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

I made my Seventeenth edition of "The Latest on the Nostr! - A Weekly Nostr Recap" (March 31st, 2025) highlights 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 - 31st March 2025 🚀
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🧠 Quote of the Week
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juancienfuegos (npub1du2…nwx7)

“Your digital identity shouldn’t belong to corporations—it should belong to YOU.”

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🔥 Community Highlights
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1. nobody (npub1csa…z4x9) captures the essence of #Nostr as a refreshing online experience

quoting nevent1q…ek9s
nostr is like touching grass but online

2. Gigi ⚡🧡 (npub1der…xzpc) reminds us to step back and appreciate Nostr’s rapid progress

quoting nevent1q…gp8c
Nostr achieved so much in so little time. Ya'll are too close to the metal. Step back. Zoom out. Appreciate what we have and where we are.

3. primal (npub12vk…pugg) house no fiat policy in action - #Bitcoin only

quoting nevent1q…y7rx
There's a strict no fiat policy at the Primal House.

If a vendor accepts bitcoin, they'll get bitcoin. Pura vida.

4. The_Beave (npub1q6y…t3sh) is on Nostr freedom - bold financial moves and zero tolerance for negativity

quoting nevent1q…hu6g
Good morning, #nostriches!

I've decided on a few very bold (for me) changes in my financial strategies.

I've also decided to not be polite to those who continually attack my friends.

One of the best parts of nostr is that no one can stop me, even if I'm muted.

And no, you can't come to the party.

Not pissed off, just disgusted by certain peoples' consistently disgusting behavior.

#glovesoff #myfriendsareimportant #gm #goodmorning #plebchain #grownostr #partybussiness #lotr #nomoremisternicebeaver

5. Taking back Digital identity - Max DeMarco (npub1lel…kvyz) on Nostr’s power for sovereignty

quoting nevent1q…gma7
🔑 Your digital identity shouldn’t belong to corporations—it should belong to YOU.

Max DeMarco (nprofile…jumv) dives into Nostr, the protocol that puts control back in your hands. No censorship, no deplatforming—just pure, sovereign communication.

The internet is changing. Are you ready? BitcoinFilmFest (nprofile…z88z) & AZA_21M (nprofile…jrtx) ⚡

🎥 Watch now: https://youtu.be/QU6gnfCVt84

6. How Nostr and Primal could scale - A bold creator recruitment strategy

quoting nevent1q…cm8k
I walked into the primal house the other day in beautiful Uvita, and paulinthejungle (nprofile…7yh7) asked me…

“If you were in my shoes (growth @ Primal), what would you do to grow Primal and Nostr?”

I’ve been thinking about this the last couple days…🤔

Here’s what I got:

First off, I feel like the biggest unlock for nostr is recruiting creators with existing audiences on other platforms to come over to nostr.

One creator with a massive following could lead to thousands of new nostr users…

We’ve seen this happen many times over…

Now play that out across hundreds of creators with large audiences - this could have a massive impact.

With that being said…

🤔 What’s the best way to recruit creators to the network at scale?

🤔 What’s an absolute no brainer offer to a large creator, something that they couldn’t say no to…?

🤔 Would “recruiting” creators even work? Should all growth here just be organic and natural…?

While I was thinking this through, I had to remind myself of a hurdle that we’d need to overcome to make this work:

Creators DON’T want another platform.

Most are already overwhelmed with the number of apps they need to post on and keep up with…

99.9% aren’t actively looking for “another social media”

So…

🧠💭 Here’s the plan 💭🧠

1️⃣ Target a group of top creators on X to recruit to Primal.

We’ll start with Health & Wellness creators since it feels pretty tangential to the existing (primarily bitcoin-focused) network.

ChatGPT deep research estimates there are 200,000 health & wellness influencers with over 50,000 followers on X.

2️⃣ Take that list and create nostr accounts for each.

Start auto-populating their accounts with their existing tweets.

Essentially, bridge the X accounts - whenver they post on X it auto-posts to Nostr.  Now, the most critical step is ensuring that these accounts have a way to receive zaps - even before they’re “claimed”.

Sats would accumulate in their wallet until the user “claims” their account.

The more zaps they receive, the larger the incentive is to come over to nostr and actually claim their account (more on this soon)…

This would tap into into the existing nostr network to “vote with their sats” on who they want to see come over to the network…

It crowdsources the growth engine of the network.

📝Side notes/tangential ideas:

- Maybe Primal marks these accounts as “unclaimed/unverified” so it’s transparent

- After a certain number of days “Unclaimed” wallets get their sats sent back to the sender…?

- I’m not technical so idk how any of this would work… just dreaming up over here.

Now, let’s talk about setup and execution:

3️⃣ Cold Outbound system setup

Build out an email list of all of these creators in step 1.

Use a tool like TweetScraper or other email scraping tools.

Set up a cold email outreach system using Instantly AI…

Spin up a handful of domains and email inboxes - should be able to send 1000s of emails daily.

For some extra touch points set up Drippi AI for Twitter DM outreach out scale.

Now here’s where it get’s interesting…

4️⃣ The NO BRAINER pitch.

Message each creator with a short no brainer pitch…

Remember, 99% of creators don’t want another platform to post to…

This no brainer pitch is meant to get their foot in the door.

We’re not selling the full nostr vision (just yet)…

For now, we’re literally just going for the primal app download.

The pitch?

You have free BTC waiting for you, an audience that’s already growing, and it requires 0 effort to maintain since your account will auto-post from X.

Follow up with their updated stats every 14 days.

“You gained 197 followers and were zapped 21,538 sats these past 14 days… come claim your account and wallet”

This could be done at scale - sending thousands of these emails daily to targeted high profile creators.

5️⃣ is it even worth it…?

I had a conversation with Marko (nprofile…36g7) and he mentioned that it seems like all marketing efforts to grow primal/nostr are irrelevant and the only thing that moves the needle are big events…

Things like:

- Twitter banned in Brazil
- Telegram CEO arrest
- Ross Ulbricht joins nostr (soon 👀)

Macro events will likely always be the needle movers…

But imagine 100,000 creators already warmed up when the next big wave happens?

Lmk what you think 👇🏽

Hoping this sparks other ideas and conversations

7. YakiHonne (npub1yzv…rf8q) is empowering #Africa with Nostr, #Bitcoin and #Decentralization

quoting nevent1q…sp0f
🔥 YakiHonne is unlocking Africa’s decentralized future.🌍

👨🏾‍💻Our recent collaboration with African communities brought together nearly 150 passionate participants on-site 🙌—advocates, believers, and learners of Bitcoin, Nostr, and decentralization 🌐.

✨ One highlight was a powerful live session with FULAFIA University (FACOSA) 🎓, engaging nearly 100 attendees and allowing participants to experience the captivating allure of the Lightning Network’s Zap power firsthand. 🤙⚡️

🌎 The YakiHonne Nostr Workshop Series is now in full swing— spreading knowledge, sparking conversations, and connecting Bitcoiners around the world.💡

📢 Stay tuned. This is just the beginning. 🌱

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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: 43,282, compared to 44,731 zaps the week before

- Total zap amount: 10,964,902, compared to 11,300,866 sats the week before

- Total events: 5,723,185, compared to 5,083,657 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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1. Nostr startup Tips

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bQLyI4_VF6M

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📅 Upcoming Events
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1. FediForum April 2025

📅 Date: April 1, 2025 – April 2, 2025
⏰ Time: 8.00am (PT) - 1.00pm (PT) each day
📍 Location: Online Event
🤹‍♀️ Organizers: FediForum (npub1h92…jhr8)

🔗 Event: https://fediforum.org

FediForum is an unconference focused on open social protocols and the future of decentralized social media, including the Fediverse, Mastodon, ActivityPub, Bluesky, and ATProto. Discussions will be shaped by attendees, covering topics such as governance, trust and safety, new funding models, and interoperability across platforms.

While Nostr has been part of past discussions and demos from persons like Rabble (npub1wmr…g240) and petri (npub1ust…n3mj), its inclusion in this event will depend on participant interest. If you're passionate about Nostr, consider attending and contributing to the conversation.

🔗

quoting nevent1q…20ks
The "Proposed Topics" page for the next FediForum is up.

When people register for FediForum, we ask them what topics they want to discuss. Not everybody fills out the form, and not everybody lets us publish what they said. But some do!

Check it out at http://fediforum.org/2025-04/

Anything sound interesting? Then please join them and us April 1 and 2.

Any glaring omissions? Then propose the missing topics when you register yourself! You don't need to be an expert. https://fediforum.org

Second invitation e-mail for previous FediForum attendees sent on 12th of March 2025.

🔗

quoting nevent1q…24pp
We're going to have some rather interesting social web demos next week.

One of the fun parts of organizing FediForum is that we get to see or hear about some cool tech before anybody else, because people want to use FediForum to show it off publicly for the first time.

And if you attend FediForum, you will part of the group that sees it first publicly.

How is that as an incentive to come to #FediForum? Registration is still open: https://fediforum.org

2. 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

3. 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!

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📰 Nostr in the Media
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1. Planning Beyond X: The Need for Nostr as Censorship Tightens

https://x.com/SoyerJango/status/1906264353210245167

2. Decentralization wins: No masters, Only freedom

tw_bitcoin (npub1l04…kdhn)

https://x.com/tw_bitcoin2/status/1906255246872953163

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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: 79
Sats Earned: 17k

quoting nevent1q…gp8c
Nostr achieved so much in so little time. Ya'll are too close to the metal. Step back. Zoom out. Appreciate what we have and where we are.

2. Zaps Received: 65
Sats Earned: 4k

quoting nevent1q…25ke
Visited my father in law (who was born in 1944) this week and found this.

3. Zaps Received: 63
Sats Earned: 4k

quoting nevent1q…5xxg

💰 Top 3: Most Sats

1. Sats Earned: 24k
Zaps Received: 21

quoting nevent1q…qxdj
Chachi, Zapstore, HyperNote, nostr Epoxy, futr, npub-cash, Notedeck. More to come.
https://opensats.org/blog/10th-wave-of-nostr-grants

2. Sats Earned: 23k
Zaps Received: 41

quoting nevent1q…k2cq
I'm 40 today! But I don't feel a day over 39.

Omw to NYC for some weekend festivities at PUBKEY (nprofile…hwhp) !

3. Sats Earned: 17k
Zaps Received: 79

quoting nevent1q…gp8c
Nostr achieved so much in so little time. Ya'll are too close to the metal. Step back. Zoom out. Appreciate what we have and where we are.

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😂 Nostr Memes
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1.

quoting nevent1q…f4s9
New Nostr users when they see a Sats4Follow repost thread.

quoting nevent1q…dddh
That game's far too easy on nostr

quoting nevent1q…2mrk
Gm ☕️ Maybe you just suck. Nostr is amazing 😂

quoting nevent1q…t63y
Gm ☕️☀️

quoting nevent1q…xmx8
GOOD MORNING!

quoting nevent1q…4uww
GM The NOSTR ☀️

quoting nevent1q…5390
primal (nprofile…mdf3)

quoting nevent1q…5xxg

quoting nevent1q…xysf

10.

quoting nevent1q…cw94
Gm ☕️ Welcome them when they join. Believe them when they stay. 😂🫡

11.

quoting nevent1q…0dzc

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🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
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1. Nostr Hero - Generate Unique DnD Characters from Nostr Keys - New tool

Nostr Hero creates unique Dungeons & Dragons (DnD) characters from Nostr keys. Your key determines the character’s traits, abilities and background, making each one special and personal.

Developed by: OceanSlim (npub1zmc…7f60)
Source: https://github.com/0ceanSlim/nostr-hero

2. Asknostr - new update

AskNostr, a social Q&A platform on Nostr, has introduced key improvements. The "Ask Question" panel now saves drafts and auto adds relevant tags. Threaded replies enhance discussions and long threads are displayed more clearly. Bug fixes improve date filtering and pagination, while optimized profile data fetching ensures smoother interactions. Additionally, homepage and browsing speeds have been boosted for a faster user experience. However, it is important to note that the Github repo is still not open-source.

https://asknostr.site/

Developed by: digitalbase (npub132n…8cn4)
Source:

quoting nevent1q…fpkw
Shipped a few important changes to https://asknostr.site

- ask question panel now stores your draft + adds the tags of the tag you're browsing
- ability to reply in threads
- improved how long threads are displayed
- fixed some bugs on how date filtering/paging worked
- better rendering/fetching of profile data
- faster loading of homepage/browse

Hope ya'll like it!

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🎁 Developer Tools, updates and Guides
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1. Bifrost - Threshold Signing & Secure Messaging for Nostr - New Developer tool

Bifrost is a core library and SDK for implementing the FROSTR protocol, a threshold signing and secure messaging system for nostr. It provides a BifrostNode that communicates over nostr, enabling nodes to collaborate in signing messages and exchanging ECDH secrets. Bifrost supports standalone deployment or integration into existing nostr clients, offering methods for creating, distributing, and managing FROST based threshold signing shares. This enhances security and decentralization by ensuring no single party controls the signing process.

Developed by: cmd (npub1gg5…ulq3)
Source: https://github.com/FROSTR-ORG/bifrosthttps://github.com/DocNR/POWR

2. Nostringer – Unlinkable Ring Signatures for Nostr - New Developer tool

Nostringer is an easy-to-use Javascript/Typescript library providing unlinkable ring signatures (SAG) for Nostr pubkeys. It allows a signer to prove membership in a group of Nostr accounts without revealing which specific account produced the signature.

Developed by: Abdel (npub1hr6…2e29)
Source: https://github.com/AbdelStark/nostringer

quoting nevent1q…lwla
Introducing Nostringer - unlinkable ring signatures (SAG) for Nostr pubkeys.
Instead of doing some Ghibli stuff I implemented a prototype of unlinkable ring signatures for Nostr.
It's using Monero style Spontaneous Anonymous Group signatures (SAG).
What does it enable ?
Ring signatures allow multiple members of a group to sign a message without revealing which member actually signed it.
I explored this after chatting with Leo Wandersleb (nprofile…nqad) who wants to use this concept for WalletScrutiny. Basically his idea would be to let users write reviews as accredited wallet developers. Because of the competition between wallets it's better to not disclose who posted a review.
It would be sufficient to know that it was posted from someone belonging to a group of accredited developers.
Checkout the demo and repo in the links below.

Live demo: https://nostringer.starknetonbitcoin.com

Repo: https://github.com/AbdelStark/nostringer

3. Alienos – A Self-Hosted Nostr Stack - New Developer Tool

Alienos is a plugin-able and manageable Nostr stack designed for self-hosting, integrating a relay, Blossom media server and NIP-05 server. Built on Khatru, Event Store, Blob Store and Go Nostr, it supports NIP-86 for access control and offers a reliable solution for hosting and backups.

Developed by: K (npub1h49…9kay)
Source: https://github.com/dezh-tech/alienos

4. Frost2x - v0.1.1-alpha

Frost2x is a nostr signer extension powered by FROST, enabling secure and efficient multi-party signing. This Pre-release brings key improvements, including default relays for better connectivity and a package script to easily create zip and crx files for installation. A changelog has also been added for better tracking of updates. Additionally, issues with prompt window sizing and scrolling have been fixed, improving the user experience.

Developed by: cmd (npub1gg5…ulq3)
Source: https://github.com/FROSTR-ORG/frost2x/releases/tag/v0.1.1-alpha

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🌐 Relay Updates and Releases
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1. 23GMT – Time-Restricted Nostr Relay - New Relay

23GMT is a specialized nostr relay with strict constraints, operating within a narrow time window. It only accepts posts between 23:00 and 24:00 GMT and deletes its database at 01:00 GMT, ensuring a fresh start daily. The relay exclusively supports kind 1 (text notes) and requires events to include a NIP-70 "-" tag, making it a unique and purpose-driven relay for specific use cases.

Developed by: fiatjaf (npub180c…h6w6)
Source: https://git.fiatjaf.com/23gmt

2. Domain Specific Relays (DSR) - New Relays set

Domain Specific Relays (DSR) are a bunch of specialized Nostr relays designed for targeted data handling, improving search, storage and moderation. Zapoli for NIP-82 clients, 210maxi for NIP-B1 feeds, Pages for profile management and Bunklay for bunker events. Enhanced filtering, access control and reliability make Nostr more efficient.

Developed by: K (npub1h49…9kay)
Source: https://github.com/dezh-tech/ddsr

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🎮 Game Updates and Releases
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No Game 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 seventeenth recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #nostrrecap and let’s keep #grownostr together.

Patroned by Rabble (npub1wmr…g240)
Recap by NomishkaDilshan (npub19hs…5jcn)

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