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NomishkaDilshan / Nomishka Dilshan
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2025-04-07 03:01:33

NomishkaDilshan on Nostr: I made my eighteenth edition of "The Latest on the Nostr! - A Weekly Nostr Recap" ...

I made my eighteenth edition of "The Latest on the Nostr! - A Weekly Nostr Recap" (April 7th, 2025) highlight notable news, releases, community milestones, upcoming events and more from across the Nostr ecosystem. I am aiming to bring you a concise but comprehensive overview. So you can stay in the loop without chasing every thread. Below, you’ll find mentions of the incredible contributors and creators whose work, insights and enthusiasm powered this decentralized network last week. Dive in, discover what’s new, and consider zapping these plebs to show your support. Let’s #growNostr together!

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🗞️ The Latest the Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap - 7th April 2025 🚀
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🧠 Quote of the Week
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ODELL (npub1qny…95gx)

“the single best advice you can give friends interested in bitcoin is to download a nostr app so they can feel it first hand”

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🔥 Community Highlights
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1. primal (npub12vk…pugg) tagging woes after #hellthread - damus (npub18m7…q955) hasn’t been good at it

Primal is so broke since #hellthread

I can't tag anyone, not even Primal to tell them and Damus has never been good at tagging 😂


2. Zaps are cool - But meaningful conversations are priceless

Zaps are nice, but they are distractions. Just having a meaningful conversation with another being is more than money can buy.


3. Avoiding LinkedIn – Connecting with #Nostr Devs Instead

GM!

After becoming a big fan of Nostr I can’t bear spending time on Linkedin. So let me at least try to avoid it.

I am looking to connect with passionate software engineers with interest/experience in building llm applications. Preferably Americas or EU based.

I Would love to exchange ideas with any such dev you know. Full transparency - we are looking for someone to join our team if it’s the right thing for both of us. But primarily I’d love to connect.

We built a platform for medium sized clients to integrate agents and automations into their workflows. Basically we offer them all the best features from the various AI labs for human-in-the-loop workflows and end to end automations. Think meeting recordings to transcription, file dumps into operational documents and research assistants.

And honestly for our team, we would much prefer it be someone that already sees the value of Nostr and bitcoin and has done some llm-in-the-loop-coding.

So instead of linkedin #asknostr




4. Top Builder Series - calvadev (npub16dh…0nkq) from shopstr (npub15dc…yv6e) is redefining #Bitcoin Commerce



🎥 This week, we’re excited to showcase the final round of Top Builder videos from Startup Day!

Second up: Cal from shopstr (nprofile…pgtn) – a permissionless marketplace revolutionizing Bitcoin commerce. 🛒⚡️

From merchants to shoppers, Shopstr is redefining how people transact in a truly Bitcoin-native economy.

✨ Huge thanks to all our sponsors and to Timestamp for partnering with us on Season 2!

Check out the video below! #TopBuilder #Bitcoin #StartupDay #Shopstr


5. Nostr’s Struggles - Why Growth is Stalled and the Reality of its Empty Feeds

I don't need a chart to tell me that Nostr is not growing and most likely is contracting.

I don't hear a lot of new voices and it's not surprising or really a big mystery.

No one has ever heard of it. No press. New users show up to a empty feed and a hellscape of a universal feed. If they do find real people they are all talking about nerd stuff or inside jokes. They notice the glitches and bugs that we don't even see anymore because we are used to them.

Elon has done a superb job turning X into a hell scape and running off most non- influencers which should have given Nostr a huge boost but most people went to blue sky or threads or reddit.


6. Nostr is the magic protocol which pays for contents according to jack (npub1sg6…f63m)

the single best advice you can give friends interested in bitcoin is to download a nostr app so they can feel it first hand



7. The Sudden cancellation of FediForum (npub1h92…jhr8) Unconference

2. FediForum April 1-2 is canceled, to be rescheduled at a future date.

In this environment, it is hard for me to see how a typical FediForum event could be successful tomorrow or the day after, we all need a time out. So I'm pulling the plug right now.

Registration is disabled as of now. Everybody who has a ticket can ask for a full refund. If you don't, we will credit the purchase price for a future FediForum. Use the e-mail on our contact page https://fediforum.org/contact/


8. primal (npub12vk…pugg) house community opinion about Primal

Freedom is primal.


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🌱 Ecosystem Growth
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Nostr is growing fast! There are now over 45 Nostr clients and relays are running in more than 40 countries around the globe.

According to https://nostrapps.com, there are overall 75 Nostr apps for now.

During this week:

- Total zaps: 44,276, compared to 43,282 zaps the week before



- Total zap amount: 11,355,315, compared to 10,964,902 sats the week before



- Total events: 5,432,613, compared to 5,724,911 events the week before



Many thanks to https://stats.nostr.band/ by brugeman (npub1xdt…ntxy) for providing these insights.

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🎓 Educational Guide
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No Educational Guides for this week.

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📅 Upcoming Events
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1. TechTuesday Meetup Utrecht - Social Bookmarking session - April 2025

📅 Date: April 15, 2025
⏰ Time: From 21:00 to 22:00 (UTC+2)
📍 Location: Above Vredenburgpassage 116, 3511 WR Utrecht, The Netherlands
🤹‍♀️ Organizers: jurjendevries (npub1l77…swft), sebastix (npub1qe3…zefe), starnold (npub1w98…cwpx)

🔗 Event:
During the next #TechTuesday at Seats2meet-Utrecht (npub19wh…qweq) on the 15th of April (19:00 - 22:00 CEST) jurjendevries (npub1l77…swft) and me will tell something about social bookmarking with Nostr.



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2. Los Angeles Nostr Meetup - April 2025

📅 Date: April 18, 2025
📍 Location: West Hollywood area, Los Angeles. (For security reasons, they're not mentioning the address. For more details explore the nostr note and contact them)
🤹‍♀️ Organizers: Rizful.com (npub1jlu…p2kq)

🔗 Event:
Ivy (npub1uze…kqac) calvadev (npub16dh…0nkq) ericfj (npub10xv…g437) aceaspades (npub1xzr…0qap) We have critical mass for a Los Angeles nostr meetup! It will be happening on April 18th in the West Hollywood area. If you know any other LA-based Nostr users, please tag them in a reply to this message so we can invite them!


3. NOSTRBAMA Nostr Conference - July 2025

📅 Date: July 15 - 17, 2025
📍 Location: The Hatch (upstairs Haberdasher), 113 Dauphin Street. Mobile, Alabama.
🤹‍♀️ Organizers: mallmeow (npub1unm…txhc), Sergio (npub16se…jdxk), Riddler (npub1ual…wmqx)

🔗 Event: https://nostrbama.com/

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📰 Nostr in the Media
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1. The best apps to use on Nostr

jor (npub103m…d3h5)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuRt5Hj4Y0M

2. The visual representation of Nostr

Craig on Bitcoin (npub1tjj…44cz)

https://x.com/craigonbitcoin/status/1908249570293014604

3. Nostr Value for Value: How nostr being special over other social media platforms

Tanja (npub1hz5…tysa)

https://x.com/BachleTanja/status/1908057570012450930

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⚡ Most Zapped Last Week
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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 https://zaplife.lol/ by PABLOF7z (npub1l2v…ajft) for providing this data. Here are the top zapped posts from last week, showcasing creators who received the most engagement:

🔥 Top 3: Most Zaps

1. Zaps Received: 67
Sats Earned: 22k




2. Zaps Received: 45
Sats Earned: 2k

A global state change from a system of fear, control and coercion - to one of truth, hope and freedom must be chaotic. This is only the first inning.

Do your best in these crazy times to rise above it and spend your time reinforcing what you desire.

#bitcoin
#nostr


3. Zaps Received: 41
Sats Earned: 1k

I remember back when Israel went into Gaza, and markets took a hit, bitcoin was down notably and many tradfi macro folks who I otherwise respect for good market analysis were like “Why is bitcoin down today? I thought it’s a safe haven, lol.”

Similarly, today when bitcoin is up amid market turmoil, the bitcoin bulls celebrate it.

I’d be cautious about all one-day moves. If you over-emphasize them, you risk looking like someone with a memory of a goldfish, or otherwise operating with selection bias.

However, a point I have made in the past, and will repeat today, is that there are different types of risk-off events. A risk-off event that hurts liquidity is likely to hurt bitcoin. A risk-off event that demands more liquidity, or that is unrelated to liquidity (eg tariffs attacking corporate margins), is more likely to benefit or at least kind of spare Bitcoin.

Focusing on Bitcoin as a risk on or risk off asset is first level thinking. People who understand it deeply and self custody it tend to view it as risk off period, for good reason. But not always in terms of price. In terms of price, whether it functions as a risk on/off asset varies based on what type of risk on/off catalyst it was.

This catalyst risks hitting margins, not liquidity, and thus so far the reaction makes sense. But it still pays to be careful not to celebrate one-day moves too much.

Cautiously bullish.


💰 Top 3: Most Sats

1. Sats Earned: 46k
Zaps Received: 27

stay humble and stack sats 🫡


2. Sats Earned: 22k
Zaps Received: 67




3. Sats Earned: 20k
Zaps Received: 3

First 8$ received you all are incredible!!

Only 242$ more to go!


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😂 Nostr Memes
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Or you can beg for zaps. lol



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Love you all #Hellthread buddies 🔥💜

#nostr training wheels 🛼



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GM Nostr ☕️
Remember to live for today, but—just to be safe—better stack some SATs! 😁

Y’all beautiful Nostriches have an excellent day!
#CoffeeChain #PlebChain


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🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
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1. Askopenly - A nostr micro client for asking questions - New tool

AskOpenly is a lightweight Nostr micro-client for anonymously asking questions on the open network. It runs fully in the browser as a PWA, with no backend or login required. Each question generates a new Nostr key, ensuring complete privacy. Events are stored locally, and replies are fetched periodically. AskOpenly continues to offer a simple, private way to ask anything without revealing your identity.

Developed by: lemon (npub1hee…rsv6)
Source: https://github.com/happylemonprogramming/askopenly

2. nostrcontactform - Nostr based web contact form - New tool

A web contact form that sends the completed form to the recipient via Nostr DMs. It uses NIP-04 encryption to send form data privately through the Nostr network.

Developed by: Derek Ross (npub18am…p424)
Source: https://github.com/derekross/nostrcontactform

3. Corny Chat - v2025.03

Corny Chat is an open-source audio space built on Jam with Nostr and Lightning support. This release, room owners can now set hashtags that appear in live chats and Nostr posts and users can favorite rooms for quick access. A new “Talking Stick” mode allows only one speaker at a time, helping manage discussions. Login options were expanded to include Facebook, Google, Apple, and more. Several bugs were fixed, including issues with the follows list, room access tracking, and message of the day storage.

Developed by: Vic (npub1yx6…7kza)
Source: https://github.com/vicariousdrama/cornychat/releases/tag/v2025.03

4. Primal iOS - 2.1.49

Primal iOS is a fast and user-friendly Nostr client for iOS, focused on delivering a rich social experience, combining a sleek UI with powerful features for discovering and interacting with Nostr content. In this release, Primal added support for animated GIF uploads, fixed issues with zap.stream URLs, improved deep linking to threads and resolved rendering problems for mentioned events with unknown kinds.

Developed by: Marko (npub1zga…ppvc)
Source:
We’ve just released version 2.1.49 of our iOS app, bringing several improvements and fixes:

- Support for animated GIF uploads
- Resolved issues with zap.stream URLs
- Improved deep linking to threads
- Fixed rendering of mentioned events with unknown kinds

The update is now live on the App Store. As always, we appreciate your feedback—please don’t hesitate to reach out if you encounter any issues.

https://primal.net/downloads?20250403


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🎁 Developer Tools, updates and Guides
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1. Nostrbook - Reference guide for the Nostr protocol - New Developer tool

Nostrbook is a detailed reference guide for the Nostr protocol, documenting event kinds, data structures and protocol specifications. It serves as a registry of markdown-based documentation aimed at helping developers understand and build on Nostr with clarity and accuracy. It remains a key resource for the Nostr dev community.

Developed by: Alex (npub1q3s…d26p)
Source: https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/nostrbook

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🌐 Relay Updates and Releases
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1. Citrine - v0.7.3

Citrine is a Nostr relay app for Android that allows any Nostr client supports android, to send and receive events through it. It functions as a mobile-friendly relay, making it easier to interact with the Nostr network directly from Android devices. In this release, Citrine received performance improvements for exporting and querying events, optimized memory usage when downloading events, and updated its dependencies for better stability.

Developed by: greenart7c3 (npub1w4u…0jr5)
Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Citrine/releases/tag/v0.7.3

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🤖 Bots & Helpers Updates and Releases
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1. Scihubstr - A simple #Nostr bot - New bot

Scihubstr is a new NOSTR bot, a simpler version of the popular sci-hub bot on Telegram. Designed to help users easily access academic papers. Scihubstr allows you to send a DOI via DM (NIP-04 or NIP-17) and it will find the download link for you. While the bot is still in its early stages, the developer encourages users to report any issues to either the bot or its creator for improvements. The bot is not open source yet.

Developed by: Tincho (npub1ptw…2nu0)
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👋 Stay in Touch & Zap
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Nostr is built by the plebs, for the plebs. If you found this recap helpful, consider supporting me, Nomishka with a zap.

I’m committed to supporting Nostr and I split a part of the zaps I receive for this note with the plebs mentioned in this recap for all their great effort. Thank you so much for being part of this journey. Let me know your thoughts about this eighteenth recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #nostrrecap and let’s keep #grownostr together.

A big shoutout to Rabble (npub1wmr…g240) for his generous patronage!

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