#3 ๐ŸŒฑ 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 , ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Publishing Users last week: 343.7K (+15.6%) ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป New Users Last week : 378.4K (+46.5%) ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป All time Zap Count : 6.44M ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป All time Sats Amount : 41.76 BTC ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป All time Zap Senders : 169.8K According to , During last week: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Total Users: 2,513, compared to 2,604 users the week before image According to , During last week: ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Total Zaps: 30,891, compared to 38,143 zaps the week before image ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Total Zap Senders: 2,707, compared to 2,567 plebs the week before image ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Total Zap Amount: 6,615,075, compared to 9,130,963 sats the week before image ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿป Total Events: 2,879,042, compared to 2,556,086 events the week before image Many thanks to by @JeffG , by @Pip the WoT guy and @franzap, by @npub1xdtd...ntxy, all the contributors of for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap
#10 ๐ŸŽ Developer Tools / Guides, Updates and Releases 1. Nostr Java - v1.2.1 Nostr Java is a Java library for generating, signing, and publishing Nostr events, enabling developers to integrate Nostr functionality into Java applications. This release refactors NIP-44 key derivation for improved reliability, enhances error handling, and updates several dependencies, resulting in a more robust and maintainable library for building Nostr-based applications. Contributed by: @398ja Source: 2. Dart Nostr Development Kit (NDK) - v0.7.0 Dart Nostr Development Kit (NDK) is a Dart library designed to enhance the Nostr development experience by providing tools for event handling, relay communication, and Nostr protocol integration. This release improves relay handling and reconnections, fixes NWC deserialization and event tampering vulnerabilities, adds wildcard tag search, introduces isolates for compute-heavy tasks, updates NIP-44 encryption detection, deprecates old filters, and unifies cache event APIs, resulting in a more secure, efficient, and developer-friendly environment for building Nostr applications in Dart. Contributed by: @leo, @npub1kg4s...w5te, @Anipy, frnandu Source: 3. Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades (SNSTR) - v0.2.0 SNSTR is a secure, lightweight TypeScript library for interacting with the Nostr protocol, providing a simple API with minimal dependencies. This release improves compatibility and developer experience by replacing NIP-04โ€™s runtime require() switching with a registry pattern for clean ESM and bundler support, removing Node crypto from web builds for proper tree-shaking, fixing NIP-51 content field validation, clarifying NIP-57 zap pubkey usage, and exporting ephemeral relay utilities for easier testing, resulting in a more robust, modular, and testable Nostr development toolkit. Contributed by: @bitcoinplebdev Source: #dev-tools_nostr_recap
#11 ๐ŸŒ Relay Updates and Releases 1. Citrine - v1.0.2 Citrine is a Nostr relay for Android that enables decentralized event publishing and retrieval. This release fixes a crash that occurred when attempting to restore follows, improving app stability and ensuring a smoother relay experience for users. Contributed by: @greenart7c3 Source: #relays_nostr_recap
#1 ๐Ÿง  Quotes of the Week @atyh โ€œif you look around, nostr is full of a special kind of people who dont give up easily.โ€ @WeBreatheFreedom โ€œBecause of Nostr and Bitcoin and the AMAZING peaople behind them, I have hope again. I feel like I can smell the fresh air of freedom again.โ€ #quote_nostr_recap
#3 ๐ŸŒฑ 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 950 relays online in around 50 countries at the moment. According to , ๐Ÿ‘‰ Publishing Users last week: 257.5K (-39.0%) ๐Ÿ‘‰ New Users Last week : 216.8K (+27.5%) According to , During last week: ๐Ÿ‘‰ Total Users: 1,712, compared to 1,536 users the week before image According to , During last week: ๐Ÿ‘‰ Total Zaps: 34,417, compared to 40,400 zaps the week before image ๐Ÿ‘‰ Total Zap Senders: 2,798, compared to 2,749 plebs the week before image ๐Ÿ‘‰ Total Zap Amount: 7,411,136, compared to 6,454,048 sats the week before image ๐Ÿ‘‰ Total Events: 2,840,257, compared to 2,780,570 events the week before image Many thanks to by @JeffG , by @Pip the WoT guy and @franzap, by @npub1xdtd...ntxy, all the contributors of and https://nostr.watch for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap