NomishkaDilshan on Nostr: I made my tenth edition of "The Latest on the Nostr! - A weekly nostr recap" ...
I made my tenth edition of "The Latest on the Nostr! - A weekly nostr recap" (February 10th, 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 - 10th February 2025 🚀
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🧠 Quote of the Week
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“Nostr is a BTC heavy community, these are people that take freedom and privacy very seriously. Freedom is the core purpose of millions who live under autocracy, so Nostr is at the intersection of financial freedom, free speech and political freedom.”
For more information, please refer to #4 of Community Highlights.
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🔥 Community Highlights
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1. The presentation of constant (npub1t6j…ksrw) about nostr at #FOSDEM 2025
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2. Nostr highlights of Alby (npub1get…0nfm) Community Meeting (6th February 2025)
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The Alby community meeting is a biweekly gathering where members discuss and share updates on decentralized projects, focusing on Bitcoin and Nostr technologies. There were presented two nice nostr related projects in the last meeting on the 6th of February 2025.
# Angor
A decentralized crowdfunding protocol built on Nostr and Bitcoin. Angor is fully decentralized, with no middleman involved in the funding process. It has no backend and uses the Nostr and Bitcoin protocols to achieve this.
Presenter: sondreb (npub1zl3…jajh)
🔗 https://angor.io/
# Nostrly
Nostrly allows users to register verified Nostr addresses with Lightning redirects and Cashu fallback, ensuring seamless Nostr ecosystem transactions.
Presenter: rob (npub1emq…a3jz)
🔗 https://www.nostrly.com/
Join Alby bi-weekly community meetings every other Thursday for more nostr-related projects.
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3. Give a way of chrispatrick (npub124u…0zsu) with Offering his health coaching services
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4. Why LeopoldoLopez (npub1yxd…3ylt) thinks Nostr is a Lifeline for people under autocratic regimes
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5. Derek Ross (npub18am…p424) gratitude for the Unsung Heroes of Nostr
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6. Own Stats of Sync (npub1equ…hkj6) at #FOSDEM2025
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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 54,050, compared to 56,313 zaps the week before
- Total zap amount: 9,882,143, compared to 9,895,154 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: 5,449,366 compared to 5,061,753 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 zap from primal (npub12vk…pugg) Web using Primal wallet or any wallet with Nostr Wallet Connect
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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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2. FediForum April 2025
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📅 Date: April 1-2, 2025, 8:30 PM IST – 1:30 AM IST
📍 Location: Online Event
🤹♀️ Organizers: FediForum (npub1h92…jhr8)
🔗 Event: https://events.humanitix.com/fediforum-april-2025?hxchl=hex-pfl
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.
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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. k00b (npub1qkf…ertp) and ThrillerX_ (npub1f4w…kqh9) are discussing about jack (npub1sg6…f63m) nostr fund creation idea
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2. QA session of constant (npub1t6j…ksrw) for the #NOSTR talk at #FOSDEM2025
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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: 119
Sats Earned: 14k
2. Zaps Received: 110
Sats Earned: 17k
3. Zaps Received: 48
Sats Earned: 4k
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1. Sats Earned: 114k
Zaps Received: 164
2. Sats Earned: 105k
Zaps Received: 5
3. Sats Earned: 30k
Zaps Received: 36
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🛠️ Tools, Updates, and Releases
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1. Amber - v3.2.1
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Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android. This release improves usability by adding details when signing a contact list, refining account login checks, and ensuring notifications appear after granting permissions, enhancing the user experience and reliability.
Developed by: greenart7c3 (npub1w4u…0jr5)
Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v3.2.1
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Primal is a Nostr client and this release brings major improvements.
Developed by: miljan (npub16c0…6nvr)
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🎁 Developer Tools, updates and Guides
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No developer tool updates and releases for this week.
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Immortal is a scalable and high-performance Nostr relay. This release improves security with event ID validation and ensures gift wrap events are accessible only to intended recipients, enhancing reliability and safety.
Developed by: K (npub1h49…9kay)
Source: https://github.com/dezh-tech/immortal/releases/tag/v0.0.9
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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 tenth 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 - 10th February 2025 🚀
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🧠 Quote of the Week
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“Nostr is a BTC heavy community, these are people that take freedom and privacy very seriously. Freedom is the core purpose of millions who live under autocracy, so Nostr is at the intersection of financial freedom, free speech and political freedom.”
For more information, please refer to #4 of Community Highlights.
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🔥 Community Highlights
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1. The presentation of constant (npub1t6j…ksrw) about nostr at #FOSDEM 2025
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quoting nevent1q…7gljMy presentation about Nostr on #FOSDEM 2025.
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2. Nostr highlights of Alby (npub1get…0nfm) Community Meeting (6th February 2025)
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The Alby community meeting is a biweekly gathering where members discuss and share updates on decentralized projects, focusing on Bitcoin and Nostr technologies. There were presented two nice nostr related projects in the last meeting on the 6th of February 2025.
# Angor
A decentralized crowdfunding protocol built on Nostr and Bitcoin. Angor is fully decentralized, with no middleman involved in the funding process. It has no backend and uses the Nostr and Bitcoin protocols to achieve this.
Presenter: sondreb (npub1zl3…jajh)
🔗 https://angor.io/
# Nostrly
Nostrly allows users to register verified Nostr addresses with Lightning redirects and Cashu fallback, ensuring seamless Nostr ecosystem transactions.
Presenter: rob (npub1emq…a3jz)
🔗 https://www.nostrly.com/
Join Alby bi-weekly community meetings every other Thursday for more nostr-related projects.
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3. Give a way of chrispatrick (npub124u…0zsu) with Offering his health coaching services
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quoting nevent1q…yc9d⚡ Giveaway 2,000 sats for the next 15 reposts, 500 for the next 20!
Offering my health coaching services via Nostr
I’ve helped men and women of all ages, from a 37-year-old father of 2 to my 83-year-old aunt, to sustainably and permanently:
✅ Lose Weight
✅ Reverse Pre and Type 2 Diabetes
✅ Reverse Fatty Liver
✅ Reduce Blood Pressure
✅ Optimise Sleep
✅ Build Muscle and Get Fitter
✅ Live With Energy
Without:
❌ Weight Loss Injections or Medications
❌ Expensive Supplements
❌ Starving Yourself or Calorie Counting
❌ Long Gym Sessions
Offer 1: 10 Week Health Coaching
📌 1 x 90 minute detailed onboarding (After completion of in depth questionnaire)
📌 9 x 30 minute weekly check ins
📌 Ongoing support (6 AM - 6 PM GMT+10, Brisbane time)
📌 Bloodwork analysis (if provided)
Over 10 weeks, we’ll focus on the core health fundamentals that allow you to effortlessly take control of your health:
🌞 Circadian Biology: The cornerstone of health
🥩 Nutrition: Nutrient-dense eating without calorie counting
💤 Sleep: Master deep, restorative sleep
🏋️♂️ Movement & Training: Build strength & functional fitness
🏡 Environment: Reduce hidden toxins & optimise surroundings
🔥 Mindset: Build resilience & motivation for lasting change
* I walk the talk, this is how I live and I know what works
** I have 5 spots left for February
💰 399,999 Sats (0.00399999 ₿)
Offer 2: 60-Minute Health Consult
📌 Quick rundown on what you need to focus on (Circadian Biology, Nutrition, Sleep, Training, Environment, or Mindset)
📌 Honest advice: if I can’t help, I’ll tell you upfront.
📌 Bloodwork feedback
💰 59,999 Sats (0.00059999 ₿)
I’ve helped 20+ clients in just 3 months achieve real, measurable results.
📉 Weight: ↓ 16 lbs (8 kg) | 218 lbs (99 kg) → 202 lbs (91 kg)
📉 Blood Pressure: ↓ 14/6 mmHg | 141/82 → 127/76
📉 HbA1c: ↓ 1.4% (15 mmol/mol) | 7.7% (60) → 6.3% (45)
📉 Triglycerides: ↓ 51% | 2.7 mmol/L (239 mg/dL) → 1.3 mmol/L (115 mg/dL)
📉 Triglycerides/HDL Ratio: ↓ 57% | 6.5 (2.8) → 2.8 (1.2)
📉 GGT (Liver Health): ↓ 31 units/L | 66 → 35
💊 Deprescribing: 50% of clients on meds stopped 1+ medication
My experience
→ Qualified Primal Health Coach: 2 years
→ Qualified Pharmacist: 14 years working in General Practice & Hospital - I know both sides of healthcare and now helping people to naturally reclaim their health
About me
→ 36-year-old husband & father of a 1-year-old
→ Irish, now living in Sunshine Coast, Australia
→ Eat mostly Meat, Fish, Seafood, Eggs, Offal & Dairy, with some Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts, Seeds, Sourdough, Rice, & Chocolate
→ Only supplement with Electrolytes & Whey Protein occasionally
→ Train 2-3x per week (max 90 min), 8,000 steps/day, sprint work
→ Previously played Gaelic & Soccer | Manchester United & Tyrone GAA
💰 Pay me on here
🤝 Zap back guarantee: If you’re not satisfied after 10 weeks, I’ll zap you back!
DM me if interested
Or book a call here www.calendly.com/hello-chrispatrick/30min
Website/Testimonials
www.chrispatrick.coach
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quoting nevent1q…ef3rWhy I think Nostr is an alternative to people under autocratic regimes like Venezuela:
1) Inmune to Regime Control and censorship, so if the regime blocks social media (like it happened with X in Venezuela 6 months ago), Nostr cannot be blocked.
2) Decentralized and each user will own their account and followers.
3) Nostr is also a payment rail in BTC. This is KEY for freedom activists and regular citizens. At some point billions of $ of remittances will be able to be sent directly, fast and mega low cost.
4) Nostr is a BTC heavy community, these are people that take freedom and privacy very seriously. Freedom is the core purpose of millions who live under autocracy, so Nostr is at the intersection of financial freedom, free speech and political freedom.
5) expanding the community of Nostr people under autocratic regimes will be going to the frontline in the fight for freedom. There will be lots of learning and action.
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5. Derek Ross (npub18am…p424) gratitude for the Unsung Heroes of Nostr
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quoting nevent1q…a2e4i shilled a bunch of nostr clients that im excited about earlier today. however, client devs aren't the only ones that need our love and support.
media hosts and relay operators are some of the unsung hereos around these decentralized parts.
shout out to nostr.build, nostrcheck.me, nostr.download, primal, and all of media hosts out there that are hosting most of nostr's visual data. without you, we'd all be looking at text.
and a special thanks to relay.damus.io, relay.nostr.band, nos.lol, and all of the public relay operators out there. without you, many nostr users would not be able to communicate. thanks to all of the paid and WoT relay operators out there. without you, spam would be a major issue.
thanks to the relay developers <3 without you, none of this would be possible. keep building. algo relays. community relays. smart relays are new and exciting. all of it.
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6. Own Stats of Sync (npub1equ…hkj6) at #FOSDEM2025
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quoting nevent1q…ldznFOSDEM Debrief 🫡
My own stats on what I’ve done over the weekend:
- Spoke to +100 developers, it was great seeing a couple of familiar Flemish faces and meeting some new ones but overall the crowd was extremely diverse.
- Ended up doing a short interview promoting the protocol and ended up going to 0 talks.
- Tried to evangelize by going booth by booth to distribute a Nostr flyer to other FOSDEM projects, with the hope that they would broadcast the info towards their SOME person to add Nostr on their list or to build out a library for the languages that were present ( This was a fairly slow approach )
- Kept it to Nostr protocol 95% of the time, the Bitcoin narrative is not always a good time to push and as a side note I’ve met more Monero users than in the last 5 years.
- Was able to convince some engineers to look into the #soveng endeavor.
Small overview from the most common questions.
- They have heard about Nostr but are not sure of the details. ( mostly through the bitcoin community )
- What is the difference with ActivityPub, Mastodon, Fediverse ?
- IOT developers, so questions regarding MQTT & Meshtastic integrations ?
- Current state of MLS on Nostr ?
- What are the current biggest clients / apps build on Nostr ?
- Will jack still give a talk ?
Things we could improve:
- Bring more stickers like loads more,
- Bring T-shirts, Pins… could be a good way to fund these adventures instead of raising funds.
( Most projects where selling something to help raise funds for projects )
- Almost no onboarding / client installs.
- Compared to the Nostr booth at BTC Amsterdam not a single person asked if they could charge their phone.
Personal Note:
The last time I visited was roughly 13 years ago and me being a little more seasoned I just loved the fact that I was able to pay some support to the open source projects I’ve been using for years ( homebrew, modzilla, Free BSD,.. ) and see the amazing diverse crowd that is the open source Movement 🧡
Al final shoutout to our great pirate crew 🏴☠️:
The Dutch Guard ( sebastix (npub1qe3…zefe) & jurjendevries (npub1l77…swft) ) and a adrenaline fueled constant (npub1t6j…ksrw) , hermeticvm (npub1rfw…k3t8) and laoc42 (npub1r30…t9ma) amazing finally meeting you IRL after close to 2 years since the Yakihonne hackathon 😀
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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 54,050, compared to 56,313 zaps the week before
- Total zap amount: 9,882,143, compared to 9,895,154 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: 5,449,366 compared to 5,061,753 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 zap from primal (npub12vk…pugg) Web using Primal wallet or any wallet with Nostr Wallet Connect
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quoting nevent1q…yf5wHow to zap from Primal Web using Primal wallet OR any wallet with Nostr Wallet Connect.
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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:
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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📅 Date: April 1-2, 2025, 8:30 PM IST – 1:30 AM IST
📍 Location: Online Event
🤹♀️ Organizers: FediForum (npub1h92…jhr8)
🔗 Event: https://events.humanitix.com/fediforum-april-2025?hxchl=hex-pfl
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.
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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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⚡ 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: 119
Sats Earned: 14k
quoting nevent1q…uvfzHi! I’m Melanie and I’m a fine art and textile artist in Colorado. I’m excited to share woven rugs, paintings, and daily sketches. #introductions
2. Zaps Received: 110
Sats Earned: 17k
quoting nevent1q…wax0USAID is the tip of a very deep state ice berg.
2025 is gonna be crazy
3. Zaps Received: 48
Sats Earned: 4k
quoting nevent1q…npu8TRUMP, VANCE, AND ELON HAVE EVOLVED HOW GOVERNMENT INTERACTS WITH THE PEOPLE.
MOVING FAST. BROADCASTING DIRECTLY USING X AND TRUTH SOCIAL.
TRADITIONAL MEDIA CANNOT KEEP UP. THEY RECAP X POSTS TO BOOMERS EVERY NIGHT. IRRELEVANT.
IMPRESSIVE HONESTLY. FEELS LIKE A NEW ERA.
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1. Sats Earned: 114k
Zaps Received: 164
quoting nevent1q…6kgdSparrow v2.1.0 released with:
• Lark for USB hardware wallets
• Ledger multisig wallet registration save
• Jade Plus USB support
• Restore tables sort & sizing on wallet load
• PSBTv2 support
And much more: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/2.1.0
http://sparrowwallet.com/download/
2. Sats Earned: 105k
Zaps Received: 5
quoting nevent1q…zrx0It’s kind of a personal journal/reflection on his faith deconstruction journey from evangelicalism with its rigid boxes of what god is to THIS MOMENT being what god is. And that god is everything and bigger than any comprehension. Breaking free of narratives we tell ourselves as constructs. It’s also far from a post-truth hard atheist story (which I had that phase as well) and more of a reimagining of what god is and life is in a very hopeful way.
3. Sats Earned: 30k
Zaps Received: 36
quoting nevent1q…y4ezREPEAL THE BANK SECRECY ACT.
https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/downgrading-the-bank-secrecy-act-is-a-powerful-reform-for-bitcoin
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Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android. This release improves usability by adding details when signing a contact list, refining account login checks, and ensuring notifications appear after granting permissions, enhancing the user experience and reliability.
Developed by: greenart7c3 (npub1w4u…0jr5)
Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v3.2.1
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Primal is a Nostr client and this release brings major improvements.
Developed by: miljan (npub16c0…6nvr)
Source:
quoting nevent1q…c5f9Hey Nostr, Primal 2.1 has just been released. Here’s what we have for you:
- Improved feeds. All feeds are now richer and smoother. Improved rendering and inline players are now available for X, YouTube, Spotify and Tidal. More to come!
- Primal Wallet NWC support. Primal Wallet users are now able to connect their wallet to any Nostr app. Use this feature to enable zapping from any app in Nostr’s growing ecosystem. Manage the list of connected apps in your Primal Wallet settings.
- Primal Web App NWC support. Enable zapping from the Primal web app in Settings / Connected Wallets. If you already have an active Primal wallet, simply click “Connect” and you are done! If you wish to use a different wallet, simply create a NWC connection.
- Legend cards. We created the Primal Legend tier to recognize users who made a significant contribution to Nostr and/or Primal. As a sign of gratitude to our Legends, we implemented Legend cards containing Primal shoutouts for each legend. You can see them by clicking on the Legend badge on the user profile screen.
Hope you’ll enjoy this release; and by all means let us know what you’d like to see next!
Pura vida. ☀️
https://primal.net/downloads?20250207
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🎁 Developer Tools, updates and Guides
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No developer tool updates and releases for this week.
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Immortal is a scalable and high-performance Nostr relay. This release improves security with event ID validation and ensures gift wrap events are accessible only to intended recipients, enhancing reliability and safety.
Developed by: K (npub1h49…9kay)
Source: https://github.com/dezh-tech/immortal/releases/tag/v0.0.9
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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 tenth recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #nostrrecap, and let’s keep #grownostr together.
Recap by NomishkaDilshan (npub19hs…5jcn)