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#1 🧠 Quote of the Week
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nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc
“Keys over accounts, protocols over platforms.”
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#2 🔥 Community Highlights
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1. The latest revolution.social talk with the co-founder and CEO of Substack
2. A lady pleb is gonna survive the day with zaps
3. A nice discussion between two Nostr enthusiasts
4. Well said nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc
5. Nostr is better than every other social media platform
6. A nice real-life example how much important Nostr is
7. It is a bother indeed, more value needed to Nostr
8. Nostr and Bitcoin are mutually bound
9. Looks like it’s gonna release a Discord alternative for Nostr
10. Do you agree with this?
11. Will they embrace Nostr?
12. A nice plan by nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z
13. A beginner nostrich is playing the violin very well
14. Nostr must have other contents also than just Bitcoin
15. A new pleb is trying to getting used to Nostr
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#3 🌱 Ecosystem Growth
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Nostr is growing fast!
Overview
- Pubkeys: 43945773
- Users: 1188758
- Trusted users: 204087
- Events: 595311714
- Posts: 156829669
- Zaps: 5268657
- Zap amount: 2093830800 sats
According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr/, there are now over 140 Nostr clients and over 450 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe.
According to https://nostr.watch/, there are more than 800 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment.
During last week:
- Total zaps: 40,483, compared to 36,522 zaps the week before
- Total zap senders: 1,074, compared to 852 plebs the week before
- Total zap receivers: 241, compared to 185 plebs the week before
- Total zap amount: 7,862,354, compared to 8,815,036 sats the week before
- Total events: 3,399,805, compared to 3,184,807 events the week before
Many thanks to https://stats.nostr.band/ by nostr:npub1xdtducdnjerex88gkg2qk2atsdlqsyxqaag4h05jmcpyspqt30wscmntxy, all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr/ and https://nostr.watch/ for providing these insights.
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#4 🎓 Educational Guides
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1. This video will answer some of your questions about relays
nostr:npub1fhpw2ux9flhcxyl6xp84996qgnkkcy59zqzjvq9fhpxcx7upymus69ds8n
2. What Are Nostr Signer Apps and How They Protect Your Nostr Private Key
nostr:npub1heqkxm37d5h7n8sx2gqdez5sxnu39qrylhxnnd66dxpu4e2ufyysdkkx28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNQsak2d7jk
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#5 📅 Upcoming Events
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1. Purple Konnektiv meetup - August 2025
📅 Date: August 29 - 31, 2025
📍 Location: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Southern Germany
🤹♀️ Organizers: nostr:npub1purpleye8gzrzss99nzqqnemtf7g8xxj8p950nkyknnuqzycuh5qnazkzp
2. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - September 2025
📅 Date: Sunday, September 7, 2025
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM - 1.00 PM MDT
📍 Location: Jives Coffee Lounge
16 Colbrunn Ct · Colorado Springs, CO, USA
🤹♀️ Organizers: Chris Curran
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#6 📰 Nostr in the Media
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1. LIBERTY FARMER - HAM RADIO, NOSTR, AND BITCOIN
nostr:npub1uwh0m2y8y5489nhr27xn8vkumy8flefm30kkx3l0tcn0wss34kaszyfqu7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Rd59bMEJE
2. Leaving X for Nostr: Why Time & Free Speech Matter
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qv8eDG7JeGI
3. Does social media control all of us?
nostr:npub1spdnfacgsd7lk0nlqkq443tkq4jx9z6c6ksvaquuewmw7d3qltpslcq6j7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r1GA9V5BTw
4. Susie Ward on Privacy, Nostr & Censorship Resistance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGd8yNLVDbU
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#7 ⚡ 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 nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft for providing this data.
Here are the Top Zapped/Top Zappers from last week, showcasing creators who received/sent the most engagement:
🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped
1. Name: nostr:npub1f4uyypghstsd8l4sxng4ptwzk6awfm3mf9ux0yallfrgkm6mj6es50r407
Zaps Received: 834
Sats Earned: 65k
2. Name: nostr:npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5
Zaps Received: 711
Sats Earned: 67k
3. Name: nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg
Zaps Received: 657
Sats Earned: 66k
🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers
1. Name: nostr:npub1jluy3twvf338v6zlujzzdhjkzjy8ezj34ksydr8vw8a6jwp89ygshpp2kq
Zaps Sent: 943
Sats Spent: 23k
2. Name: Tina’s Fight Against Cancer
Zaps Sent: 906
Sats Spent: 7k
3. Name: nostr:npub1lsv2h4tg7u65njcpuwmwysr0gwkhsexvt9ufm0tuh752dy3lj7xq8gl32t
Zaps Sent: 523
Sats Spent: 57k
💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received
1. Name: Fountain Boost Bot
Sats Earned: 664k
Zaps Received: 393
2. Name: nostr:npub153xmex42x4chdf757hp3q6zxagykkek7pdgwuwd074964dkyha9s82ryu8
Sats Earned: 611k
Zaps Received: 312
3. Name: nostr:npub1aftmyhm62lrp6lwsha3yzyjy5kqdvuy7g23qg28a8q0cnmudv0ds0sdcke
Sats Earned: 399k
Zaps Received: 654
💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent
1. Name: nostr:npub1zzmxvr9sw49lhzfx236aweurt8h5tmzjw7x3gfsazlgd8j64ql0sexw5wy
Sats Spent: 718k
Zaps Sent: 174
2. Name: nostr:npub16x3vkupfttqaggd2px2t005qpqp564nhqye7s90p0z65wd7nk4aq44rvwh
Sats Spent: 428k
Zaps Sent: 75
3. Name: nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc
Sats Spent: 276k
Zaps Sent: 132
Here are the Top Zapped from last week, showcasing notes that received the most engagement:
🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped
Zaps Received: 89
Sats Earned: 6k
Zaps Received: 83
Sats Earned: 22k
Zaps Received: 75
Sats Earned: 54k
🔥 Top 3: Most Sats
Sats Earned: 120k
Zaps Received: 8
Sats Earned: 111k
Zaps Received: 40
Sats Earned: 110k
Zaps Received: 6
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#8 😂 Nostr Memes
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#9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
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1. Coracle - 0.6.19
Coracle is an experimental Nostr client designed to harness the full potential of multiple relays, enabling users to browse, filter, zap, and build custom feeds for a curated Nostr experience. This release enhances relay hint reliability, enables DMs via conversation links, improves feed parent fetching, removes profile banners, and introduces better mute functionality with private muting by default. It now broadcasts user relays when publishing, aggressively refreshes user data to avoid race conditions, adds NWC wallet management, and reworks the zaps feature.
Developed by: nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn
Source: https://github.com/coracle-social/coracle/releases/tag/0.6.19
2. Amber - v.3.4.5-pre1
Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android, designed to keep users’ private keys (nsec) securely stored in a dedicated app. This pre-release adds a button in notifications and the AppBar to restart relay connections, retries subscriptions when reconnecting, and attempts relay restarts when message sending fails. It also rechecks encryption type compatibility, reverts multi-window QR code reader support, generates new events on errors to prevent duplicates, sends error notifications when events can’t be delivered, and changes the process to close the app before retrying event sends.
Developed by: nostr:npub1w4uswmv6lu9yel005l3qgheysmr7tk9uvwluddznju3nuxalevvs2d0jr5
Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v3.4.5-pre1
3. Mostro - v0.14.2
Mostro is a Lightning Network peer-to-peer exchange platform built on Nostr. This release fixes an issue to ensure makers are always notified when their order is taken and adds detailed payment failure information, including the number of attempts and retry intervals.
Developed by: nostr:npub1qqqqqqqx2tj99mng5qgc07cgezv5jm95dj636x4qsq7svwkwmwnse3rfkq, nostr:npub1catrya6c7rdnny0useday5ftxq9ycl5vt7c880zzmfwnpn58urgq6neuhz
Source: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro/releases/tag/v0.14.2
4. Coop - v0.2.2
Coop is a simple, fast, and reliable Nostr client for secure messaging across all platforms. With this release introducing refactored subscription handling, improved UI consistency, an updated Flatpak runtime, and enhanced logout behavior. This was the latest release, and there were also releases of v0.2.1 and v0.2.0 last week.
Developed by: nostr:npub1zfss807aer0j26mwp2la0ume0jqde3823rmu97ra6sgyyg956e0s6xw445
Source: https://github.com/lumehq/coop/releases/tag/v0.2.2
5. Runstr - (feed-0.7.0-20250806-175737)
Runstr is a running app built on Nostr. The latest pre-release updates UI buttons to use consistent theme colors, replaces hardcoded black backgrounds in activity mode buttons, matches the start run button to dashboard styling, standardizes pause/resume/stop buttons, and unifies the color scheme across goals, rewards, and stats cards. This was the latest prerelease, and there were some more prereleases last week.
Developed by: nostr:npub1xr8tvnnnr9aqt9vv30vj4vreeq2mk38mlwe7khvhvmzjqlcghh6sr85uum
Source: https://github.com/HealthNoteLabs/Runstr/releases/tag/feed-0.7.0-20250806-175737
6. Primal iOS app - 2.3.56
Primal iOS is the official Nostr client app for iOS, providing users with a seamless way to browse, post, and interact on the Nostr network. The latest update brings smoother feed rendering, improved thread reply user experience, enhanced connectivity, and a better wallet interface, making the app more responsive and user-friendly.
Developed by: nostr:npub1zga04e73s7ard4kaektaha9vckdwll3y8auztyhl3uj764ua7vrqc7ppvc
Source: nostr:nevent1qqswmxlw8tdt7k375a0qvutdfx3pagd3lu8khxhyycjy3z7qpj5t9ssrpej07
7. YakiHonne - v1.8.4
YakiHonne is a cross-platform mobile app built with Flutter, designed to offer an intuitive and seamless Nostr experience across iOS, Android, and Zapstore. This release fixes an issue where content translation was not displayed, improving the app’s usability for multilingual users. This was the latest release, and there was also the release of v1.8.3 last week.
Developed by: Boukhalfa Seddik
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#10 🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases
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1. Pynostr - v0.7.0
Pynostr is a Python library for working with the Nostr protocol, providing developers with tools to interact with events, relays, and NIPs. This release updates the README installation section, adds REPOSTS to the event kind enum, introduces DM decryption support, fixes a NotRenderableError in table rows, and adds NIP-45 support for enhanced protocol compatibility.
Developed by: John Pinto, Honza S. Copak, Nicholas Sandomeno, nostr:npub1nh0klcapjnfnpfkxufu2gv4wzvy72txqskrj2jen0585j8ml7epqp5scfr, nostr:npub12vpv62l79hx8d3df4096wnnvtudqw3ztxhp9urxhfwk9k3flkhmqgpf8ts
Source: https://github.com/holgern/pynostr/releases/tag/v0.7.0
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#11 🌐 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 thirty-sixth recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #nostrrecap, and let’s keep #grownostr together.
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🙌 Credits
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Thank you nostr:npub1l77twp5l02jadkcjn6eeulv2j7y5vmf9tf3hhtq7h7rp0vzhgpzqz0swft for giving me this idea!
A big shoutout to nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 for his generous patronage!
Thank you, my brother nostr:npub1nu5r7jeauqdn9azn9z5q0xnen3v8zx8xr58wm0fecp2nhdnepy2sh0hjyn for helping me to make the graphic stuff in this recap!
Recap by nostr:npub19hs0lg9vyd0lghayeju5fnflx0melawjrl8etuqln9gkhd4mwtxq2t5jcn
