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. nostr:npub1t6jxfqz9hv0lygn9thwndekuahwyxkgvycyscjrtauuw73gd5k7sqvksrw nostr Talk at nostr:npub1zmg6w6wzd6pddfd0jzfr26jqh82vptt0z3mul7lmmax7qzc2986quadsuu
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2. nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m vision to focus on communities, commerce, and ai.
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3. The way nostr:npub1hedd09sv5k35nyvhga743chnfcskfgsmmkpzrjzxsr33rjzcdjtq88k68p sees Nostr
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4. Revolutionizing Healthcare with Self-Sovereign Data
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5. nostr:npub1gwa27rpgum8mr9d30msg8cv7kwj2lhav2nvmdwh3wqnsa5vnudxqlta2sz 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 nostr:npub1xdtducdnjerex88gkg2qk2atsdlqsyxqaag4h05jmcpyspqt30wscmntxy code, and when the issue was pointed out they decided to relax their code. So all numbers were adjusted to include Primal zaps too.
- Total events: 5,052,189, compared to 5,768,028 events the week before
Many thanks to https://stats.nostr.band/ by nostr:npub1xdtducdnjerex88gkg2qk2atsdlqsyxqaag4h05jmcpyspqt30wscmntxy for providing these insights.
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🎓 Educational Guide
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1. How to Earn Bitcoin on Nostr with nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg
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In this video, nostr:npub1heqkxm37d5h7n8sx2gqdez5sxnu39qrylhxnnd66dxpu4e2ufyysdkkx28 from nostr:npub1zxsucpq7g3a9m4dzlgqc69rwc7pra5nz0hsgrnya5wg46nuatj5qus2knw 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: nostr:npub1purpleye8gzrzss99nzqqnemtf7g8xxj8p950nkyknnuqzycuh5qnazkzp
Join with nostr:npub1purpleye8gzrzss99nzqqnemtf7g8xxj8p950nkyknnuqzycuh5qnazkzp 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 nostr:npub1h922hu6rjv4tc0pyks3wp7z0whfdd09da6stcnyv7dn80p83e5qqasjhr8 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: nostr:npub1nstrcu63lzpjkz94djajuz2evrgu2psd66cwgc0gz0c0qazezx0q9urg5l
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 nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m 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 nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft 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
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Sats Earned: 24k
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Zaps Received: 64
2. Sats Earned: 446k
Zaps Received: 246
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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: nostr:npub1w4uswmv6lu9yel005l3qgheysmr7tk9uvwluddznju3nuxalevvs2d0jr5
Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v3.2.0
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2. nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm 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: nostr:npub1gv5s4szgxetle2k7537tqwdfafvwkfecz4w49a75xpzlq7xwvsds27hgdr
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:
nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s nostr:npub1s5rq2ztdh76shy578znvympa2mzz2vjushs9mc5mwkdupewke67qeuf7u3
nostr:npub1fgz3pungsr2quse0fpjuk4c5m8fuyqx2d6a3ddqc4ek92h6hf9ns0mjeck
nostr:npub1v0lxxxxutpvrelsksy8cdhgfux9l6a42hsj2qzquu2zk7vc9qnkszrqj49
@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: nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft
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: nostr:npub18wxf0t5jsmcpy57ylzx595twskx8eyj382lj7wp9rtlhzdg5hnnqvt4xra
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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: nostr:npub1l77twp5l02jadkcjn6eeulv2j7y5vmf9tf3hhtq7h7rp0vzhgpzqz0swft
Developed by: nostr:npub1zqcaun7cgynyaw6dapylz9cq7g4e62kj7z78hrklkwah2dcajyeqc9uza5
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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: nostr:npub1l77twp5l02jadkcjn6eeulv2j7y5vmf9tf3hhtq7h7rp0vzhgpzqz0swft
Developed by: nostr:npub1zqcaun7cgynyaw6dapylz9cq7g4e62kj7z78hrklkwah2dcajyeqc9uza5
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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.
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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: nostr:npub1drvpzev3syqt0kjrls50050uzf25gehpz9vgdw08hvex7e0vgfeq0eseet
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: nostr:npub1h49w8en79xty6j2pwgnpm3znjhyf767jua6xgt3kvyn3w80ms86s2z9kay
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: nostr:npub1q7qyk7rvdga5qzmmyrvmlj29qd0n45snmfuhkrzsj4rk0sm4c4psvqwt9c
nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6
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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 nostr:npub19hs0lg9vyd0lghayeju5fnflx0melawjrl8etuqln9gkhd4mwtxq2t5jcn