=========================== #1 🧠 Quote of the Week =========================== @Badsamm β€œI find that the more people you follow on Nostr, the better the experience.” #quote_nostr_recap
=========================== #2 πŸ”₯ Community Highlights =========================== 1. @rabble is at #websummit View quoted note β†’ View quoted note β†’ 2. @Bitcoin FilmFest fixed the dates for the next one View quoted note β†’ 3. @Bitcoin FilmFest 2025 recap article View quoted note β†’ 4. @rabble is at Oslo Freedom Forum #OFF2025 View quoted note β†’ 5. Nostriches meet at the Nostr lounge View quoted note β†’ 6. @BitPopArt is thanking to the @Bitcoin FilmFest community and #Nostr View quoted note β†’ 7. How to get a better experience in #Nostr View quoted note β†’ 8. The Nostr explanation View quoted note β†’ 9. The best Nostr advertisement at @The Bitcoin Conference View quoted note β†’ 10. The Nostr discussion of @Derek Ross with @Sirius at @The Bitcoin Conference View quoted note β†’ 11. Two ladies working hard in #NosVegas View quoted note β†’ 12. The poem of censorship View quoted note β†’ #community_nostr_recap
=========================== #3 🌱 Ecosystem Growth =========================== Nostr is growing fast! According to , 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 by @brugeman, all the contributors of and https://nostr.watch/ for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap
=========================== #5 πŸ“… Upcoming Events =========================== 1. NOSTRBAMA Nostr Conference - July 2025 πŸ“… Date: July 15 - 17, 2025 πŸ“ Location: The Hatch (upstairs Haberdasher), 113 Dauphin Street. Mobile, Alabama. πŸ€Ήβ€β™€οΈ Organizers: @npub1unm5...txhc, @Sergio, @Riddler πŸ”— Event: https://nostrbama.com/ 2. Purple Konnektiv meetup - August 2025 πŸ“… Date: August 29 - 31, 2025 πŸ“ Location: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Southern Germany πŸ€Ήβ€β™€οΈ Organizers: @Purple Konnektiv πŸ”— Event: nostr:View quoted note β†’ #events_nostr_recap
============================ #6 πŸ“° 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 https://x.com/DanishCryptoDK/status/1927213107148972233 #media_nostr_recap
=============================== #7 ⚑ 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 by @PABLOF7z for providing this data. Here are the top zapped posts from last week, showcasing creators who received the most engagement: πŸ”₯ Top 3: Most Zaps 1. Zaps Received: 127 Sats Earned: 140k View quoted note β†’ 2. Zaps Received: 104 Sats Earned: 75k View quoted note β†’ 3. Zaps Received: 79 Sats Earned: 91k View quoted note β†’ πŸ’° Top 3: Most Sats 1. Sats Earned: 140k Zaps Received: 127 View quoted note β†’ 2. Sats Earned: 91k Zaps Received: 79 View quoted note β†’ 3. Sats Earned: 75k Zaps Received: 104 View quoted note β†’ #most-zapped_nostr_recap
================================== #9 πŸ› οΈ 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 ProliΔ‡ 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
=========================================== #10 🎁 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, @npub1cp3v...lakk, Kieran Source: #dev-tools_nostr_recap
================================ #1 🧠 Quote of the Week ================================ @Derek Ross β€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.” #quote_nostr_recap