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nostrrecap 1 month ago
#1 🧠 Quote of the Week @Jake Woodhouse β€œNostr is the future Never been more sure of it” #quote_nostr_recap
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#2 πŸ”₯ Community Highlights 1. We must help to Rabble for his great effort. All together we can do that. Nostr Devs and Community, This is the time to change the system πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» View quoted note β†’ 2. This is way the Nostr is growing. Appreciate the work πŸ‘Œ View quoted note β†’ 3. Two Nostr giants bringing Nostr to websummit πŸ‘‡ View quoted note β†’ View quoted note β†’ 4. This is how a good dad makes the future of his baby πŸ‘¨β€πŸΌ View quoted note β†’ 5. It is a big loss. Deepest sympathies from all the Nostr community 😒 View quoted note β†’ 6. We must protect these Nostriches who has been done a great work πŸ‘‡ View quoted note β†’ 7. A new lady pleb is talking in her first post on Nostr πŸ—£οΈ View quoted note β†’ 8. Are you also more interested in text only notes in Nostr? πŸ€” View quoted note β†’ 9. So happy to see these new onboardings 😍 View quoted note β†’ 10. A lady nostrich is celebrating her birthday πŸŽ‚ View quoted note β†’ 11. 100% Agree about this πŸ‘‡ View quoted note β†’ 12. This is a great work by Sebastian πŸ‘ View quoted note β†’ 13. We should be on Nostr just if we need a great community and freedom. Not for virality πŸ‘ˆ View quoted note β†’ #community_nostr_recap
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#3 🌱 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 890 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment. According to https://npub.world/stats, During last week: Total Users: 3,569, compared to 3,178 users the week before image According to https://stats.nostr.band, During last week: Total Zaps: 37,007, compared to 34,697 zaps the week before image Total Zap senders: 3,737, compared to 3,800 plebs the week before image Total Zap Amount: 11,092,205, compared to 15,307,417 sats the week before image Total Events: 3,011,361, compared to 3,398,971 events the week before image Many thanks to by @Pip the WoT guy and @franzap, 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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#5 πŸ“… Upcoming Events 1. Vibe Coding on Nostr - November 2025 πŸ“… Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 ⏰ Time: 8.00PM WITA (UTC+8) πŸ“ Location: Discord Join here: πŸ€Ήβ€β™€οΈ Organizers: @Ditto by Soapbox, @Code Orange Dev School πŸ”— Event: 2. Nostrshire - November 2025 πŸ“… Date: Friday, November 21, 2025 ⏰ Time: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM πŸ“ Location: Pendulum Hotel Sackville St, Manchester M1 3BB, United Kingdom πŸ€Ήβ€β™€οΈ Organizers: @Bitfest πŸ”— Event: 3. Nostrasia - November 2025 πŸ“… Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025 ⏰ Time: 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM GMT+9 (Doors open at 12:30 PM) πŸ“ Location: Crypto Lounge GOX 6F Tenam Town Building, 2-19-15 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0021, Japan πŸ€Ήβ€β™€οΈ Organizers: @Nostrasia 🎟️ Admission: Free πŸ”— Event: 4. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - December 2025 πŸ“… Date: Sunday, December 7, 2025 ⏰ Time: 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM MST πŸ“ Location: Jives Coffee Lounge 16 Colbrunn Ct, Colorado Springs, CO, United States πŸ€Ήβ€β™€οΈ Organizers: Chris Curran πŸ”— Event: #events_nostr_recap
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#6 πŸ“° Nostr in the Media 1. How Nostr Is Replacing Big Tech @walker, @UNCLE ROCKSTAR 2. Bitcoin Surfing with a Visual Interface Thanks to Nostr 3. Vine is being rebooted. It’s called Divine 4. Soapbox Sessions Episode 11: Nut November #media_nostr_recap
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#10 🎁 Developer Tools / Guides, Updates and Releases 1. SNSTR (Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades) - v0.1.10 SNSTR is a lightweight TypeScript library for interacting with the Nostr protocol. This release fixes packaging issues for ESM bundlers like Next.js, Turbopack, and Vite, ensuring all compiled files are correctly included and imports resolve without errors. This makes it easier for developers to integrate SNSTR into projects without manual workarounds, improving reliability and developer experience. This was the latest release and there were also some multiple releases (v0.1.6, v0.1.7, v0.1.8 and v0.1.9) last week. Developed by: @bitcoinplebdev Source: 2. Gitplaza - v0.18.0 Gitplaza is a desktop Nostr client, focused on managing git-related activity over Nostr. This release adds repost events, a status bar for relay messages, Tor support, improved event rebroadcasting, profile enhancements, and better handling of Nostr URIs and markdown. UI improvements include filling more screen space, inline event collapsing, and toast notifications. Bug fixes and relay timeout increases improve reliability, while git patches were removed from feeds. These changes give users a more robust, readable, and developer-friendly Nostr experience. Developed by: @dluvian Source: #dev-tools_nostr_recap
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#1 🧠 Quote of the Week @Baerwaldt ⚑️ β€œIf you haven’t gone back to X and are Nostr only, I want to follow you!” #quote_nostr_recap
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#3 🌱 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 890 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment. According to https://npub.world/stats, During last week: - Total Users: 3,178, compared to 4,412 users the week before image According to https://stats.nostr.band, During last week: - Total Zaps: 34,664, compared to 33,541 zaps the week before image - Total Zap senders: 3,800, compared to 2,799 plebs the week before image - Total Zap Amount: 15,305,624, compared to 9,124,949 sats the week before image - Total Events: 3,395,911, compared to 4,136,731 events the week before image Many thanks to by @Pip the WoT guy and @franzap, 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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#4 πŸŽ“ Educational Guides 1. NOSTR 02 Internet without Internet (Part I) 2. NOSTR-02 - Internet without Internet (Part II) 3. NOSTR-02 - Internet without Internet (Part III) #education_nostr_recap
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#6 πŸ“° Nostr in the Media 1. Soapbox Sessions Episode 10: It Should Just Work @MAKE SONGS LONGER 2. Nostr Valley 2.0: Panel: The State of Nostr @Derek Ross 3. Nostr and the End of Fake Engagement @Momo 4. Nostr Gives You Data Ownership & Security 5. Nostr Valley 2.0:Derek & Seth: Closing Remarks #media_nostr_recap
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#9 πŸ› οΈ Tools, Updates and Releases 1. Vector - v0.2.1 Vector is a decentralized communication platform built on the Nostr protocol (NIP-17), providing fully encrypted, metadata-free messaging for text, media, and files. This release introduces OpenMLS-encrypted group chats, a redesigned emoji panel, enhanced markdown support, image zooming, new privacy options like tracker stripping, and Blossom-based decentralized media storage, along with faster uploads, improved profile syncing, refined UI, and multiple bug fixes. Developed by: @JSKitty Source: 2. Oni - New Tool Oni is a fork of Owncast that adds Nostr integration for decentralized live streaming. It extends Owncast’s self-hosted broadcasting features with Nostr-based authentication, event publishing, and Lightning payment support, allowing creators to stream live while remaining fully decentralized and censorship-resistant. Developer tool: @npub12zqf...99h8 Source: 3. Coracle - 0.6.26 Coracle is an experimental Nostr client designed to leverage multiple relays for a curated social experience, allowing users to browse, filter, zap, and create custom feeds. In this release the client improves performance, becomes more permissive when parsing NIP-05 identifiers, stops publishing notes with e-tag mention markers, restores global feeds, enhances negentropy support, and fixes the help link. Developed by: @ hodlbod Source: 4. Corny Chat - v2025.11 Corny Chat is an open-source audio space built on Jam that integrates Nostr and Lightning, offering interactive public audio rooms. This release adds Lightning zaps, enhanced slides with video and iFrame support, auto-advancing slides, user-targeted reactions, customizable avatar sizes, and a points-based game. Improvements include a better audio player, room access controls, admin tools for room management, and bug fixes for avatars, slides, and privacy, providing a more stable and engaging experience. Developed by: @npub1yx6p...7kza Source: 5. Alby Lightning Browser Extension - v3.14.0 (🧹✨🌌 The Witch’s Broom Nebula) Alby Lightning Browser Extension is a Bitcoin Lightning wallet and Nostr key signer for web use, supporting Lightning, Liquid, and on-chain transactions. In this release it received a visual rebranding, added the ability to display kind descriptions when signing events, and introduced support for sub-satoshi amounts, while also hiding the built-in swaps option and removing the Chrome theme icon section. Developed by: @npub1gv5s...hgdr Source: 6. Flotilla - 1.5.0 Flotilla is a Discord-like Nostr client that organizes chats around β€œrelays as groups,” allowing users to join rooms, manage memberships, and interact in private or public spaces. In this release Flotilla introduced restyled mobile dialogs, room and space membership lists, an edit room form, support for closed/private/restricted/hidden rooms, a hosting services page, performance and UI improvements, fixed push notifications, enhanced error handling, invite links on the discover page, a link to Landlubber for admins, and clearing of reply/share/edit actions with the Escape key. This was the biggest release of the week and there were also the releases of 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 last week. Developed by: @ hodlbod Source: 7. OXChat App - v1.5.0.95 0xChat App is a Nostr-based secure chat client that provides end-to-end encrypted messaging with user-friendly features. This latest release adds built-in Tor support for accessing onion relays and Cashu mints, introduces NIP-17 DMs with message delivery status, redesigns the Discover tab to include NApps with NIP-07 integration for seamless access to Nostr web apps, and restores NIP-28 Channels, allowing users to create and search for channels. Developed by: @water783 Source: 8. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.18.52 Nostr Ynstant Messenger is a Nostr client that provides both ephemeral and persistent messaging, bridging with Bitchat for anonymous and temporary chats. This release adds a GIF selector for richer messaging. This was the latest release and there were also multiple releases last week. Developed by: @Luxas Source: 9. Iris Client - v2.3.1 Iris is a web client for Nostr protocol that provides chat and interaction features. This release focuses on improving WebRTC peer-to-peer connectivity and enhancing logging for better performance and debugging. This was the latest release and there was another release of v2.3.0 last week. Developed by: @Martti Malmi Source: 10. Keychat - v1.36.5+6460 Keychat is a chat application that integrates Bitcoin Ecash, Nostr, Signal, and MLS protocols for secure messaging. This release replaces the Cashu SDK with the official implementation, adds local profiles and profile sharing within chats, improves browser performance, supports device authentication, and redesigns message sending status and the raw data page. This was the latest release and there was also the release of v1.36.5+6459 last week. Developed by: kcdev Source: #tools_nostr_recap
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#10 🎁 Developer Tools / Guides, Updates and Releases 1. Design Patterns for Nostr UX - New Developer Guide Design Patterns for Nostr UX is an evidence-based collection of user experience patterns and best practices for building Nostr applications that real people will enjoy and adopt. Developed by: @Shawn Source: 2. Mostro CLI - v0.14.3 Mostro CLI is a command-line interface tool for the Mostro peer-to-peer platform, enabling users to manage replaceable events and session data. In this release, it added automatic creation of a local changelog.md during cargo release and fixed the receiver of the restore session message. Developed by: @Pinball Wizard Source: 3. SNSTR (Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades) - v0.1.5 SNSTR (Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades) is a lightweight TypeScript library for interacting with the Nostr protocol, offering a simple API with minimal dependencies. This release introduces a WebSocket abstraction layer with dynamic implementation resolution and in-memory support for sandboxed tests, migrates Jest setup to TypeScript for better type safety, and enhances the relay implementation with improved validation, error handling, and security filtering utilities for NIP-19. Additional updates include new relay info management utilities, unified socket event wiring, ephemeral relay server improvements, and fixes for WebSocket selection and error signaling. Developed by: @bitcoinplebdev Source: #dev-tools_nostr_recap
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#1 🧠 Quote of the Week @Sean β€œNostr is high signal social media πŸ€β€ #quote_nostr_recap
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#2 πŸ”₯ Community Highlights 1. These are the signals that indicates Nostr grows 😍 View quoted note β†’ View quoted note β†’ 2. You should listen to Rabble’s new one if you are a lover of Nostr and free speech πŸŽ™οΈ View quoted note β†’ 3. Yeah that’s 100% true πŸ’― View quoted note β†’ 4. A Nostr Bitcoiner is becoming the iron man πŸ† View quoted note β†’ 5. Celebrating 1000th order with Nostr πŸ₯³ View quoted note β†’ 6. This new pleb will realize that there are no rules here πŸ‘‡ View quoted note β†’ 7. This is how you can invest in Nostr for the future πŸ‘‡ View quoted note β†’ 8. We are serving to people on Nostr, not algos πŸ‘ˆ View quoted note β†’ 9. A fat zap within one hour for the performances πŸŽ™οΈ View quoted note β†’ 10. This is a great question πŸ€” View quoted note β†’ 11. Aza brought Bitcoin culture to the Bitplebs Summit 2025 😍 View quoted note β†’ View quoted note β†’ View quoted note β†’ #community_nostr_recap
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#3 🌱 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 790 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment. According to https://npub.world/stats, During last week: - Total Users: 4,412, compared to 3,851 users the week before image According to https://stats.nostr.band, During last week: - Total zaps: 33,541, compared to 47,962 zaps the week before image - Total zap senders: 2,799, compared to 3,865 plebs the week before image - Total zap amount: 9,124,949, compared to 7,656,984 sats the week before image - Total events: 4,090,071, compared to 10,271,175 events the week before image Many thanks to by @Pip the WoT guy and @franzap, 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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#5 πŸ“… Upcoming Events 1. Nostrshire - November 2025 πŸ“… Date: Friday, November 21, 2025 ⏰ Time: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM πŸ“ Location: Pendulum Hotel Sackville St, Manchester M1 3BB, United Kingdom πŸ€Ήβ€β™€οΈ Organizers: @Bitfest πŸ”— Event: 2. Nostrasia - November 2025 πŸ“… Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025 ⏰ Time: 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM GMT+9 (Doors open at 12:30 PM) πŸ“ Location: Crypto Lounge GOX 6F Tenam Town Building, 2-19-15 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0021, Japan πŸ€Ήβ€β™€οΈ Organizers: @Nostrasia 🎟️ Admission: Free πŸ”— Event: #events_nostr_recap
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#6 πŸ“° Nostr in the Media 1. Shakespeare: AI-Powered App Creation on Nostr @Derek Ross 2. What makes apps built on Nostr different @primal, @ODELL 3. How Nostr & Bitcoin Upgrade the Internet @Svetski 4. Fully Open Source Social Media built on Nostr 5. How to get started using Nostr @ForrestHODL 6. Shadrach: Peer-to-Peer Physical Package Delivery Over Nostr 7. NOSTR Revolution: Why Every Twitter User Needs to Switch TODAY! 8. Arkinox: Fanfares & New Tools for Creators @MAKE SONGS LONGER 9. NOSTR identities 10. TKay: Vibe Coding Nostr Onto Niche Hardware 11. How Nostr Achieved Massive Growth 12. Nostr Web of Trust (WoT) Can Be B2B 13. Has AI Broken the Internet? #media_nostr_recap
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#9 πŸ› οΈ Tools, Updates and Releases 1. Flotilla - 1.4.0 Flotilla is a Discord-like Nostr client built around the concept of β€œrelays as groups,” enabling users to join and interact within community-based relay spaces. This release introduces message editing, improved synchronization logic, and room management features such as creation permissions, icon picking, and deletion. It also enhances navigation, performance, and mention suggestions while adding support for relay and group member lists, connection status indicators, and fixes for modals and zapper loading. This was the biggest release of the week and the latest release was 1.4.1. Developed by: @ hodlbod Source: 2. Primal Android App - 2.5.22 Primal Android App is Primal’s Android client for the Nostr protocol, designed to deliver a fast, social, and media-rich Nostr experience on mobile. This latest release focuses on stability improvements, specifically fixing a crash issue that occurred when parsing invalid Lightning Network (LN) invoices. Developed by: Aleksandar Ilic Source: 3. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.16.45 Nostr Ynstant Messenger is a lightweight ephemeral and persistent chat client built on the Nostr protocol, designed to bridge with Bitchat for anonymous and temporary messaging. This release delivers a hotfix resolving an issue where the user context menu failed to correctly identify the right user for blocking or slapping. This was the latest release and there were also some more multiple releases within the week. (v2.16.44, v2.16.42, v2.16.41. v2.16.40) Developed by: @Luxas Source: 4. Iris - v2.2.4 Iris is a Nostr client that provides a decentralized interface for messaging, posting, and networking on the Nostr protocol. The v2.2.4 release introduces key improvements, including support for Lightning and Nostr URI handling, a fix for Lightning payment receiving, enhanced profile editing stability, and the ability to send ecash directly within DM view. It also includes refinements to mint metadata, listings, and group metadata transmission, ensuring smoother decentralized interactions and payments across the network. This was the biggest release of the week and the latest release was v2.2.5. Developed by: @Martti Malmi Source: 5. Noscall - v0.2.0 Noscall is a secure audio and video calling application built on the Nostr protocol, offering end-to-end encrypted communication and cross-platform compatibility for private, censorship-resistant calls. This release introduces several updates, including a new user profile settings page, optimized profile and avatar fetching logic, portrait mode enforcement, and improvements to relay and ICE server lists. It also resolves key issues like contact list refresh errors and the auto-login bug, ensuring a smoother and more reliable communication experience. Developed by: @sana Source: #tools_nostr_recap
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#10 🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases 1. Replicatr - New Developer Tool Replicatr is a background daemon designed to automatically monitor Nostr relay selections and replicate user events according to the outbox model. It ensures that a user’s published Nostr events are efficiently synchronized and distributed across multiple relays, maintaining data consistency, redundancy, and availability within the decentralized Nostr network. Developed by: @ hodlbod Source: 2. Aegis - v0.3.0 Aegis is a simple and cross-platform Nostr signer designed to securely manage keys and sign events while supporting multiple connection methods for seamless interoperability across clients. This introduces the ability to set up a local relay directly within the app and expands support to iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, and Windows, making it more versatile for users across platforms. Developed by: @ZharlieW Source: 3. Gitplaza - v0.17.0 Gitplaza is a desktop Nostr client specialized in handling git-related activities and repositories within the Nostr ecosystem. This release introduces several major upgrades, including follow/unfollow functionality, enhanced profile editing (covering relays, contact lists, and hashtags), npub copying, and improved UI elements. It now integrates blog posts into inbox and activity feeds, refines git issue and patch displays, and improves performance by prioritizing key event publishing and data loading while reducing unnecessary allocations. The update also simplifies the interface by removing the Upvote section and noisy reactions/reposts. Developed by: @dluvian Source: #dev-tools_nostr_recap
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