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🗞️ The Latest the Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀
30th June 2025
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30th Edition
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#1 🧠 Quote of the Week
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nostr:npub1gcxzte5zlkncx26j68ez60fzkvtkm9e0vrwdcvsjakxf9mu9qewqlfnj5z
“Devs on nostr are all rockstars. But do you know who is the real rockstar? You.
Thank you for putting up with us.”
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#2 🔥 Community Highlights
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1. #Nostr users are decreasing
2. The nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg celebration climb
3. A baby girl is growing healthy, and prayers worked
4. Posting about V4V and Zaps is very important
5. A lady pleb at nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r
6. Everything is going well
7. A popular Nostr client comes with a new name
8. A rug dealer is on Nostr
9. A pleb speaks about content ownership in Nostr
10. A strange Nostr onboarding
11. Dev rockstars on Nostr
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#3 🌱 Ecosystem Growth
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Nostr is growing fast!
Overview
- Pubkeys: 43435766
- Users: 1175047
- Trusted users: 202017
- Events: 576328559
- Posts: 150001782
- Zaps: 5082391
- Zap amount: 2053360165 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 this week:
- Total zaps: 31,377, compared to 31,064 zaps the week before
- Total zap amount: 6,453,547, compared to 6,066,641 sats the week before
- Total events: 3,155,759, compared to 2,915,670 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 Guide
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1. What is NOSTR and Notedeck demo
nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz0EhL2bMmY
2. Nostr Tutorial
https://x.com/tucarj54/status/1939046588950716803
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#5 📅 Upcoming Events
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1. NOSTRBAMA Nostr Conference - July 2025
📅 Date: July 15 - 17, 2025
📍 Location: Mobile, Alabama.
🤹♀️ Organizers: nostr:npub1unm5skfa9x4drpq43pu2g00w6pzwvfhsa23z4j6aee7vghaygmkqwjtxhc, nostr:npub16secklpnqey3el04fy2drfftsz5k26zlwdsnz84wtul2luwj8fdsugjdxk, nostr:npub1ualvtyga8hj6kgw9mwe72ns9pn6c8kd66qruv98eafeuawg7yt0shdwmqx
🔗 Event: https://nostrbama.com/
2. Purple Konnektiv meetup - August 2025
📅 Date: August 29 - 31, 2025
📍 Location: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Southern Germany
🤹♀️ Organizers: nostr:npub1purpleye8gzrzss99nzqqnemtf7g8xxj8p950nkyknnuqzycuh5qnazkzp
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#6 📰 Nostr in the Media
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1. Are Nostr links safe on YouTube?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BErwPfpgbqQ
2. Nostr adoption in India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Th1iXREmFM
3. The power of a decentralized and open protocol
https://x.com/SondreB/status/1938243182619222490
4. A nice Nostr definition in Twitter
nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u
https://x.com/WalkerAmerica/status/1937945562961043937
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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: 721
Sats Earned: 178k
2. Name: nostr:npub1lrnvvs6z78s9yjqxxr38uyqkmn34lsaxznnqgd877j4z2qej3j5s09qnw5
Zaps Received: 452
Sats Earned: 36k
3. Name: nostr:npub1hyvh5n8062s3ezvyqmhjmzflr9l20sg647mx4urn7npx0zug50yqt3rtnu
Zaps Received: 445
Sats Earned: 80k
🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers
1. Name: nostr:npub1jjn20zj6awa6gz73423zxjqszvkzmqqyhwghwctvgy7ncrwlxg8qdavknm
Zaps Sent: 1813
Sats Spent: 16k
2. Name: nostr:npub1vyrx2prp0mne8pczrcvv38ahn5wahsl8hlceeu3f3aqyvmu8zh5s7kfy55
Zaps Sent: 307
Sats Spent: 3k
3. Name: nostr:npub1pguq7clp57cqz5gh5hppady83ksgt7u2r8snvqdcvt978tgf9yas78x232
Zaps Sent: 278
Sats Spent: 6k
💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received
1. Name: nostr:npub1v0tfjv5ahr3c260jtzdk5w48krerrnkg8fmcnc5lpguk0qda04eqzm3m3e
Sats Earned: 1M
Zaps Received: 133
2. Name: dev
Sats Earned: 1M
Zaps Received: 1
3. Name: nostr:npub1hpnvua47twpxd9vcqfyry2ud7npczcy0lfd9k37y7w47pk8hv7jstktplc
Sats Earned: 728k
Zaps Received: 385
💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent
1. Name: “No name mentioned”
Sats Spent: 1M
Zaps Sent: 2
2. Name: nostr:npub1gcfaxg923qp8j2j69ue5ng3q0ce0vu0gcpqqtqxacv8d5m7a7c4qmhchdf
Sats Spent: 504k
Zaps Sent: 19
3. Name: nostr:npub16p8v7varqwjes5hak6q7mz6pygqm4pwc6gve4mrned3xs8tz42gq7kfhdw
Sats Spent: 497k
Zaps Sent: 17
Here are the Top Zapped from last week, showcasing notes that received the most engagement:
🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped
Zaps Received: 98
Sats Earned: 21k
Zaps Received: 97
Sats Earned: 45k
Zaps Received: 96
Sats Earned: 136k
🔥 Top 3: Most Sats
Sats Earned: 878
Zaps Received: 37
Sats Earned: 500k
Zaps Received: 4
Sats Earned: 136k
Zaps Received: 96
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#8 😂 Nostr Memes
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#9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
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1. Shosho - Live Stream on Nostr- New Tool
Shosho is a mobile app for live streaming over Nostr, similar to Facebook Live but decentralized. It streams via RTMP to zap.stream servers and announces streams to the Nostr network, enabling real-time chats and zaps. Shosho offers an easy, censorship-resistant way for creators to go live and connect with their followers.
Developed by: nostr:npub1r0d8u8mnj6769500nypnm28a9hpk9qg8jr0ehe30tygr3wuhcnvs4rfsft
Source: https://github.com/r0d8lsh0p/shosho-releases
2. Amber - v3.4.2-pre3
Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android, helping users securely manage their nsec in a dedicated app. This pre-release adds features like a feedback screen, proxy status indicator, and new activities screen, while continuing to separate Bunker and native implementations. It also improves performance with fixes to QR scanning in multiwindow, request handling, and relay validation. Amber now encrypts all Bunker responses using NIP-44, enhancing privacy and security for mobile key management. There was the pre2 release also last week.
Developed by: nostr:npub1w4uswmv6lu9yel005l3qgheysmr7tk9uvwluddznju3nuxalevvs2d0jr5
Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v3.4.2-pre3
3. Samiz - v0.0.6-alpha
Samiz is a Bluetooth mesh tool for Nostr, allowing Android users to exchange notes without internet access, ideal for offline or disaster scenarios. In this release, Samiz fixes a critical issue where the app crashed if started with Bluetooth turned off, improving stability and reliability. The update makes it easier to use Nostr in fully disconnected environments, extending the protocol’s resilience to offline communication.
Developed by: nostr:npub1v3tgrwwsv7c6xckyhm5dmluc05jxd4yeqhpxew87chn0kua0tjzqc6yvjh
Source: https://github.com/KoalaSat/samiz/releases/tag/v0.0.6-alpha
4. Runstr - v0.5.0 - Design Overhaul
Runstr is a running and fitness tracking app built on Nostr, combining social workouts with decentralized identity and data. The v0.5.0 "Design Overhaul" brings a sleek black-and-white UI, a revamped profile tab with XP tracking, and a new League tab featuring competitive leaderboards and geographic mapping. The update introduces NIP-101e-based Teams, integrating team identity across your workout posts. It also adds Blossom music streaming, letting users run with their favorite tunes directly in-app. With enhanced community features and a more immersive experience, Runstr pushes fitness and social connection deeper into the Nostr ecosystem. There were some other small releases also this week.
Developed by: nostr:npub1xr8tvnnnr9aqt9vv30vj4vreeq2mk38mlwe7khvhvmzjqlcghh6sr85uum
Source: https://github.com/HealthNoteLabs/Runstr/releases/tag/vfeed-0.5.0-20250625-191933
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#10 🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases
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1. Igloo Desktop - v0.1.1
Igloo Desktop is a key management and remote signing app for the FROSTR ecosystem, bringing secure, distributed k-of-n threshold signing to Nostr using FROST cryptography. In this release, Igloo adds a real-time peer list with live pings and status indicators, event log filters, and displays decoded pubkeys in both the ShareList and Signer. It also includes improved validation, memory leak protection, and expanded testing. This update strengthens Igloo as a powerful developer tool for managing multisig keysets and signing events securely in a decentralized Nostr environment.
Developed by: nostr:npub1s9etjgzjglwlaxdhsveq0qksxyh6xpdpn8ajh69ruetrug957r3qpklxzl
Source: https://x.com/bitcoinplebdev/status/1937275560809423278
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#11 🌐 Relay Updates and Releases
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No Relay Updates and Releases for last 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 thirtieth recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #nostrrecap, and let’s keep #grownostr together.
A big shoutout to nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 for his generous patronage!
Recap by nostr:npub19hs0lg9vyd0lghayeju5fnflx0melawjrl8etuqln9gkhd4mwtxq2t5jcn