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1. Angor - v0.2.31 (Unstable Release)
Angor is a decentralized protocol (in alpha stage) built on Bitcoin and Nostr, used to enable peer-to-peer funding workflows. This unstable release improves protocol stability and tooling with consolidated BCIP/NIP documentation, cross-platform distribution updates (portable Windows executables, signed macOS DMGs, and Android APK publishing to ZapStore), fixes for relay race conditions and subscription recovery, improved network switching behavior, and several validation and UX-related fixes such as funding date constraints, spinner state handling, and relay reconnection reliability.
Contributed by: @dangershony, TheDude, Zaza
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#protocols_nostr_recap
1. Angor - v0.2.31 (Unstable Release)
Angor is a decentralized protocol (in alpha stage) built on Bitcoin and Nostr, used to enable peer-to-peer funding workflows. This unstable release improves protocol stability and tooling with consolidated BCIP/NIP documentation, cross-platform distribution updates (portable Windows executables, signed macOS DMGs, and Android APK publishing to ZapStore), fixes for relay race conditions and subscription recovery, improved network switching behavior, and several validation and UX-related fixes such as funding date constraints, spinner state handling, and relay reconnection reliability.
Contributed by: @dangershony, TheDude, Zaza
Source: GitHub
Release Angor 0.2.31 Β· block-core/angor
Unstable Release
What's Changed
docs: consolidate BCIP/NIP protocol specs into docs/ by @dangershony in #896
ci: add portable (no-install) Windows...
1. Buzz - v0.3.35
Buzz is a self-hosted Nostr-based workspace where humans and AI agents collaborate in shared channels using signed relay events instead of a traditional backend. This release improves desktop performance and stability (module splitting, debounced queries, virtualized timeline fixes, GNOME notification fixes), enhances collaboration features (agent management in sidebar, unread/DM parity, cross-pod notifications), adds media handling improvements (HEIC/HEIF to JPEG transcoding), strengthens agent policy controls, and continues development of multi-tenant relay support and runtime hardening. This was the latest, and there were a lot more releases last week.
Contributed by: Wes
Source: 
Nostr is not growing fast! It seems like it has a bear market.
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Many thanks to the developers of 
1. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - July 2026
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Date: Sunday, July 05, 2026
β° Time: 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM MDT
π Location: Jives Coffee Lounge, 16 Colbrunn Ct, Colorado Springs, CO, United States
π€ΉββοΈ Organizers: 
1. Your NOSTR Address is Public - Is Your Privacy Already Dead?
2. Blockβs Buzz: The Future of Agent Collaboration
3. In Club Megamix vol. 10 : NOSTR People Connect - Laska Bar
#media_nostr_recap
1. Roadstr - v0.2.0 - New Tool
Roadstr is a Nostr-based mapping/navigation tool that enables decentralized reporting and sharing of road events such as hazards, traffic incidents, and other driving alerts. In v0.2.0, it introduces the first signed release with full integration into OsmAnd, including color-coded event markers on maps, bearing-aware proximity alerts within 500 meters, and geohash-based spatial queries for efficient nearby event discovery. It also supports NIP-07 and NIP-46 authentication (including Amber signer integration) with optional ephemeral keys, and adds event expiration handling via NIP-40, making it a privacy-preserving, decentralized alternative to centralized traffic reporting systems like Waze.
Developed by: 
1. Grain - v0.8.0-rc1 (Pre-release)
GRAIN is a hybrid Nostr system that functions both as a relay operator platform and a developer client library, designed for building and running full-featured Nostr applications in Go. In this pre-release, it evolves into a full Nostr client engine based on the outbox model, allowing applications to route reads and writes across user-specific relays automatically, while also serving as a reference web client built on top of the same core library. The release adds native NIP-44 encryption (v2/v3), NIP-42 relay authentication, improved relay list management (NIP-65/17/51/37), and media handling via Blossom and NIP-96. It also introduces a shared relay pool, streaming multi-relay fetches, and pluggable components for signers and storage, making it both a usable client application and a reusable infrastructure library for developers.
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1. nostr-relay - v0.0.240
nostr-relay is a Nostr relay that stores and forwards Nostr events between clients according to relay rules, acting as a backend node in the Nostr network. In this release, the update focuses on improving documentation and deployability, including clearer guidance for storage backends, configuration, systemd setup, and Docker usage, along with a restructured README with a better-organized table of contents to make setup and maintenance easier for relay operators. This was the latest release, and the releases of v0.0.239 and v0.0.235 were also in last week.
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1. Social Agents Prototype - New AI Tool
Social Agents Prototype is an experimental AI tool built on Nostr that explores decentralized agent-to-agent communication. Agents broadcast atomic questions across the network, allowing only relevant agents to respond. Every message sent and received passes through a human approval gate, ensuring users remain in control while enabling transparent, decentralized AI collaboration.
Developed by: Sruly Rosenblat
Source: 
Many thanks to the developers of 
1. Create Your Nostr Account on Ditto
1. Mostro Core - v0.13.0
Mostro Core is a Rust-based library that provides peer-to-peer functionality for decentralized applications and serves as the foundation of the Mostro ecosystem. In v0.13.0, Mostro Core introduced Protocol v2, replacing relay-based communication with direct NIP-44 encrypted transport (kind 14) for more efficient and private messaging between peers. The release also strengthens security by binding v2 identity proofs to trade keys, preventing proof reuse across trades. As part of the protocol transition, dual-mode support was removed, meaning a node now operates exclusively in either Protocol v1 or Protocol v2, simplifying compatibility and reducing complexity.
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1. Angor - 0.2.30 (Unstable Release)
Angor is a decentralized peer-to-peer funding protocol (in alpha stage) built on Bitcoin and Nostr that enables users to create and manage crowdfunding-style projects without relying on centralized platforms. This unstable release focuses on improving usability and stability, especially in the mobile project creation flow with single-tap image uploads and better scroll behavior. It also changes the default network to mainnet for production readiness and fixes a Lightning invoice race condition that previously caused a stuck loading spinner, improving reliability in payment processing flows while explicitly remaining in an experimental/unstable phase.
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