I made my nineteenth edition of "The Latest on the Nostr!

I made my nineteenth edition of "The Latest on the Nostr! - A Weekly Nostr Recap" (April 14th, 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 - 14th April 2025 🚀
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🧠 Quote of the Week
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jack (npub1sg6…f63m)

“i don’t care how many people use nostr.

i care that this is the one place that will always be there for me to broadcast to the world.”

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🔥 Community Highlights
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1. #Nostr: The Broadcast method to the world that noone can silence

quoting nevent1q…6vmt
i don’t care how many people use nostr.

i care that this is the one place that will always be there for me to broadcast to the world.

2. #Amethyst Tariffs: A Threat to Client Freedom on #Nostr?

quoting nevent1q…2sjs
Amethyst is now applying a minimum 20% tariff on all users of other Nostr clients and 84% on Primal users.

-- Make Amethyst Great Again

3. Calling Devs: Let’s build a Nostr ecards app with Sats-Back Gifts!

quoting nevent1q…2xk6
GM☀️ Which dev wants to make a #nostr ecards site/app.

I will provide the first cards ✍️ #artstr calle 👁️⚡👁️ (npub12rv…85vg) Marc26z (npub1mar…f3g0) #ecash #cashu

Send cards/gifs with some sats ecash gift with it 🤑🎁

4. Graphical Demonstration: The Functionality of Nstart and the Promenade server

quoting nevent1q…up8x
Simple explanation of how https://nstart.me/ and https://git.fiatjaf.com/promenade (the FROST bunker) works:

5. The Power of Nostr: Max DeMarco (npub1lel…kvyz) is just with Nostr

quoting nevent1q…kd03
Only social media left on my phone is nostr 🫡

6. The power of films: Unfiat the culture with BitcoinFilmFest (npub1rjt…mp8a)

quoting nevent1q…7lrv
🎬Unfiat the culture🎬

That’s the mission of the Bitcoin Film Festival—and there’s no better medium than film to spark independent thought, inspire, and subtly spread powerful ideas.

Join the movement in Warsaw, May 22–25.

Use code BITESIZE at checkout for 10% off your tickets. Link on our site 😉

Tomek ⚡ K (nprofile…xukc) AZA_21M (nprofile…9fhw) BitcoinFilmFest (nprofile…gd8n)

7. Talking Nostr and Sipping #lightning coffee at the Vancouver meetup

quoting nevent1q…7sy8
Thanks for another great meetup in Vancouver! And to coinoswallet (nprofile…0pev) for the Bitcoin lightning coffee.

Today's topic was #Nostr with our friends from damus (nprofile…vnm5)

Shout of to danieldaquino (nprofile…twk4) for the very informative presentation.

8. Bounties in El Salvador: Corey San Diego (npub1c0r…qs7w) asks help to claim his birthright citizenship

nostr:naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzps78zgkx8t6js8lw8wfn35g2ued3vml7daelrsnjchq3yps8wvwhqqcyymm4de6xjetn94nx7u3dg9h8jmmwv5k5c6tkd9hxwttfdck52mpd2dskcanpv3hhytthwucngaesee70zc

9. YakiHonne (npub1yzv…rf8q): The Gateway for Nostr & Lightning

quoting nevent1q…f2dj
✨ Discover the Beauty of YakiHonne - The Ultimate Nostr Experience! 🌟

Dive into YakiHonne, the powerful & versatile Nostr&Bitcoin payment app that unlocks a world of possibilities! 🚀 From seamless communication to decentralized freedom, YakiHonne brings the best of Nostr to your fingertips. 🌐💡

🔥 Why YakiHonne?
✅ Feature-rich & user-friendly
✅ Decentralized & LN Payment
✅ The top choice for Nostr enthusiasts

Join the revolution and experience the future of social networking! 🎉
#Nostr #YakiHonne #DecentralizedFuture

10. Making aware real estate investors about the Nostr #zapping

quoting nevent1q…jqap
Here is BTC Sessions (nprofile…4sn7) showing a room full of rest estate investors how to zap memes on Nostr with 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: 42,081, compared to 44,276 zaps the week before

- Total zap amount: 9,358,905, compared to 11,355,315 sats the week before

- Total events: 5,197,779, compared to 5,439,788 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 any 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:

quoting nevent1q…d9t9
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.

naddr1qq…yl50

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:

quoting nevent1q…kpu2
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. BOB Spaces (npub1vlk…s68j) “Nostr Month” - Meetup 2

📅 Date: Friday, April 25, 2025
🕡 Time: 6:30 PM - 8.30 PM ICT
📍 Location: BOB Space Bangkok
64/1 Phatsana 2 Alley (Ekkamai Soi 4), Watthana, Bangkok, Thailand
Shared location with PeerPower Platform
🤹‍♀️ Organizer: BOB Spaces (npub1vlk…s68j)

🔗 Event: https://www.meetup.com/bob-space-community-events/events/307258415

4. thebitcoinconf (npub1rwh…7avv) in Las Vegas - Nostr lounge - July 2025

📅 Date: May 28 - 29, 2025
⏰ Time: At 1.00pm PDT
📍 Location: The Venetian Las Vegas
(3355 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA)
🤹‍♀️ Organizers:
damus (npub18m7…q955) (28th meetup) - tyiu (npub1yau…vjmf), KernelKind (npub1fgz…jeck), eric (npub12gy…3jj5)

primal (npub12vk…pugg) (29th meetup) - miljan (npub16c0…6nvr),
Marko (npub1zga…ppvc),
paulinthejungle (npub1spd…q6j7)

🔗 Event: https://b.tc/conference/2025

quoting nevent1q…yuez
Join us at the Nostr Lounge at thebitcoinconf (npub1rwh…7avv) for the damus (npub18m7…q955) Meetup and primal (npub12vk…pugg) Meetup.

Wednesday, May 28 @ 1PM - Damus Meetup
Thursday, May 29 @ 1PM - Primal Meetup

Devs, Demos, Q&A, Merch.

5. 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. #Decentralizing the Future: How NOSTR is reshaping Digital Communication

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebCGWjA29VE

2. From simplicity to scale: Why sondreb (npub1zl3…jajh) is building #Nostria

https://x.com/SondreB/status/1909403968175825302

3. Nostr Power: A generous zap from stranger to paulinthejungle (npub1spd…q6j7)

https://x.com/thepaulosophy/status/1911477010695610746

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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: 148
Sats Earned: 345k

quoting nevent1q…xnwg
GM ☀️ time for a nostr experiment.

Since nostr has no algorithms you can now rent me your friendly neighborhood influencer to be YOUR algorithm.

The menu below will be active 4/8/25 after that you can zap me all you want, but it won’t produce a reaction on my end.

Enjoy!

2. Zaps Received: 109
Sats Earned: 37k

quoting nevent1q…k2rm
i don’t care how many people use nostr.

i care that this is the one place that will always be there for me to broadcast to the world.

3. Zaps Received: 91
Sats Earned: 16k

quoting nevent1q…u48g
I made a mistake during my Bitcoin lecture last week in the university of Bologna. One I’m not going to repeat. I assumed something. And I shouldn’t have.

Since I was talking about my job, I told the students that a big part of it is debunking myths around Bitcoin...

You know, the usual stuff: Bitcoin is a Ponzi, it’s going to zero, it’s killing the planet. I built like 15 slides for this. I was ready to fight. Ready to debunk every single one of them, one by one.

So I asked them: “What’s something negative you’ve heard about Bitcoin?”

Silence. No one raised their hand. No one mentioned pollution. No one said anything about volatility or scams. These were 22 years old, curious, open-minded, and genuinely there to learn. They didn’t have myths to unlearn.

So there I was, spending the next 20 minutes talking about gas flaring, carbon-negative mining, and all the reasons Bitcoin is not what “they” say it is. But “they,” in this case, didn’t even exist. The only person bringing up those narratives was me.

And that’s when it hit me. All these years in the Bitcoin scene have trained my brain to always be on the defensive. To expect resistance. To anticipate criticism. And that mindset slowly killed a part of the joy I used to feel when I first learned about Bitcoin.

Back then, no one had told me it was bad. I just found it exciting, revolutionary, empowering. My brain wasn’t busy filtering negative takes it was busy being amazed.

That beginner’s energy, that childish awe, that sense of discovering something precious, it’s something I want to reconnect with. I don’t want to be the person who walks into a room full of open minds and immediately starts talking about the bad things people say.

I want to talk about freedom from banks and government, creativity, women empowerment, potential. I’m not saying I’ll stop responding to critics when necessary. But I want to stop assuming that everyone is a critic.

There are way more people out there who are just curious, interested, open to learning, than there are loud contrarians I’ll never change the mind of anyway.

From now on, I want to speak to the curious ones. Not the ghosts in my head.

💰 Top 3: Most Sats

1. Sats Earned: 345k
Zaps Received: 148

quoting nevent1q…xnwg
GM ☀️ time for a nostr experiment.

Since nostr has no algorithms you can now rent me your friendly neighborhood influencer to be YOUR algorithm.

The menu below will be active 4/8/25 after that you can zap me all you want, but it won’t produce a reaction on my end.

Enjoy!

2. Sats Earned: 100k
Zaps Received: 13

quoting nevent1q…8wmj
BEHOLD. Our new black denim western shirt. Took about 5 months to make roughly 300 of these - from sourcing the fabric and material, to cutting, sewing, and finishing.

3. Sats Earned: 70k
Zaps Received: 8

quoting nevent1q…z6fj
It’s a beautiful day to be alive.

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😂 Nostr Memes
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1.

quoting nevent1q…jddh
Follow the node (npub1rzg…kxve) and reply to his note with the meaningful response, and get zapped 😂😂😂

note1c45…khad

quoting nevent1q…8fg7

quoting nevent1q…tuwy
STOP. This is a Meme Checkpoint 🚨

Post the last meme you saved on your phone. No thinking. No context. No moral compass.

Zapping the worthy ⚡ Scrolling past the weak 🗑️

#MemeCheckpoint

quoting nevent1q…qk05
Gm #nostr nation!

Have an amazing day! ☀️

#gm #coffeechain #coffee

quoting nevent1q…qlkh

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🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
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1. Pokey - v0.1.6-alpha

Pokey is a tool that displays live notifications for your Nostr events and enables other apps to receive and interact with them. This release, introduced support for NIP-05 mentions, allowing users to receive notifications when they are mentioned by NIP-05 identifiers. It enhances the visibility of interactions within the Nostr network and improves user awareness in real time.

Developed by: KoalaSat (npub1v3t…yvjh)
Source: https://github.com/KoalaSat/pokey/releases/tag/v0.1.6-alpha

2. RUNSTR - v0.2.9.7-alpha

Runstr is a decentralized running app built on Nostr, giving users full ownership of their fitness data. This release introduces major features like teams and clubs for group workouts and chat via NIP-29, new activity modes (Run, Walk, Cycle) with mode-specific metrics, and support for NIP-101e to share workouts as kind 1301 events. Users can now view detailed splits, delete runs from history, and enjoy several UI improvements for better usability outdoors. While still in alpha and under active development, this release pushes Runstr closer to becoming a fully-featured, privacy-respecting fitness app.

Developed by: TheWildHustle (npub1xr8…5uum)
Source: https://github.com/HealthNoteLabs/Runstr/releases/tag/feed-0.1.0-20250410-154652

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🎁 Developer Tools, updates and Guides
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1. Nostr Spring Boot Starter - v0.3.0

Nostr Spring Boot Starter is a framework for building scalable Nostr clients and relay software using Spring Boot. In this release, it adds support for allowlist management via properties and database plugins, making access control more flexible. The release also includes Spring Boot and Shell version upgrades, along with a new identity-vanity command for generating keys with custom npub suffixes.

Developed by: Thebora Kompanioni
Source: https://github.com/theborakompanioni/nostr-spring-boot-starter/releases/tag/0.3.0

2. Nostr-PHP - 1.7.0

Nostr-PHP is a PHP helper library for building Nostr integrations. This release introduces NIP-19 support, enabling encoding and decoding of Bech32-encoded entities with identifiers and metadata. This release aligns the library with key Nostr standards. Although the latest release is 1.7.1, it has just very small changes.

Developed by: sebastix (npub1qe3…zefe)
Source: https://github.com/nostrver-se/nostr-php/releases/tag/1.7.0

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🌐 Relay Updates and Releases
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No Relay Updates and Releases for this week.

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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 nineteenth 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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