You know what’s cool… When searching for topics and people on Nostr, a year ago I was like: “Look, an artist. He talks too much about Bitcoin, but he’s an artist, so it’s an instant follow.” Now I can choose between artists who talk about BTC and those who don’t (but usually accept it!). I guess that means Nostr is growing. Slowly, but I’m convinced we’re moving at just the right pace. 👥

Are you new here and getting enthusiastic about everything Nostr (like I did)? First, note that there are many developers doing an amazing job creating all sorts of Nostr apps. A lot of them do it for free, out of love for the protocol. You’ll see sophisticated projects, as well as simpler ones - like an alternative to the popular link-in-bio tool Linktree (called Nostree). I was a newborn nostr-only maniac, so I immediately switched all my Linktree links to Nostree. A few months later I learned it wasn’t working anymore, and I had no idea how long I had those dead links out there. The same thing happened with Nostr.band. I used to link to my profile under my articles on Medium (instead of posting an npub, which most people wouldn’t know what to do with) using Nostr.band, only to find out that the service had stopped working too. So on Nostr in 2026, projects come and go, and that’s a good thing. It shows the possibilities of the protocol and how people build things because they’re excited about it and want to increase freedom on the internet. We really should appreciate that, instead of writing comments like this. This isn’t meant as criticism of the developers behind those tools at all. I really appreciate their effort, and I’m aware it takes extra energy to keep projects alive. That said, I do think it’s fair to point out that if you decide to use services like Nostree, you should check in on them from time to time to make sure they’re still on.

I’m seeing more and more young people with books on public transport.

You Lego? 🧸🐷🐰🐯🫏

🎙️ Great episode of Worship Online pod with Kings Kaleidoscope about creativity. Churches be like, we want creativity. Well OK, but are you ready what usually comes with creativity? It’s experimenting, it’s chaotic and it can get messy... but that’s how it works. My note: This applies to most businesses too. You want to stay a step ahead? Great, let’s go. But it’s going to be adventurous, you have to be willing to go the distance, and you might not like some parts of it.

Worship Online

Kings Kaleidoscope: How to Push Musical Boundaries in Worship

Hear from Kings Kaleidoscope on how to foster creativity in worship with insights from Chad Gardner on collaboration.

GM ☕️ 🌱 This week I‘m working on branding for something nostr. This project is gonna rock. Excited to share more soon. 💜