Nostr Wallet Connect

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Nostr Wallet Connect
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Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) is an open protocol to connect lightning wallets to apps
image 2025 was a blast for NWC ecosystem: dozens of wallets and apps integrated the USB-C of Bitcoin wallets and apps. In the first update of 2026, we bring you 1 new wallet, 9 new products with NWC support, 4 new dev tools and 1 new NWC-adjacent protocol! Let's dive in 🤿 --- With the latest release, finally @ZEUS allows you to connect your wallet to any NWC app. For a while now you can also connect any other NWC wallet or node to Zeus. It really became an NWC powerhouse! image --- We've got 3 new wallet interfaces for your NWC wallets: - @LaWallet that let's you connect your wallet to BOLT card, - @Portal Technologies, Inc. app combines NWC with Nostr identity - Tides, new Nostr messanger browser extension --- We got another exchange with NWC intergation! @Bitcoin Well, US & Canada exchange, allows you now to seamlessly withdraw your purchased bitcoin straight into your NWC wallets --- Now this one is exciting: @MUSQET , bitcoin payment infrastructure provider, allows merchants to accept bitcoin in-store and online payments directly to connected NWC wallets. image --- Bitinfrashop, winner of @Geyser NWC hackathon, allows for automated recurring Bitcoin subscriptions between shop owners and BTCPay Server admins powered by NWC. Think Stripe Subscriptions, but Bitcoin and Nostr-native. image --- @Sat Sorter helps you take control of your finances by giving every satoshi a specific purpose before you spend it. It's the ultimate bitcoin budgeting app. Give it a try with your NWC wallet! image --- We also got a new social media app: @LUMINA is a platform for sharing images, built on the Nostr protocol image --- Another NWC hackathon submission was Ricochet: a tool that helps drives meaningful engagement on Nostr by allowing you to create promotional campaigns for Nostr notes that reward engagement and conversations. image --- Now let's see 4 new dev tools: - Nostr PHP client implementation - NWC Faucet for creating test wallets / dummy NWC connections for rapid app development and testing - NWC Playground to connect and test Nostr Wallet Connect commands - Portal SDK - Nostr-based authentication and payment SDK allowing applications to authenticate users and process payments through Nostr and Lightning Network --- Last but not least, we got Cashu Wallet Connect, an NWC protocol extension that supports @Cashu wallets. It maintains NWC compatibility while adding native Cashu token operations, multi-mint support, and NUT-18 payment requests. 📃.md image --- We just can't imagine how NWC landscape will look like at the beginning on next year. See all list of NWC wallet, products and tools on Awesome NWC repo: