"The USB-C of Bitcoin wallets and apps" is not stopping at all! Nostr Wallet Connect just got expanded from lightning to Ark (Bark), integrated in new p2p exchanges, music and podcast apps, VPN/eSIM services, hardware and tons of AI and developer tooling!
Let's take a look 👀
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We start with exciting news from second (nprofile…mhc8) who provided us with a Rust daemon that bridges Bark wallets to any NWC enabled app
Bark wallet devs can now enable their users use their wallets in dozens of NWC apps ✨
https://gitlab.com/ark-bitcoin/labs/bark-nwc
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Non-custodial, non-KYC, p2p exchange Mostro (nprofile…3u36) integrated NWC to allow automated payments
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BitBlik — an app allowing you to pay with bitcoin anywhere Poland's BLIK fast payment system is accepted, now let's you connect your NWC wallets for even smoother experience 🇵🇱
https://bitblik.app
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Tanzania's M-PESA mobile payment system is now plugged in to NWC as well, thanks to Chapsmart_tz (nprofile…j5e5) integration 🇹🇿
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Two incredible music & podcasting apps allow you to use you wallet to tip & donate your favourite creators and podcasters. Welcome to NWC family fountain_app (nprofile…5gem) and Castamatic
https://www.fountain.fm/
https://castamatic.com/
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Looking for non-KYC VPN, SMS or eSIM services? Check out nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7enfv96x5ctx9ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5qs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsqzqpkaa90sy6xwgqfghaeu5m592eac2emg36jj7fxu64e5ua79puke2fka7z (nprofile…ka7z) or https://shop.zap.best/ — both now NWC enabled
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Try to zap people on Wisp (nprofile…hjx2) — a new, sleek Android Nostr client
https://wisp.mobile
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Non-custodial and open source PoS & crypto payments requests tool bitrequest - Accept crypto anywhere (nprofile…tquv) integrated NWC for the smoothest, automated lightning payment experience
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And one of our favourites - BTClock, an open source, e-paper clock not only lets you display Bitcoin price or blockheight, but also your NWC wallet balance or incoming payments!
https://btclock.dev
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A ton of AI tools for both casual users and developers were shipped lately by Alby (nprofile…x6g9). Check out their Bitcoin payments & builder MCPs and skills, as well a tool to monetize your MCP or a skill for agentic use of their flagship NWC wallet Alby Hub
https://getalby.com/ai
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More tools for devs:
Agent Wallet NWC bridge — a bridge letting your moneydevkit
agent connect to NWC apps https://github.com/RTBC-SIA/agent-wallet-nwc-bridge
grimoire (nprofile…d3zk) — a neat tool for all-things Nostr protocol, including comprehensive documentation and protocol explorer
nostr-core — Extensive Nostr toolkit including NWC, eCash, BOLT-11, Blossom, RSS, and 40+ NIPs for JavaScript & TypeScript https://nostr-core.netlify.app/
nwc-ruby — Ruby client for NWC by megalith (nprofile…mknf) https://github.com/MegalithicBTC/nwc-ruby
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See full and ever-growing list of all NWC wallets, apps and tools at Awesome NWC github repo:
https://github.com/getAlby/awesome-nwc