Nostr Recap

#9 1. Nostr Doctor - New Tool Nostr Doctor is a diagnostic tool that helps Nostr users find and fix common account issues. By entering a pubkey and signing in if needed, it guides users through solutions for problems like dead relays, large follow lists, oversized profile images, NIP-05 mismatches, and poor indexer coverage. Developed by: @1739d937…3e3136ef, @266815e0…6cd408a5 - Source: https://github.com/marmot-protocol/nostr-doctor 2. Flora - New Tool Flora is a Chrome extension for quick screen recording and sharing. Recordings are stored on Blossom servers you choose and can be published directly to Nostr, enabling simple, decentralized sharing without accounts or centralized platforms. Developed by: @c7eda660…efd97c86 - Source: https://github.com/shawnyeager/flora-extension 3. Amber - v4.1.3 Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android that securely signs events for Nostr apps without exposing private keys. This release improves relay management, updates default profile relays, and enhances request handling with a bottom-sheet interface and clearer “Sign as” information. It also adds relay-based client auth permissions, improves notifications and UI elements, and fixes several crashes and connection issues to make signing more reliable. This was the latest, and there were also two more releases last week. (v4.1.3-pre4, v4.1.3-pre3) Contributed by: @7579076d…1bbfcb19 - Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v4.1.3 4. Mostro - v0.16.5 Mostro is a production-ready, censorship-resistant, non-custodial Lightning Network peer-to-peer exchange built on Nostr. This latest release focuses on refactoring dependency injection with AppContext, removing outdated encryption/password paths, adding a --decrypt-db CLI command for migrations, expanding unit and mutation tests, and general improvements to make the platform more maintainable and secure. There was another release of v0.16.4 also last week. Contributed by: @00000000…3acedba7, Sergey B. - Source: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro/releases/tag/v0.16.5 5. Notedeck - v0.8.0-rc2 Notedeck is a modern, multiplatform Nostr client built with Rust. This pre-release introduces a Nostr-based auto-update system with SHA256 verification, real-time note stats, profile “View As User” mode, giftwrap support (NIP-59), clipboard image pasting, and NIP-11 relay limitations support, along with multiple bug fixes to improve stability and cross-platform usability. This was the latest, and there was also one more pre-release of the week. (v0.8.0-rc1) Contributed by: @32e18276…5c68e245 - Source: https://github.com/damus-io/notedeck/releases/tag/v0.8.0-rc2 6. Aegis - v0.3.10 Aegis is a simple, cross-platform Nostr signer supporting multiple connection methods. This release adds remote sign-in via QR code, introduces optional full/selective authorization for apps, displays native language names in settings, and fixes session timing, scan UI, and scan logic issues. Contributed by: Zzzz - Source: https://github.com/ZharlieW/Aegis/releases/tag/v0.3.10 7. Oxchat - v1.5.5 0xchat is a secure, open-source chat app built on the Nostr protocol. This release improves image and voice uploads on Windows and Linux, introduces multi-level relay and profile picture fallbacks, fixes account-switch crashes, adds one-tap cache clearing, sets FileDrop as the default file server, limits voice messages to 3 minutes, integrates the 0xchat-core code, and adds Docker support for Linux. Contributed by: @7adb520c…9d230ace - Source: https://github.com/0xchat-app/0xchat-app-main/releases/ta… 8. Comet - alpha-dad9e24 Comet is a note-taking app for Nostr. The latest update adds replaceable gift wraps with HMAC’d d-tags to allow relays to update notes without accumulating edits and automatically re-pushes all existing notes when a user changes identity, gracefully skipping undecryptable events from the previous key. There were some more multiple releases also last week. Contributed by: Christian Chiarulli - Source: https://github.com/nodetec/comet/releases/tag/alpha-dad9e24 9. Nymchat - v3.47.169 Nymchat is a lightweight, ephemeral chat client built on the Nostr protocol, bridged with Bitchat for anonymous, temporary messaging. This release adds LibreTranslate-powered translation, recommends followings in new messages, and routes media, translation, and URL unfurling through a proxy for improved performance and privacy. This was the most feature-rich release, and there were also a lot more releases last week. Contributed by: @d49a9023…990fa8df - Source: https://github.com/Spl0itable/NYM/releases/tag/v3.47.169 10. Mostro Mobile Client - v1.2.1 Mostro Mobile Client is a secure, modern mobile client for the Mostro peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform. The v1.2.1 release introduces a QR scanner for NWC wallet import, multimedia rendering in dispute chats, auto-closing dispute UIs, support for HalCash payments, French translation, enhanced notification tap handling, shared key encryption for dispute chats, and several UI and workflow improvements, alongside 11 bug fixes to improve stability and usability. Contributed by: @00000000…3acedba7 - Source: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mobile/releases/tag/v1.2.1 11. Vector - v0.3.2 Vector Messenger is a free, open-source, decentralized, and censorship-resistant chat platform that requires no KYC, blocks metadata tracking, and never shows ads. This release adds image spoilers, rich link previews, mentions and pings, emoji shortcodes, group muting, tap-to-react, music metadata support, cancelable uploads, and failed message recovery. It also improves the audio engine across platforms (especially Linux), file transfer UX, group sync via MLS, and attachment handling, while fixing message bubble overflows, notifications, image sizing, media key handling, search inputs, Android issues, and file integrity verification. Contributed by: Kevan, alltheseas - Source: https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/tag/v0.3.2 12. Wisp - v0.6.0-beta Wisp is a minimal, high-performance Android client for the Nostr protocol. This release adds a relay health browser, default DM relay support with private zaps, NIP-23 long-form article reading, npub read-only login, custom colorschemes, and draft-saving in the compose screen, while also fixing feed scroll preservation, wallet display issues, video playback via Tor, and other stability improvements. This was the biggest, and there were also multiple more releases last week. Contributed by: @bc28aad5…d1f9eec6, Barry Deen - Source: https://github.com/barrydeen/wisp/releases/tag/v0.6.0-beta 13. Manent - v1.1.0 Manent is a private, encrypted note and file management app built on Nostr. The v1.1.0 release adds inbound sharing for mobile devices and updates the app icon for improved visual clarity. This was the latest, and there was another release named v1.0.2 last week. Contributed by: @7bdef7be…784a5805 - Source: https://github.com/dtonon/manent/releases/tag/v1.1.0 #tools_nostr_recap

#10 1. ZSP - v0.4.1 ZSP is a fast CLI tool for publishing Android apps to Nostr relays. This latest release adds a flag to skip certificate linking and fixes an etag bug that previously required the override-release option. There was also the v0.4.0 release last week. Contributed by: @726a1e26…861a1c11 - Source: https://github.com/zapstore/zsp/releases/tag/v0.4.1 #dev-tools_nostr_recap

#11 1. Nosflare - 7.9.38 Nosflare is a serverless Nostr relay designed for Cloudflare Workers with a Cloudflare D1 database, enabling lightweight and scalable relay deployments. This release includes a hotfix that resolves an issue where kind 1059 events were being dropped due to NIP-42 authentication handling, improving relay reliability. This was the latest, and there were also multiple more releases last week. (7.9.37, 7.9.36, 7.9.35, 7.9.34) Contributed by: @d49a9023…990fa8df - Source: https://github.com/Spl0itable/nosflare/releases/tag/7.9.38 2. RSSNOTES - v0.0.16 RSSNOTES is a Nostr relay that acts as an RSS-to-Nostr bridge, automatically creating Nostr profiles and notes from RSS feeds. This release introduces a new HTTP router with subpath support and includes several UI improvements to enhance usability and navigation. Contributed by: trinidz - Source: https://github.com/trinidz/rssnotes/releases/tag/v0.0.16 3. Citrine - v2.0.0 Citrine is a Nostr relay for Android. This release improves relay performance through optimized indexes, database queries, and Kotlin coroutines, enhances hosting for web apps with per-app ports, updates dependencies, adds FTS search support, expands the event screen interface, and introduces options for viewing and downloading tagged events. Contributed by: @7579076d…1bbfcb19 - Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Citrine/releases/tag/v2.0.0 #relays_nostr_recap

#1 @e2ccf7cf…26c1c8eb “my only goal with wisp is to make people like nostr and have it not feel so slow and broken” @5e70f297…b1014737 “Most people think the world is getting darker. But quietly, something extraordinary is happening. • Money that cannot be printed: Bitcoin • Speech that cannot be censored: Nostr • Value exchanged directly between people: ⚡ No permission. No gatekeepers. Just individuals building, learning, and creating. The future won’t be fixed by institutions. It will be built by sovereign individuals. And for the first time in history… they have the tools. 🧡💜” #quotes_nostr_recap

#2 1. Great news from Rabble about Divine 📢 📝 82c82757… 2. You would really be interested to see this discussion 😉 📝 9fb7d602… 3. Let’s curate with some Bitcoin songs 🎧 📝 94d0b0cd… 4. This tool would be so useful, especially for creators to keep engaging on Nostr 👇🏻 📝 5f736d75… 5. An awesome podcast between two popular Nostriches 👌🏻 📝 910145e2… 6. This collaboration will make amazing Bitcoin arts 😍 📝 18f4bd82… 7. Music is the Medicine 🎵 📝 dce480f9… 8. A Nostrich asks for freedom on Nostr 👇🏻 📝 dbcd7b38… 9. Whitenoise is gonna be insane 😍 📝 12f234f0… 10. Which part of this do you belong to? 🫵🏻 📝 6406ce03… 11. A featureable release of Yakihonne 👇🏻 📝 3e4a8349… 12. Is she gonna preparing for the Birthday? 🎁 📝 56524bb3… 13. A comeback of a Nostrich after a while ✌🏻 📝 4c48226d… 14. Welcome to the Nostr world, little nostrich 👶🏻 📝 3ab6535c… 15. Anyone solve this please 📢 📝 7a8dd20c… 16. This ambition is so friendly. Let’s spread 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿 📝 000064f4… 17. This is a great decision 🫶🏻 📝 29f832f5… 18. Really well said 😍 📝 ae65a198… #community_nostr_recap

#3 Nostr is growing fast! 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://stats.andotherstuff.org/, 👉🏻 Publishing Users last week: 1.44M (+116.7%) 👉🏻 New Users Last week : 307.4K (-60.7%) 👉🏻 All-time Zap Count : 6.57M 👉🏻 All-time BTC Amount : 42.09 BTC 👉🏻 All-time Zap Senders : 172.2K According to https://npub.world/stats, During last week: 👉🏻 Total Users: 3,900, compared to 2,691 users the week before Many thanks to https://stats.andotherstuff.org/ by @1739d937…3e3136ef, https://npub.world/stats by @f683e870…557f5ef2 and @726a1e26…861a1c11 and all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr for providing these insights. #eco-growth_nostr_recap

#4 1. What is Nostr? The Decentralized Protocol for Developers https://www.verygood.ventures/blog/what-is-nostr 2. Criando um Cliente Nostr de Terminal com Python @2a356b8a…e4588e82 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT8HLUxIY34 3. O que é NOSTR? Guia completo para iniciantes @6aa2be42…8c76f81e https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZab4X5ZLS8 #education_nostr_recap

#5 1. SXWorldwide - A Variety Extravaganza - March 2026 📅 Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026 - Sunday, March 15, 2026 ⏰ Time: 12.00 PM - 4.00 PM CDT and 6.00 PM - 10.00 PM CDT 📍 Location: https://www.sxworldwide.xyz/ (Streaming Worldwide) 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @16cb4b38…0222ab94 🔗 Event: https://www.sxworldwide.xyz/ 2. RUNSTR: DISTRICT 5k - March 2026 📅 Date: Sunday, March 15, 2026 ⏰ Time: 7.00 AM - 10.00 AM EDT 📍 Location: Hains Point, Washington, DC 20024, USA 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @611021ea…089a7d0f 🔗 Event: https://www.satlantis.io/events/1571/RUNSTR%3A-DISTRICT-5k 3. Nostr Atlanta #11 - Lunch & Learn - Secret Handshake - March 2026 📅 Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 ⏰ Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT 📍 Location: 684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE suite a1, Atlanta, GA, United States 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @664e070f…51cdb7aa 🔗 Event: https://plektos.app/event/naddr1qvzqqqrukvpzqejwqu87yhnkm… 4. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - April 2026 📅 Date: Sunday, April 05, 2026 ⏰ Time: 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM MDT 📍 Location: Jives Coffee Lounge, 16 Colbrunn Ct, Colorado Springs, CO, United States 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @5c50661b…5ed69f91 🔗 Event: https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-lightning-and-nostr-plebs/… #events_nostr_recap

#6 1. Soapbox Sessions Episode 27: This Podcast Creates Issues @781a1527…7f9fdae5, @3f770d65…7a745b24, @9fce3aea…0f9087e6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyS7hh1xeK8 2. Highlighting a decentralized social media platform, Nostr https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVcJU9Nk2mE 3. Unf*ck The Internet @46f6acdf…6331b6e7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnHQTIteFi4 4. TokenSats Claw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxXq_e34pHk #media_nostr_recap

#7 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 @fa984bd7…58018f52 for providing this data. Here are the Top Zapped/Top Zappers from last week, showcasing the creators who received/sent the most engagement: 🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped 1. Name: @4d784205…6f5b96b3 - Zaps Received: 474 - Sats Earned: 75k 2. Name: @e2ccf7cf…26c1c8eb - Zaps Received: 272 - Sats Earned: 53k 3. Name: @3f770d65…7a745b24 - Zaps Received: 167 - Sats Earned: 32k 🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers 1. Name: @6c27a5aa…b4573680 - Zaps Sent: 3395 - Sats Spent: 134k 2. Name: @100792dd…510af1b2 - Zaps Sent: 252 - Sats Spent: 281k 3. Name: @e2ccf7cf…26c1c8eb - Zaps Sent: 201 - Sats Spent: 59k 💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received 1. Name: @63d69932…81bd7d72 - Sats Earned: 572k - Zaps Received: 106 2. Name: @7f177706…e1ced391 - Sats Earned: 280k - Zaps Received: 28 3. Name: @7c765d40…bd121d84 - Sats Earned: 162k - Zaps Received: 157 💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent 1. Name: @100792dd…510af1b2 - Sats Spent: 281k - Zaps Sent: 252 2. Name: @f803c250…d0a3fdfb - Sats Spent: 150k - Zaps Sent: 3 3. Name: @6c27a5aa…b4573680 - Sats Spent: 134k - Zaps Sent: 3397 Here are the Top Zapped from last week, showcasing notes that received the most engagement: 🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped 1. 📝 4b63fee0… - Zaps Received: 59 - Sats Earned: 20k 2. 📝 69527b37… - Zaps Received: 36 - Sats Earned: 506k 3. 📝 4c48226d… - Zaps Received: 26 - Sats Earned: 4k 🔥 Top 3: Most Sats 1. 📝 69527b37… - Sats Earned: 506k - Zaps Received: 36 2. 📝 9ec312a6… - Sats Earned: 108k - Zaps Received: 2 3. 📝 7ba5af80… - Sats Earned: 50k - Zaps Received: 2 #most-zapped_nostr_recap

#8 1. 📝 a61d5ce2… 2. 📝 f8278f96… 3. 📝 719ac9c2… 4. 📝 909d6860… 5. 📝 66f028a4… 6. 📝 983ab697… 7. 📝 000026f8… 8. 📝 3b425937… 9. 📝 b181bf3b… 10. 📝 1622290d… 11. 📝 69ab3ef8… #memes_nostr_recap

#9 1. Manent - v1.0.1 - New Tool Manent is a private, encrypted space for storing notes and files on the Nostr network, giving users full control over their personal data. This release includes a small maintenance update that changes the fallback Blossom server, helping ensure more reliable file storage and access. Developed by: @7bdef7be…784a5805 - Source: https://github.com/dtonon/manent/releases/tag/v1.0.1 2. Amber - v4.1.3-pre2 Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android that securely signs events for Nostr apps on your device. This pre-release improves relay management, updates default profile relays, and enhances notification text and UI elements. It also refines the backup screen, adds clearer signing information, and introduces a bottom-sheet interface for requests. Additional fixes improve relay connections, device compatibility, and overall stability. Contributed by: @7579076d…1bbfcb19 - Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v4.1.3-… 3. Oxchat App - v1.5.4 0xchat is a secure messaging app built on the Nostr protocol, designed for private and decentralized communication. This release fixes multiple Linux and app issues, including UI freezes, image display problems, emoji reactions, logout behavior, and relay management bugs. It also improves media handling with video volume controls and enhanced voice playback (scrolling and 2× speed) and adds new relays such as nostr.data.haus and relay.mostr.pub, improving reliability and usability across platforms. Contributed by: @7adb520c…9d230ace - Source: https://github.com/0xchat-app/0xchat-app-main/releases/ta… 4. White Noise - v2026.3.5 White Noise is a secure, private, and decentralized chat app that uses the Marmot protocol with MLS and Nostr to enable encrypted messaging. This release focuses on stability and usability improvements, fixing issues with onboarding text, message reactions, media previews, chat UI elements, and translations. It also introduces reply improvements, a media-only chat summary, delivery status indicators, and various performance and build pipeline optimizations, making the app more reliable for secure messaging. Contributed by: @1739d937…3e3136ef, @9236f9ac…bcf95b35, @66675158…1b644430, @0e4307a5…9725c3bd, @ded3db39…9502043e, Mubarak Auwal - Source: https://github.com/marmot-protocol/whitenoise/releases/ta… 5. Nymchat - v3.40.155 Nymchat is a lightweight, ephemeral chat client built on the Nostr protocol and bridged with Bitchat for anonymous, temporary messaging. This release introduces a hotfix that enhances the quick react popup, improving the speed and usability of emoji reactions in chats. This was the latest release, and there were a lot more releases last week. Contributed by: @d49a9023…990fa8df - Source: https://github.com/Spl0itable/NYM/releases/tag/v3.40.155 6. NosCall - v0.5.1 Noscall is a secure audio and video calling app built on the Nostr protocol, designed for private and decentralized communication. This release adds voice message support, optimizes the desktop experience, introduces contact favorites and notes, improves settings organization, enhances themes and accessibility, and includes data export, cleanup, and general bug fixes for a smoother, more reliable experience. Contributed by: sana - Source: https://github.com/sanah9/noscall/releases/tag/v0.5.1-rel… 7. Nostur (A Nostr client for iOS) - v1.26.1 Nostur is a social media–oriented client for Nostr, focusing on feeds, messaging, and multimedia content. This release fixes issues with voice message playback, resolves scrolling problems in direct messages, reduces timeout notification spam, and addresses a GIF search bug to improve overall app usability and responsiveness. Contributed by: @9be0be0e…c3cbb81e - Source: https://github.com/nostur-com/nostur-ios-public/releases/… 8. Angor - v0.2.6 Angor is a decentralized P2P funding protocol built on Bitcoin and Nostr, enabling users to invest in and fund projects directly. This release adds Boltz integration, 1-click investing, and fully functional invest/fund project flows (tested on testnet). The UI is about 70% complete, with updates including Find Projects, Project Details, My Projects, and Funders views, as well as a new Create/Import Wallet flow. Several fixes, validations, and backend connections were also added to improve user experience and ensure smoother investment operations. This release is still not considered stable, with a beta-ready version expected in the next update. Contributed by: @fb61b93d…52067d98, TheDude, José Manuel Nieto - Source: https://github.com/block-core/angor/releases/tag/v0.2.6 9. Divine - 1.0.6 Divine is a decentralized short-form video sharing app built on the Nostr protocol, inspired by the creativity and simplicity of Vine. This release improves feed speed and playback stability, enhances search and discovery with a new Explore categories tab, and introduces stronger identity features like multi-account support and improved NIP-05 verification. It also upgrades the camera and video editor tools, adds real-time comments and better sharing options, and includes platform improvements with macOS support and experimental Linux builds. Contributed by: @76c71aae…3e29cafa - Source: https://github.com/divinevideo/divine-mobile/releases/tag… 10. Wisp - 0.5.1-beta Wisp is a minimal and performance-focused Android client for the Nostr protocol. This release adds relay hints to e-tags to improve event discovery and enhances profile fetching, helping the app retrieve user data more reliably while maintaining its lightweight and fast experience. This was the latest release, and there were multiple more releases last week. Contributed by: @e2ccf7cf…26c1c8eb - Source: https://github.com/barrydeen/wisp/releases/tag/0.5.1-beta 11. Yakihonne Web - v5.7.0 Yakihonne is a decentralized social and payments client built on Nostr and Bitcoin, combining social networking with Lightning-powered interactions. The v5.7.0 release introduces an Explore page with media packs and starter packs, custom feeds, and scheduled notes support. It also improves messaging options, adds useful hotkeys for publishing and browsing media, introduces a Trending Notes feed, and fixes several issues related to wallets, notifications, and event signing for a smoother overall experience. Contributed by: Moos - Source: https://github.com/YakiHonne/web-app/releases/tag/v5.7.0 12. Yakihonne Mobile App - 2.0.2 YakiHonne mobile app is a Nostr client for mobile. This release adds support for starter packs, media packs, relay-based trending notes, and scheduled notes. It also improves messaging with non-blocking sending, queueing, and message deletion, while fixing issues related to ecash wallet creation, relay lists, sharing on iOS, currency updates, and hashtag recognition, along with other performance improvements. Contributed by: Boukhalfa Seddik - Source: https://github.com/YakiHonne/mobile-app/releases/tag/Yaki… #tools_nostr_recap