I made my 21st edition of "The Latest on the Nostr - A Weekly Nostr Recap" (April 28th, 2025) highlight notable news, releases, community milestones, upcoming events, and more from across the Nostr ecosystem. I am aiming to bring you a concise but comprehensive overview. So you can stay in the loop without chasing every thread. Below, you’ll find mentions of the incredible contributors and creators whose work, insights and enthusiasm powered this decentralized network last week. Dive in, discover what’s new and consider zapping these plebs to show your support. Let’s #growNostr together! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 🗞️ The Latest the Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap - 28th April 2025 🚀 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ================== 🧠 Quote of the Week ================== @primal “Nostr is how we orange pill the masses.” ===================== 🔥 Community Highlights ===================== 1. Analysis of Reactions and Original Notes on #Nostr Over Two Years 2. Evaluating custom feeds on @npub13myx...v3qk and pointing out the bug View quoted note → 3. The connection between Nostr and #Bitcoin View quoted note → 4. Posting on Nostr regarding the lockout on X View quoted note → 5. Global Spreading progress of Nostr View quoted note → 6. Seeking plebs’ favourite Nostr clients View quoted note → 7. The Healthiest social network relationship of @PABLOF7z ever View quoted note → ================== 🌱 Ecosystem Growth ================== Nostr is growing fast! According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are now over 140 Nostr clients, over 50 relays and over 450 Nostr apps are running in more than 40 countries around the globe. During this week: - Total zaps: 35,342, compared to 40,070 zaps the week before - Total zap amount: 7,352,762, compared to 10,120,790 sats the week before - Total events: 3,348,038, compared to 4,823,280 events the week before Many thanks to https://stats.nostr.band by @npub1xdtd...ntxy and all the contributors of

GitHub

GitHub - aljazceru/awesome-nostr: nostr.net - awesome-nostr is a collection of projects and resources built on nostr to help developers and users find new things

nostr.net - awesome-nostr is a collection of projects and resources built on nostr to help developers and users find new things - GitHub - aljazce...

for providing these insights. ================== 🎓 Educational Guide ================== No Educational Guides for this week. ==================== 📅 Upcoming Events ==================== 1. @The Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas - Nostr lounge - July 2025 📅 Date: May 28 - 29, 2025 ⏰ Time: At 1.00pm PDT 📍 Location: The Venetian Las Vegas (3355 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA) 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @Damus (28th meetup) - @Terry Yiu, @KernelKind, @eric @primal (29th meetup) - @miljan, @Marko, @paul keating 🔗 Event:

Bitcoin 2025 - Las Vegas

The Bitcoin Conference is the world's largest gathering of bitcoiners. From breaking announcements and international media coverage to countless me...

View quoted note → 2. NOSTRBAMA Nostr Conference - July 2025 📅 Date: July 15 - 17, 2025 📍 Location: The Hatch (upstairs Haberdasher), 113 Dauphin Street. Mobile, Alabama. 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @Other Mallory , @Sergio, @Riddler 🔗 Event:

Nostrbama 2025

================== 📰 Nostr in the Media ================== 1. The kindness and support of the Nostr community @Tanja

X (formerly Twitter)

Tanja Bächle (@BachleTanja) on X

This is why I love NOSTR! The kindness and the support from the community. Within an hour 7 people are happy to jump in. @TheRealBenIsaak

2. Take control of your life with Nostr @SondreB

X (formerly Twitter)

Sondre Bjellås (@SondreB) on X

The fact that X, Facebook and these centralized social media gives less exposure when you add links that goes to external sites, should be enough t...

3. Publishing the same content on Nostr & X / Twitter @primal

X (formerly Twitter)

primal (@primal_app) on X

X vs. Nostr engagement:

4. Nostr is truely #Decentralized @Betelgeuse

X (formerly Twitter)

Betelgeuse (@santhoshj) on X

One of the biggest Nostr relays - @damusapp is down. And the Nostriches didn't even realize it. Because, #Nostr is TRULY DECENTRALIZED. #Decentral...

====================== ⚡ Most Zapped Last Week ====================== Nostr’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

ZAPLIFE.LOL

A decentralized Craigslist running on Nostr

by @PABLOF7z for providing this data. Here are the top zapped posts from last week, showcasing creators who received the most engagement: 🔥 Top 3: Most Zaps 1. Zaps Received: 111 Sats Earned: 30k View quoted note → 2. Zaps Received: 53 Sats Earned: 25k View quoted note → 3. Zaps Received: 49 Sats Earned: 5k View quoted note → 💰 Top 3: Most Sats 1. Sats Earned: 39k Zaps Received: 31 View quoted note → 2. Sats Earned: 35k Zaps Received: 29 View quoted note → 3. Sats Earned: 30k Zaps Received: 111 View quoted note → ============== 😂 Nostr Memes ============== 1. View quoted note → 2. View quoted note → 3. View quoted note → 4. View quoted note → 5. View quoted note → 6. View quoted note → 7. View quoted note → =========================== 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases =========================== 1. Zappix - A nostr image sharing application - New Tool Zappix is a Nostr client designed to deliver a clean, image-centric user experience. Built using React, TypeScript, Material UI, and the Nostr Development Kit (NDK), it focuses on visual content and smooth interaction, providing a modern and polished frontend for Nostr users. Developed by: @Derek Ross Source:

GitHub

GitHub - derekross/zappix: A nostr image sharing application for browsing, sharing, and zapping visual content.

A nostr image sharing application for browsing, sharing, and zapping visual content. - derekross/zappix

2. Yumyume - 0.5.0 – Beef Curry with Shemai Yumyume is a social bookmarking tool built on the Nostr protocol, helping users discover, share and organize bookmarks. In this "Beef Curry with Shemai" release, Yumyume migrates to the new NIP-B0 standard (kind 39701) for better compatibility and future-proofing. The homepage is now unified, combining the feed, popular tags and bookmark creation in one easy place, making the platform more accessible and organized. This release also includes important bug fixes and code improvements for a smoother 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.

Geyser | Bitcoin Crowdfunding Platform

A Bitcoin crowdfunding platform where creators raise funds for causes, sell products, manage campaigns, and engage with their community.

Developed by: @npub1zqca...uza5 Source:

GitLab

0.5.0 – Beef Curry with Shemai · Digital Ethics Agency / Nostr / yumyume · GitLab

This release took a little longer to simmer, but for good reason. While Abir was celebrating Eid with his favorite beef curry and sweet shemai, Jur...

3. Kinostr - Release Kinostr is a Nostr-based platform for sharing and discussing videos in real time. In this release Kinostr added timestamp mode, letting users post clickable timestamps in chats for easier scene-specific discussions. Other improvements include fixing sidebar overflow, publishing the first note as a chat message with cover art and hashtags, and adding genre categories from hashtags, making browsing smoother. Developed by: @HoloKat Source: View quoted note → 4. Zapstore - 0.2.6 Zapstore is a social, permissionless app store that lets users discover and share Nostr apps freely. In this release, Zapstore fixes issues with app detail refresh and reputation verification using DVM, while introducing a basic developer screen. These updates enhance app browsing and improve trust. Developed by: @franzap Source:

GitHub

Release 0.2.6 · zapstore/zapstore

Bugfix: Always refresh app when entering detail screen (#207) Bugfix: Use verify reputation as DVM (#210) Feature: Basic developer screen

5. Coracle - 0.6.10 Coracle is an experimental Nostr client designed to unlock the full potential of using multiple relays, letting users browse, filter, zap, and create custom feeds for a more curated experience. In this release, Coracle brings major improvements including faster page loads, better storage handling for improved performance and multiple bug fixes like Spotify URL parsing, reply drafts, and account creation issues. These updates make Coracle more stable, faster, and better at handling relay connections for a smoother user experience. Developed by: @hodlbod Source:

GitHub

Release 0.6.10 · coracle-social/coracle

What's Changed Fix spotify url parsing bug Fix nip46 signer connect Use new version of network library Fix reply drafts bug Fix creating a new acc...

6. Hivetalk - v0.0.4 - Winter Freeze HiveTalk is a browser-based real-time video calling tool that combines Nostr and Lightning to enable seamless communication. In this release, HiveTalk improves usability with updates like a collapsible side button bar, clearer hero banner text, link previews and better handling of active rooms using Handlebars. These enhancements make HiveTalk smoother, more interactive and better organized for users connecting over Nostr. Developed by: @BITKARROT, @YEGHRO Source:

GitHub

Release v0.0.4 Winter Freeze · HiveTalk/hivetalksfu

What's Changed Reorganize zaplink css/js by @Yeghro in #79 Made the text on hero landing banner more visible. by @Yeghro in #80 Add Handlebars for...

7. Nostrmo - 3.0.0 Nostrmo is a Flutter-based Nostr client available across Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Web and Linux. This release adds support for Nesigner on desktop platforms, recodes the local relay database using ISar for better performance and upgrades to the latest Flutter version. It also introduces new features like displaying comment events (kind 1111) and improved decoding for relay groups and follow sets, making Nostrmo more powerful and reliable across devices. Developed by: @DASHU Source:

GitHub

Release 3.0.0 · haorendashu/nostrmo

This release mainly add support to nesigner and recode local relay's database. Change list: Add support to nesigner (Windows, Linux and MacOS). Us...

8. Amber - v3.3.0 Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android that helps users securely manage their nsec keys in a dedicated app. In this release, Amber improves security and reliability by automatically removing any special characters when users paste their nsec, reducing the chance of input errors or issues during signing. This is the latest release, But there were the releases v3.2.9, v3.2.8, v3.2.7 also in this week. Developed by: @greenart7c3 Source:

GitHub

Release Release v3.3.0 · greenart7c3/Amber

Amber 3.3.0 Remove any special characters when pasting the nsec Download it with zap.store, Obtainium, f-droid or download it directly in the rel...

9. Runstr - Core Functionality v0.2.9.9-alpha RUNSTR is a running app built on the Nostr protocol, designed to bring social and fitness activities together. In this alpha release, RUNSTR improves performance with faster feed loading, upgrades zap functionality to NWC, enhances the splits dashboard and introduces featured team management through NIP29. It also overhauls the music player experience and adds NIP101h health tracking, allowing users to save fitness metrics like weight, height and fitness level directly to Nostr. There were release v1.0.0 and more pre-releases also this week. Developed by: @TheWildHustle Source:

GitHub

Release Core Functionality v0.2.9.9-alpha · HealthNoteLabs/Runstr

RUNSTR v0.2.9.9 Alpha Release Notes 🚀 RUNSTR Feed Simplified implementation to enhance load time ⚡ Zaps Migrated from Bitcoin Connect to NW...

10. 0xchat App - v1.4.9 0xchat App is a chat application built on the Nostr protocol, available for iOS and Android. In this release, 0xchat introduces updated NIP-29 group logic with support for group admin roles, giving users more control over group management. Additionally, it adds support for Aegis URL scheme login on iOS, making authentication smoother and more secure for Apple users. Developed by: @water783 Source:

GitHub

Release v1.4.9 release · 0xchat-app/0xchat-app-main

Implemented updated NIP-29 group logic with support for group admin roles Added support for Aegis URL scheme login on iOS

================================== 🎁 Developer Tools, updates and Guides ================================== 1. SNSTR - Simple Nostr Software Toolkit for Retards - New Developer Tool SNSTR (Simple Nostr Software Toolkit) is a lightweight TypeScript library for interacting with the Nostr protocol. It offers a simple, minimal-dependency API, making it easy for developers to integrate Nostr into their projects. Although still under development, SNSTR aims to simplify the building process for Nostr applications. Developed by: @bitcoinplebdev Source:

GitHub

GitHub - AustinKelsay/snstr: Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades

Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades. Contribute to AustinKelsay/snstr development by creating an account on GitHub.

2. Noscrypt - v0.1.9 Noscrypt is a Nostr-specific cryptography library written in C, designed to handle secure encryption operations. This release adds a C# .NET 8.0 wrapper, full NIP-44 vector testing and important updates like newer mbedtls and OpenSSL versions for improved security. It also introduces API changes for better consistency, making Noscrypt more robust and accessible for developers building secure Nostr applications. Developed by: @ChipTuner Source:

GitHub

Release noscrypt v0.1.9 · VnUgE/noscrypt

v0.1.9 See the CHANGELOG for details. Or see the full changelog Downloads Signed downloads Quick start and documentation All packages from my websi...

========================== 🌐 Relay Updates and Releases ========================== No Relay Updates and Releases for this week. =================== 👋 Stay in Touch & Zap =================== Nostr is built by the plebs, for the plebs. If you found this recap helpful, consider supporting me, Nomishka with a zap. I’m committed to supporting Nostr and I split a part of the zaps I receive for this note with the plebs mentioned in this recap for all their great effort. Thank you so much for being part of this journey. Let me know your thoughts about this twenty first recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #nostrrecap and let’s keep #grownostr together. A big shoutout to @rabble for his generous patronage! Recap by @Nomishka