additional improvements include enhanced event validation, centralized configuration management, and critical bug fixes that increase stability and reliability. Developed by: @OceanSlim Source: #relays_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=========================== #1 ๐Ÿง  Quote of the Week =========================== @Badsamm โ€œI find that the more people you follow on Nostr, the better the experience.โ€ #quote_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=========================== #2 ๐Ÿ”ฅ Community Highlights =========================== 1. @rabble is at #websummit View quoted note โ†’ View quoted note โ†’ 2. @Bitcoin FilmFest fixed the dates for the next one View quoted note โ†’ 3. @Bitcoin FilmFest 2025 recap article View quoted note โ†’ 4. @rabble is at Oslo Freedom Forum #OFF2025 View quoted note โ†’ 5. Nostriches meet at the Nostr lounge View quoted note โ†’ 6. @BitPopArt is thanking to the @Bitcoin FilmFest community and #Nostr View quoted note โ†’ 7. How to get a better experience in #Nostr View quoted note โ†’ 8. The Nostr explanation View quoted note โ†’ 9. The best Nostr advertisement at @The Bitcoin Conference View quoted note โ†’ 10. The Nostr discussion of @Derek Ross with @Sirius at @The Bitcoin Conference View quoted note โ†’ 11. Two ladies working hard in #NosVegas View quoted note โ†’ 12. The poem of censorship View quoted note โ†’ #community_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=========================== #3 ๐ŸŒฑ Ecosystem Growth =========================== Nostr is growing fast! According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr/, there are now over 140 Nostr clients and over 450 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe. According to https://nostr.watch/, there are more than 1000 relays online in more than 40 countries. During this week: Total zaps: 43,519, compared to 40,409 zaps the week before image Total zap amount: 13,236,504, compared to 12,095,130 sats the week before image Total events: 3,144,748, compared to 2,789,965 events the week before image Many thanks to https://stats.nostr.band/ by @npub1xdtd...ntxy, all the contributors of and https://nostr.watch/ for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=========================== #5 ๐Ÿ“… Upcoming Events =========================== 1. NOSTRBAMA Nostr Conference - July 2025 ๐Ÿ“… Date: July 15 - 17, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ Location: The Hatch (upstairs Haberdasher), 113 Dauphin Street. Mobile, Alabama. ๐Ÿคนโ€โ™€๏ธ Organizers: @Other Mallory , @Sergio, @Riddler ๐Ÿ”— Event: 2. Purple Konnektiv meetup - August 2025 ๐Ÿ“… Date: August 29 - 31, 2025 ๐Ÿ“ Location: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Southern Germany ๐Ÿคนโ€โ™€๏ธ Organizers: @npub1purp...zkzp ๐Ÿ”— Event: nostr:View quoted note โ†’ #events_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
============================ #6 ๐Ÿ“ฐ Nostr in the Media ============================ 1. Nostr: The Algorithm Free Social Network 2. The Case for Going All-In on Nostr @Jake Woodhouse 3. @mar explains Nostr on Twitter/X https://x.com/mar101xy/status/1928618943528280115 4. @DanishCrypto is trying to increase the size of Nostr circle #media_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=============================== #7 โšก Most Zapped Last Week =============================== Nostrโ€™s Value4Value (V4V) model is all about plebs directly rewarding creators for the value they receive, no middlemen fees, no ads, just pure community-driven support using sats via the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Thanks to by @PABLOF7z for providing this data. Here are the top zapped posts from last week, showcasing creators who received the most engagement: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Top 3: Most Zaps 1. Zaps Received: 127 Sats Earned: 140k View quoted note โ†’ 2. Zaps Received: 104 Sats Earned: 75k View quoted note โ†’ 3. Zaps Received: 79 Sats Earned: 91k View quoted note โ†’ ๐Ÿ’ฐ Top 3: Most Sats 1. Sats Earned: 140k Zaps Received: 127 View quoted note โ†’ 2. Sats Earned: 91k Zaps Received: 79 View quoted note โ†’ 3. Sats Earned: 75k Zaps Received: 104 View quoted note โ†’ #most-zapped_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
================================== #9 ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Tools, Updates and Releases ================================== 1. Nostratui - New Tool Nostratui is a terminal user interface (TUI) for browsing Nostr posts, built in Rust. It offers a minimalist and efficient way to interact with the Nostr network directly from the command line, making it ideal for users who prefer a lightweight, keyboard-driven experience. Developed by: Adam Source: 2. Shosho - New Tool Shosho is a mobile app that lets you live stream from your camera and chat with friends and followers on Nostr in real time. It uses RTMP to stream video to zap.stream servers while announcing the stream on the Nostr network, creating an experience similar to Facebook Live but fully decentralized and built on Nostr. Developed by: @Rod Source: 3. Yumyume - 0.7.0 - Mezze Platter with Labneh, Olives & Spiced Lamb Yumyume is a free, open-source, decentralized social bookmarking tool built on Nostr, designed to help users save and share bookmarks with full data ownership. This release adds detailed bookmark and URL pages, improved tagging and faster feeds, and updates the bookmarklet to Kind 39701 for NIP-B0 compliance. Onboarding is now smoother with dynamic return URLs, and tag formatting issues have been fixed, making bookmarking on Nostr more seamless, insightful, and user-friendly. The concept is from @Jurjen de Vries. To support its growth, contributions to the @Geyser campaign are encouraged, with rewards available for even less than the cost of a yearly Pinboard subscription. Developed by: @npub1zqca...uza5 Source: 4. Futr - v0.3.0 Futr is a desktop Nostr client written in Haskell and Qt5, offering a responsive and polished cross-platform experience. This release adds Windows 10 support, rich media viewing for images and videos, threaded conversations with nested comments, improved chat and profile features, smoother scrolling, and better error handling. These updates make browsing, interacting, and messaging on Nostr faster, more intuitive, and accessible to both Windows and Linux users. Developed by: @Sascha-Oliver Proliฤ‡ Source: 5. Voyage - v0.17.5 Voyage is a lightweight Nostr client for Android, designed for speed and simplicity on mobile devices. This release improves performance by no longer fetching or displaying upvote counts and removes forced handling of kind 1111 replies. These changes streamline the app, making it faster and more efficient for everyday Nostr use on Android. Developed by: @dluvian Source: 6. Alby Lightning Browser Extension - v3.12.0 Herbig-Haro 24 Alby Lightning Browser Extension is a powerful Bitcoin Lightning extension that integrates Lightning, Nostr, Liquid, and on-chain features directly into the browser, acting as both a wallet interface and key signer. This release, "Herbig-Haro 24," introduces improved onboarding for master and Nostr keys, a new Wallet Settings menu for easier configuration, a refined UI and copy for better user experience, removal of the "batteries" feature, and numerous backend improvements, including code cleanups, documentation updates, and workflow optimizations. Developed by: @Moritz, Vara Rahul Rajana, @Deleted Account, Achal Jhawar, Pavan Joshi Source: 7. 0xchat App - v1.4.10 0xchat App is a mobile Nostr client for iOS and Android that enables private and public messaging. In this release, new support was added for creating MLS private groups, enhancing encrypted group chats. Several bugs were fixed, including issues with NIP-29 group type settings, ecash signing via Amber, relay duplication, and rare key package retrieval errors. This update improves both privacy features and reliability, making it a noteworthy addition to a Nostr user-focused recap. Developed by: @water783 Source: 8. Runstr - v0.4.7 - Bug Squashing Runstr is a running app built on the Nostr protocol that tracks fitness and shares data privately on Nostr. This release improves step tracking accuracy, enhances privacy by limiting data sharing and relay use, refines reward payouts via Lightning Address discovery, and fixes UI issues on CalyxOS and GrapheneOS. It also adds better workout time accuracy and a skip countdown option, making it a notable Nostr-integrated fitness tool. This is the latest release and there were some more minor releases within this week. Developed by: @TheWildHustle Source: #tools_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=========================================== #10 ๐ŸŽ Developer Tools, updates and Guides =========================================== 1. NIPs on Nostr - New Developer tool NIPs on Nostr is a website that lets users view official Nostr Implementation Possibilities (NIPs) and publish custom NIPs directly to the Nostr network. It makes exploring and contributing to the Nostr protocol easier and more decentralized. Developed by: @Alex Gleason Source: 2. Dart Nostr Development Kit (NDK) - v0.4.0 Dart Nostr Development Kit (NDK) is a Dart library that simplifies and enhances Nostr app development, especially for Flutter projects. This release introduces performance improvements, NIP feature support (like NIP-59 and NIP-51), enhanced relay filtering, better error handling, async broadcasting, and expanded NWC (Nostr Wallet Connect) capabilities. These updates make the library more robust and flexible, enabling developers to build faster, more reliable Nostr apps with advanced features. Developed by: @leo, @fmar, @fidel cashflow, Kieran Source: #dev-tools_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
================================ #1 ๐Ÿง  Quote of the Week ================================ @Derek Ross โ€œNostr is not your backup identity when centralized and legacy platforms fail you. Nostr is your identity. You own it. You're in control of it. Full stop.โ€ #quote_nostr_recap
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nostrrecap 7 months ago
=================================== #3 ๐ŸŒฑ Ecosystem Growth =================================== Nostr is growing fast! According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr/, there are now over 140 Nostr clients and over 450 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe. According to https://nostr.watch/, there are more than 1000 relays online in more than 40 countries. During this week: Total zaps: 40,409, compared to 34,933 zaps the week before image Total zap amount: 12,095,130, compared to 7,083,150 sats the week before image Total events: 2,787,200, compared to 2,578,036 events the week before image Many thanks to https://stats.nostr.band/ by @npub1xdtd...ntxy, all the contributors of and https://nostr.watch/ for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap
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