NomishkaDilshan on Nostr: I made my ninth edition of "The Latest on the Nostr! - A weekly nostr recap" ...
I made my ninth edition of "The Latest on the Nostr! - A weekly nostr recap" (February 3rd, 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! 🗞️🚀 #nostrrecap
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🗞️ The Latest the Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap - 3rd February 2025 🚀
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🧠 Quote of the Week
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“BITCOIN FREES YOUR MONEY; NOSTR FREES YOUR IDENTITY.
BOTH ARE TOOLS FOR SOVEREIGNTY EMBRACE THEM AND RECLAIM CONTROL. 🫡”
To deep dive into this, please check the third number under community highlights.
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🔥 Community Highlights
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1. constant (npub1t6j…ksrw) nostr Talk at FOSDEM (npub1zmg…dsuu)
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2. jack (npub1sg6…f63m) vision to focus on communities, commerce, and ai.
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3. The way npub1hedd09sv5k35nyvhga743chnfcskfgsmmkpzrjzxsr33rjzcdjtq88k68p (npub1hed…k68p) sees Nostr
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4. Revolutionizing Healthcare with Self-Sovereign Data
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5. bitpopart (npub1gwa…a2sz) Creative Energy for Nostr & FOSDEM
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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: 56,298, compared to 68,468 zaps the week before
- Total zap amount: 9,890,973, compared to 12,329,801 sats the week before
Note: You can see some inconsistency with comparing this recap with the last few recaps’ total zap amounts. The reason is that zaps to Primal wallets were considered "invalid" by brugeman (npub1xdt…ntxy) code, and when the issue was pointed out they decided to relax their code. So all numbers were adjusted to include Primal zaps too.
More info:
- Total events: 5,052,189, compared to 5,768,028 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. How to Earn Bitcoin on Nostr with primal (npub12vk…pugg)
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In this video, mktahmasbi (npub1heq…kx28) from 21stCapital (npub1zxs…2knw) explains how to use Primal, a decentralized social networking app built on Nostr. He walks through the installation process, guiding users on creating an account, securing their private key, and navigating key features like posts, bookmarks, and dark mode. Momo also highlights Zaps, a Bitcoin Lightning-powered tipping system that allows users to send and receive payments seamlessly. Additionally, he demonstrates how to manage multiple accounts within the app, making it easy to switch between profiles. By the end of the video, viewers will have a solid understanding of Primal and how to leverage its features to engage with the Nostr community.
🔗 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrHoprrAops
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📅 Upcoming Events
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1. Nostrich Meetup in Konstanz, Germany
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📅 Date: Saturday, March 15th, 2025
📍 Location: Konstanz, near Lake Constance (Bodensee), Germany
🤹♀️ Organizers: Purple Konnektiv (npub1pur…zkzp)
🔗 Event:
Join with Purple Konnektiv (npub1pur…zkzp) for the next Nostrich meetup in Konstanz! They are renting a room for the day to foster conversation, with snacks, drinks, and plenty of opportunities to connect.
Interested in attending? Reach out, and they'll create a Simplex group for details. If you'd like to organize a talk or workshop, let them know! They’re excited to bring the community together!
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📅 Date: April 1-2, 2025, 8:30 PM IST to 1:30 AM IST
📍 Location: Online Event
🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/fediforum-april-2025?hxchl=hex-pfl
Join FediForum (npub1h92…jhr8) to discuss the future of social media, including Fediverse, Bluesky, Nostr, and Mastodon. New technologies, funding models, and ways of governance with a focus on an open, trust-driven, and interoperable social web. Connect with your peers and help build the next generation of social media.
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3. Nostr.World Community Event
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📅 Date: Q4 2025
📍 Location: Argentina
🤹♀️ Organizers: thenostrworld (npub1nst…rg5l)
🔗 Event:
A community-driven event is in the making; early planning is going on to bring the Nostr family together in Argentina to celebrate community and collaborate on the future of Nostr. This is an exciting event because your input is shaping it. Share your thoughts on how to make it even better. More details to come.
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📰 Nostr in the Media
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1. A Comparison of Decentralized Social Media Networks
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This video discusses the rise of decentralized social media networks like Nostr, Mastodon, and Blue Sky as alternatives to traditional platforms like Twitter and Facebook. It explains the origins and functioning of each network, highlighting how Mastodon operates within the Fediverse, Blue Sky follows a similar model but with less decentralization, and Nostr takes a unique approach by using cryptographic keys for user identity and relays for message distribution. The video emphasizes Nostr's true decentralization, where users control their data without reliance on a single server. It also touches on jack (npub1sg6…f63m) involvement in both Blue Sky and Nostr, noting his preference for decentralized protocols, particularly those aligned with Bitcoin principles.
🔗: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCi97xXgw7A
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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:
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1. Zaps Received: 246
Sats Earned: 446k
2. Zaps Received: 115
Sats Earned: 23k
3. Zaps Received: 64
Sats Earned: 24k
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1. Sats Earned: 1M
Zaps Received: 64
2. Sats Earned: 446k
Zaps Received: 246
3. Sats Earned: 76k
Zaps Received: 204
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🛠️ Tools, Updates, and Releases
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1. Amber - v3.2.0
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Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android. This release fixes relay connection issues, adds profile pictures for incoming requests on large screens, improves event kind translations, logs bunker request responses, and ensures responses use the request's relay when no app is found.
Developed by: greenart7c3 (npub1w4u…0jr5)
Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v3.2.0
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2. Alby (npub1get…0nfm) lightning browser extension - v3.11.0 Pleiades over Half Dome
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Getalby Lightning Browser Extension brings the Bitcoin Lightning Network directly to your browser. This release improves battery usage on Reddit and Medium, fixes a UI bug with blue boxes and introduces several new features. Users can now import Nostr keys using a dedicated card, and the extension supports additional languages, including Sinhalese, Tamil, and Russian. It also enhances transaction tracking by displaying pending and failed NWC transactions.
Developed by: pavanj (npub1gv5…hgdr)
Source: https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-browser-extension/releases/tag/v3.11.0
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Damus Notedeck is a multiplatform Nostr client for Android and desktop. This v0.3 Alpha 2 release introduces media uploads, profile editing, hashtag support, and note previews on hover. It enhances the UI with profile pictures in column headers, improved pointer interactions, and a persistent theme. Other updates include better Android performance, debug tools for relay and mute list sync, and async support in nostrdb. Several fixes address crashes, UI alignment, and network reconnections.
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jb55 (npub1xts…kk5s) ksedgwic (npub1s5r…f7u3)
KernelKind (npub1fgz…jeck)
Kieran (npub1v0l…qj49)
@dsaxton
@Dimitris Apostolou
Source: https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/releases/tag/v0.3.0
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Olas is an Instagram-like Nostr client. This release has been published, though no specific feature updates were provided beyond a lockfile update.
Developed by: PABLOF7z (npub1l2v…ajft)
Source: https://github.com/pablof7z/olas/releases/tag/0.2.0
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Futr is a Nostr desktop client for Linux. This release enhances UI and performance with improved contact filtering, optimized memory usage and better screen space utilization. Bug fixes address overlapping contacts, undefined data access and profile update issues. Additional changes include reduced debug logging and removal of unnecessary caching for improved performance. This is the latest release and there were Development Build (Continuous) and v0.2.0 release also this week.
Developed by: prolic (npub18wx…4xra)
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Hello Nostr Documents is providing documentation to help users understand Nostr and send their first "Hello Nostr" message using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Mentor and the team leader: jurjendevries (npub1l77…swft)
Developed by: Iftakharhasnayenabir (npub1zqc…uza5)
rafid (npub185r…z2ua)
NomishkaDilshan (npub19hs…5jcn)
Source: https://hellonostr.dev/en/
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Master Hello Nostr is a starter kit featuring a basic client-side JavaScript implementation of Nostr. It offers clean, well-documented code that adheres to W3C and WCAG standards, making it an accessible and compliant foundation for Nostr development.
Mentor and the team leader: jurjendevries (npub1l77…swft)
Developed by: Iftakharhasnayenabir (npub1zqc…uza5)
rafid (npub185r…z2ua)
NomishkaDilshan (npub19hs…5jcn)
Source: https://gitlab.com/digitalethicsagency/nostr/master-hello-nostr
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Nstart simplifies Nostr onboarding with seamless login via redirect, modal, or popup. no key handling needed. It supports multi-signer bunkers for secure authentication. Used by Jumble.social, nostr-login, and more.
Developed by: dtonon (npub1000…vwqk)
fiatjaf (npub180c…h6w6)
nostr.band (npub1sx9…6g8m)
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Rust-Nostr is a Nostr development kit for building fast and efficient applications across environments. This release adds NIP-96 support, NIP-22 helpers and NIP-01 adjustments. It improves connection handling with try_connect and wait_for_connection methods, introduces custom WebSocket client support for Rust, Python, Kotlin, and Swift, adds new JVM bindings, reduces UniFFI binary sizes, and includes multiple optimizations and refactoring.
Developed by: Yuki Kishimoto (npub1drv…seet)
Source: https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr/releases/tag/v0.39.0
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Immortal is a Nostr relay focused on scalability, performance and configurability. This release, introduces key updates, including support for gRPC shutdown methods, public key whitelisting and blacklisting and limiting REQ messages to one filter per request. It also enhances REQ handling with MongoDB aggregation pipelines, fixes potential integer overflows, and adds support for NIP-09 and NIP-62.
Developed by: K (npub1h49…9kay)
Source: https://github.com/dezh-tech/immortal/releases/tag/v0.0.8
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Searchnos is a Nostr relay-like server providing full-text search using Elasticsearch. It emulates real-time search by polling Elasticsearch but only accepts events from authorized connections via API key authentication.
Developed by: darashi (npub1q7q…wt9c)
fiatjaf (npub180c…h6w6)
Source: https://github.com/darashi/searchnos
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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. Right now, I’m in a tough spot: jobless and struggling to make ends meet. Most days, I’m barely able to afford food, and honestly, 210,000 sats per month would help provide a basic income to cover essential needs.
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 ninth recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #nostrrecap, and let’s keep #grownostr together.
Recap by NomishkaDilshan (npub19hs…5jcn)
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🗞️ The Latest the Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap - 3rd February 2025 🚀
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🧠 Quote of the Week
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“BITCOIN FREES YOUR MONEY; NOSTR FREES YOUR IDENTITY.
BOTH ARE TOOLS FOR SOVEREIGNTY EMBRACE THEM AND RECLAIM CONTROL. 🫡”
To deep dive into this, please check the third number under community highlights.
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🔥 Community Highlights
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1. constant (npub1t6j…ksrw) nostr Talk at FOSDEM (npub1zmg…dsuu)
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quoting nevent1q…02tjAround 180 people counted listening to constant (nprofile…lzw0) #Nostr talk at #FOSDEM. Now Q&A
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2. jack (npub1sg6…f63m) vision to focus on communities, commerce, and ai.
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quoting nevent1q…p3rgi’m going to create a fund to grant a collection of nostr clients and adjacent technologies to work together on a comprehensive vision to focus on public/private communities, commerce, and ai.
much better than creating my own client.
more soon.
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3. The way npub1hedd09sv5k35nyvhga743chnfcskfgsmmkpzrjzxsr33rjzcdjtq88k68p (npub1hed…k68p) sees Nostr
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quoting nevent1q…80vl#BITCOIN #BullishBounty 🧡
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quoting nevent1q…7t35Great panel discussion. Thank you to @PlanBElsalvador @Aixa President Paravida hospital. sovmindset (nprofile…x7e8) EnriqueBerrios (nprofile…tv28) FreeFazzi (nprofile…y80m) let's build the future 🌐 #nostr #bitcoin #saludprotocol Salud Protocol (nprofile…tsd9) thebitcoinyogi (nprofile…7lwd)
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quoting nevent1q…523mGM☀️ Full of energy back in Thailand 🇹🇭 ✍️ Finished the flyer for my Dutch #nostr friends and this weekends event FOSDEM.
And this week I work on all cool things of Sats n Facts (npub1yrn…k5cx) next weekend (8-10 feb) #grownostr #artstr LFG🚀
https://satsnfacts.btc.pub/art/
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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: 56,298, compared to 68,468 zaps the week before
- Total zap amount: 9,890,973, compared to 12,329,801 sats the week before
Note: You can see some inconsistency with comparing this recap with the last few recaps’ total zap amounts. The reason is that zaps to Primal wallets were considered "invalid" by brugeman (npub1xdt…ntxy) code, and when the issue was pointed out they decided to relax their code. So all numbers were adjusted to include Primal zaps too.
More info:
quoting nevent1q…hvyzSeems like LN invoices included by Primal in zap receipts have empty payment_hash field. The invoice parser I use discards those invoices as invalid. I guess I'll have to patch it, as this is an optional field for zap verification purposes - they generate a proper invoice for the actual payment.
They also strip the description/commit hash from the invoice in zap receipts, which seems to go against nip57: "SHA256(description) MUST match the description hash in the bolt11 invoice." It looks like I will have to strip this verification logic on my end since in practice many wallets violate nip57 anyway and everyone is just trusting the wallets.
cc miljan (nprofile…u6d7)
- Total events: 5,052,189, compared to 5,768,028 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. How to Earn Bitcoin on Nostr with primal (npub12vk…pugg)
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In this video, mktahmasbi (npub1heq…kx28) from 21stCapital (npub1zxs…2knw) explains how to use Primal, a decentralized social networking app built on Nostr. He walks through the installation process, guiding users on creating an account, securing their private key, and navigating key features like posts, bookmarks, and dark mode. Momo also highlights Zaps, a Bitcoin Lightning-powered tipping system that allows users to send and receive payments seamlessly. Additionally, he demonstrates how to manage multiple accounts within the app, making it easy to switch between profiles. By the end of the video, viewers will have a solid understanding of Primal and how to leverage its features to engage with the Nostr community.
🔗 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrHoprrAops
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📅 Date: Saturday, March 15th, 2025
📍 Location: Konstanz, near Lake Constance (Bodensee), Germany
🤹♀️ Organizers: Purple Konnektiv (npub1pur…zkzp)
🔗 Event:
quoting nevent1q…7jprGood morning, Nostr! ☀️
[EN]
We’re excited to announce that our next meetup will take place in 📍Konstanz, near Lake Constance (Bodensee)!
If you’re free on 🗓️ Saturday, March 15th, join our Nostrich meetup and experience some real-life Nostr magic! 💜
What’s the plan this time? 👀
Instead of renting a location for everyone to sleep and cook together, we’ll rent a room for the whole day, creating a space for conversations to naturally flow. Snacks, drinks, and endless opportunities to connect with wonderful Nostriches await you. 🫂💫
Feel free to reach out if you’re interested in joining! We’ll open a Simplex group for participants to share further details. 🎉
If you’d like to organize a talk, workshop, or help with the planning, let us know! 👨🏫👩🏫
And of course if you have any questions, just comment under this note. 💜 We’re super excited and happy to create a space for you! 🥳🫶
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Guten Morgen, Nostr!
Wir freuen uns riesig, euch anzukündigen, dass unser nächstes Meetup in 📍Konstanz am Bodensee, stattfinden wird!
Wenn ihr am 🗓️ Samstag, den 15. März, Zeit habt, kommt gerne zu unserem kleinen Nostrich-Meetup und erlebt ein bisschen real life Nostr-Magie! 💜
Was ist diesmal geplant? 👀
Anstatt einen Ort zu mieten, an dem wir übernachten und gemeinsam kochen, werden wir diesmal einen Raum für den ganzen Tag buchen. Diesen wollen wir für spannende und inspirierende Gespräche nutzen. Es wird Snacks, Getränke und viele Gelegenheiten geben, um sich mit tollen Nostriches auszutauschen. 🫂💫
Schreibt uns gerne, wenn ihr dabei sein möchtet! Wir werden eine Simplex-Gruppe für die Teilnehmer einrichten, um weitere Infos zu teilen. 🎉
Falls ihr Lust habt, einen Vortrag oder Workshop zu organisieren oder bei der Planung zu helfen, lasst es uns wissen! 👨🏫👩🏫
Und wenn ihr Fragen habt, schreibt gerne unter diese Note. 💜 Wir sind super excited und freuen uns riesig, euch einen Raum zu geben! 🥳🫶
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#meetup #nostrmeetup #DACH
Join with Purple Konnektiv (npub1pur…zkzp) for the next Nostrich meetup in Konstanz! They are renting a room for the day to foster conversation, with snacks, drinks, and plenty of opportunities to connect.
Interested in attending? Reach out, and they'll create a Simplex group for details. If you'd like to organize a talk or workshop, let them know! They’re excited to bring the community together!
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2. FediForum April 2025
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📅 Date: April 1-2, 2025, 8:30 PM IST to 1:30 AM IST
📍 Location: Online Event
🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/fediforum-april-2025?hxchl=hex-pfl
Join FediForum (npub1h92…jhr8) to discuss the future of social media, including Fediverse, Bluesky, Nostr, and Mastodon. New technologies, funding models, and ways of governance with a focus on an open, trust-driven, and interoperable social web. Connect with your peers and help build the next generation of social media.
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📅 Date: Q4 2025
📍 Location: Argentina
🤹♀️ Organizers: thenostrworld (npub1nst…rg5l)
🔗 Event:
quoting nevent1q…52xq✨ GM/GA/GN Nostriches! ✨
We're blown away by all the amazing responses to our last Nostr.world poll! 💜 Your enthusiasm and feedback have been incredible - seeing all the Nostr fam coming together makes this even more exciting.
While we were initially exploring earlier dates, we've heard you about needing more time to coordinate. Because we want as many Nostriches as possible to join us (#keepnostrweird), we're working on a new timeline that could work better for everyone.
So, for now:
📅 Dates: Q4 2025
📍 Location: Argentina
Additional Info:
- This will be a community-driven event
- We're in the early planning stages
- Your input helps shape everything
- More details to follow
Drop a comment below if you have any thoughts or suggestions! Let's keep building this together 🫂
#asknostr #growNostr #nostrCommunity #plebchain
A community-driven event is in the making; early planning is going on to bring the Nostr family together in Argentina to celebrate community and collaborate on the future of Nostr. This is an exciting event because your input is shaping it. Share your thoughts on how to make it even better. More details to come.
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1. A Comparison of Decentralized Social Media Networks
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This video discusses the rise of decentralized social media networks like Nostr, Mastodon, and Blue Sky as alternatives to traditional platforms like Twitter and Facebook. It explains the origins and functioning of each network, highlighting how Mastodon operates within the Fediverse, Blue Sky follows a similar model but with less decentralization, and Nostr takes a unique approach by using cryptographic keys for user identity and relays for message distribution. The video emphasizes Nostr's true decentralization, where users control their data without reliance on a single server. It also touches on jack (npub1sg6…f63m) involvement in both Blue Sky and Nostr, noting his preference for decentralized protocols, particularly those aligned with Bitcoin principles.
🔗: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCi97xXgw7A
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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:
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1. Zaps Received: 246
Sats Earned: 446k
quoting nevent1q…e8uvRunning nostr
2. Zaps Received: 115
Sats Earned: 23k
quoting nevent1q…wjenToday was the 21st and final day of the Running Bitcoin 2025 Challenge. I finished my fourth 21K, this year mostly walking, each step done with Hal foremost in my thoughts. I love you, Hal!
Photo taken winter 2009
3. Zaps Received: 64
Sats Earned: 24k
quoting nevent1q…yqjcSo i started to build a TikTok like app, i've spent about a week on it so far and it seems to work quite well actually, you can try it out on android and let me know what you think.
If you want to post content here you can use zap.stream or olas to create shorts.
Does anybody want to see this developed further?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.nostrlabs.freeflow
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1. Sats Earned: 1M
Zaps Received: 64
quoting nevent1q…sj2zThe mempools are clear.
2. Sats Earned: 446k
Zaps Received: 246
quoting nevent1q…e8uvRunning nostr
3. Sats Earned: 76k
Zaps Received: 204
quoting nevent1q…47w2i’m going to create a fund to grant a collection of nostr clients and adjacent technologies to work together on a comprehensive vision to focus on public/private communities, commerce, and ai.
much better than creating my own client.
more soon.
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🛠️ Tools, Updates, and Releases
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1. Amber - v3.2.0
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Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android. This release fixes relay connection issues, adds profile pictures for incoming requests on large screens, improves event kind translations, logs bunker request responses, and ensures responses use the request's relay when no app is found.
Developed by: greenart7c3 (npub1w4u…0jr5)
Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v3.2.0
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2. Alby (npub1get…0nfm) lightning browser extension - v3.11.0 Pleiades over Half Dome
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Getalby Lightning Browser Extension brings the Bitcoin Lightning Network directly to your browser. This release improves battery usage on Reddit and Medium, fixes a UI bug with blue boxes and introduces several new features. Users can now import Nostr keys using a dedicated card, and the extension supports additional languages, including Sinhalese, Tamil, and Russian. It also enhances transaction tracking by displaying pending and failed NWC transactions.
Developed by: pavanj (npub1gv5…hgdr)
Source: https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-browser-extension/releases/tag/v3.11.0
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Damus Notedeck is a multiplatform Nostr client for Android and desktop. This v0.3 Alpha 2 release introduces media uploads, profile editing, hashtag support, and note previews on hover. It enhances the UI with profile pictures in column headers, improved pointer interactions, and a persistent theme. Other updates include better Android performance, debug tools for relay and mute list sync, and async support in nostrdb. Several fixes address crashes, UI alignment, and network reconnections.
Developed by:
jb55 (npub1xts…kk5s) ksedgwic (npub1s5r…f7u3)
KernelKind (npub1fgz…jeck)
Kieran (npub1v0l…qj49)
@dsaxton
@Dimitris Apostolou
Source: https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/releases/tag/v0.3.0
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Olas is an Instagram-like Nostr client. This release has been published, though no specific feature updates were provided beyond a lockfile update.
Developed by: PABLOF7z (npub1l2v…ajft)
Source: https://github.com/pablof7z/olas/releases/tag/0.2.0
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Futr is a Nostr desktop client for Linux. This release enhances UI and performance with improved contact filtering, optimized memory usage and better screen space utilization. Bug fixes address overlapping contacts, undefined data access and profile update issues. Additional changes include reduced debug logging and removal of unnecessary caching for improved performance. This is the latest release and there were Development Build (Continuous) and v0.2.0 release also this week.
Developed by: prolic (npub18wx…4xra)
Source:
quoting nevent1q…8zt0Futr v0.2.1 released
a nostr desktop client (for linux)
UI and Performance
Enhanced contact filtering with support for all name fields (petname, display name, username)
Improved contact list layout and fixed visual glitches when filtering
Optimized memory usage by implementing Loader components
Adjusted follow list item height for better screen space utilization
Bug Fixes
Fixed overlapping contacts when filtering the list
Resolved undefined data access issues in the UI
Improved profile updates to properly refresh the follows list
Other Changes
Reduced debug logging noise across the application
Removed unnecessary ListView caching for better performance
www.futrnostr.com
#futr #nostr #nostrdev
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🎁 Developer Tools, updates and Guides
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Hello Nostr Documents is providing documentation to help users understand Nostr and send their first "Hello Nostr" message using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Mentor and the team leader: jurjendevries (npub1l77…swft)
Developed by: Iftakharhasnayenabir (npub1zqc…uza5)
rafid (npub185r…z2ua)
NomishkaDilshan (npub19hs…5jcn)
Source: https://hellonostr.dev/en/
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Master Hello Nostr is a starter kit featuring a basic client-side JavaScript implementation of Nostr. It offers clean, well-documented code that adheres to W3C and WCAG standards, making it an accessible and compliant foundation for Nostr development.
Mentor and the team leader: jurjendevries (npub1l77…swft)
Developed by: Iftakharhasnayenabir (npub1zqc…uza5)
rafid (npub185r…z2ua)
NomishkaDilshan (npub19hs…5jcn)
Source: https://gitlab.com/digitalethicsagency/nostr/master-hello-nostr
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Nstart simplifies Nostr onboarding with seamless login via redirect, modal, or popup. no key handling needed. It supports multi-signer bunkers for secure authentication. Used by Jumble.social, nostr-login, and more.
Developed by: dtonon (npub1000…vwqk)
fiatjaf (npub180c…h6w6)
nostr.band (npub1sx9…6g8m)
Source:
quoting nevent1q…9v4sHey, do you remember Nstart? Now it can be used by any Nostr application, web or mobile, to offer an easy onboarding flow!
You can integrate it effortlessly via a simple redirect, modal or popup: in the end, the user is automagically logged into the app, without needing to touch their keys/bunker.
Jumble.social, nostr-login (and so every npub.pro website), nostr.band, flotilla.social, nosotros.app, whynostr.org are already using it, beg your favorite app to join the group!
Check the integration manual:
https://github.com/dtonon/nstart/blob/master/APPS-INTEGRATION.md
A npm package is also available for the modal (suggested) version:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/nstart-modal
nevent1q…zta4
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Rust-Nostr is a Nostr development kit for building fast and efficient applications across environments. This release adds NIP-96 support, NIP-22 helpers and NIP-01 adjustments. It improves connection handling with try_connect and wait_for_connection methods, introduces custom WebSocket client support for Rust, Python, Kotlin, and Swift, adds new JVM bindings, reduces UniFFI binary sizes, and includes multiple optimizations and refactoring.
Developed by: Yuki Kishimoto (npub1drv…seet)
Source: https://github.com/rust-nostr/nostr/releases/tag/v0.39.0
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Immortal is a Nostr relay focused on scalability, performance and configurability. This release, introduces key updates, including support for gRPC shutdown methods, public key whitelisting and blacklisting and limiting REQ messages to one filter per request. It also enhances REQ handling with MongoDB aggregation pipelines, fixes potential integer overflows, and adds support for NIP-09 and NIP-62.
Developed by: K (npub1h49…9kay)
Source: https://github.com/dezh-tech/immortal/releases/tag/v0.0.8
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Searchnos is a Nostr relay-like server providing full-text search using Elasticsearch. It emulates real-time search by polling Elasticsearch but only accepts events from authorized connections via API key authentication.
Developed by: darashi (npub1q7q…wt9c)
fiatjaf (npub180c…h6w6)
Source: https://github.com/darashi/searchnos
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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. Right now, I’m in a tough spot: jobless and struggling to make ends meet. Most days, I’m barely able to afford food, and honestly, 210,000 sats per month would help provide a basic income to cover essential needs.
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 ninth recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #nostrrecap, and let’s keep #grownostr together.
Recap by NomishkaDilshan (npub19hs…5jcn)