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Good Morning from Sri Lanka nostriches! 🌞

Early in the morning, I am gonna give you a gift. The 84th edition of your weekly Nostr Recap (13th July 2026) is ready to explore. 🎁




In this Nostr Recap, you could explore what happened last week in the #Nostr world under the topics below. Enjoy it! 👀

🧠 Quote of the Week
🔥 Community Highlights
🌱 Ecosystem Growth
🎓 Educational Guides
📅 Upcoming Events
📰 Nostr in the Media
⚡ Most Zapped Last Week
😂 Nostr Memes
🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases
🧩 Workspace Updates and Releases
🚧 Infrastructure Updates and Releases


Explore here 👇🏻
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“I am grateful for the time, sacrifice, and dedication of all the Bitcoin / Nostr developers and plebs around the world. That certainly deserves to be said. It is sometimes thankless work, but keep pushing forward and hang in there. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this open space. I appreciate you 🫡 Thanks!!”

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1. A great suggestion that should concentrated by Nostr devs 👇🏻

2. That’s so nice, sharing these kinds of life lessons on Nostr 👌🏻

3. A GypsyVibe mashup by MadMunky? 😱

4. This is so true 👇🏻

5. We don’t let Nostr die 💪🏻

6. This is so funny 😂

7. A grateful birthday note from a Nostrich to his lovelies 💜

8. Nostr needs these type of non-technical notes too for its growth 🫶🏻

9. A lady wildlife photographer is ready to join us 🤝🏻

10. We must improve Nostr DMs 👈🏻

11. They deserve this kind of admiration indeed 👏🏻

12. A lady boxing champion celebrated her 41st birthday 🎂

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Nostr was not growing, and it has had a recession for the last week.

According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are now over 240 Nostr clients and over 500 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe.

According to https://nostrarchives.com/analytics,

👉🏻 Amethyst - 820 Users - 13.8k Notes

👉🏻 Primal iOS - 817 Users - 8.2k Notes

👉🏻 Primal Android - 588 Users - 4.9k Notes

👉🏻 relay.momostr.pink - 309.5k Users

👉🏻 relay.damus.io - 240.0k Users

👉🏻 relay.primal.net - 204.8k Users

According to https://stats.andotherstuff.org/,

👉🏻 Publishing Users last week: 8.03M (-14.5%)

👉🏻 New Publishing Users Last week: 7.41M (-11.0%)

👉🏻 All-time Zap Count: 6.95M

👉🏻 All-time Zap BTC Amount: 43.19 BTC

👉🏻 All-time Zap Senders: 179.3k

According to https://npub.world/stats,

During last week:

👉🏻 Total Users: 2,747 users, compared to 5,630 users the week before

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Many thanks to the developers of https://nostrarchives.com/analytics, https://stats.andotherstuff.org/ by https://npub.world/stats by and all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr for providing these insights.

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1. Nostr: Quando il Web diventa tuo (e non delle Big Tech)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GMiHTLUhTo

2. The Coming Sovereign Tech Revolution

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAlPCTkhzeQ

3. How Nostr VPN Reimagines Private Networks

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AVHzJ_J4AJ8

4. How Nostr Protocol Frees Your Data

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8eWa1Oi-8DY

5. The Hitchhiker's Guide To NOSTR

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https://x.com/nostrdevs/status/2075771324237066262

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1. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - August 2026

📅 Date: Sunday, August 02, 2026 ⏰ Time: 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM MDT 📍 Location: Jives Coffee Lounge, 16 Colbrunn Ct, Colorado Springs, CO, United States

🤹‍♀️ Organizers:

🔗 Event:

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https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-lightning-and-nostr-plebs/events/mlcdqtyjclbdb/?eventOrigin=group_events_list

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1. Nostr Zaps — How Bitcoin Lightning Rewards Creators Directly

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUHGXfj_B4A

2. Block's Buzz: Claude and Codex Can Now Code Together

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHf0Ax8e_is

3. What is Nostr, and why should you care?

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https://www.facebook.com/efenigson/videos/what-is-nostr-and-why-should-you-careespecially-in-todays-reality-of-growing-sup/1073572805233904/

4. A nice tool to the Nostr protocol

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https://x.com/darpakyokutyou/status/2075946985769804215

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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 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:

    • Zaps Received: 408
    • Sats Earned: 60k

  2. Name:

    • Zaps Received: 287
    • Sats Earned: 494k

  3. Name:

    • Zaps Received: 269
    • Sats Earned: 18k

🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers

  1. Name: nostr;npub1dsn6t2szka5uddgl6lkasrzmyxum5vkpdkgnk27gu9shldzhx6qqj92h64

    • Zaps Sent: 1702
    • Sats Spent: 60k

  2. Name:

    • Zaps Sent: 133
    • Sats Spent: 12k

  3. Name:

    • Zaps Sent: 103
    • Sats Spent: 38k

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received

  1. Name:

    • Sats Earned: 494k
    • Zaps Received: 287

  2. Name:

    • Sats Earned: 192k
    • Zaps Received: 57

  3. Name:

    • Sats Earned: 177k
    • Zaps Received: 23

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent

  1. Name:

    • Sats Spent: 126k
    • Zaps Sent: 27

  2. Name:

    • Sats Spent: 115k
    • Zaps Sent: 3

  3. Name: Steve R

    • Sats Spent: 89k
    • Zaps Sent: 1

Here are the Top Zapped from last week, showcasing notes that received the most engagement:

🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped

    • Zaps Received: 120
    • Sats Earned: 17k

    • Zaps Received: 43
    • Sats Earned: 3k

    • Zaps Received: 28
    • Sats Earned: 2k

🔥 Top 3: Most Sats

    • Sats Earned: 115k
    • Zaps Received: 5

  2. Nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpcyk4z0whyyzpz26dh7h7d57cvfk2njhvtsy94v66p5nwevn29reqqsx5n8yjpz9jqj5r3whjq9r5djaw2esrcqptuz4swv95k5cqkpj3lcknmffd

    • Sats Earned: 89k
    • Zaps Received: 1

    • Sats Earned: 79k
    • Zaps Received: 5

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1. OpenDiscord - New Tool

OpenDiscord is a Nostr-based decentralized communication platform that combines Discord's intuitive server/channel organization and real-time voice lobbies with the open, censorship-resistant nature of the Nostr protocol.

Developed by: Sofi Gros - Source: https://github.com/sofia-gros/open-discord

2. Divine Mobile - 1.0.16

Divine Mobile is a decentralized short-form video mobile app built on Nostr that brings back Vine’s 6-second looping video format while keeping content human-made and giving users ownership of their content, followers, and identity. This release improves app reliability, security, performance, moderation, localization, and user experience across feeds, video creation, messaging, authentication, storage, notifications, and Nostr integrations. It also adds enhancements to the video editor, camera features, DM capabilities, content protection, database encryption, and platform support for iOS, Android, macOS, and web.

Contributed by: matthew bradley, Alex Frei, Meylis - Source: https://github.com/divinevideo/divine-mobile/releases/tag/1.0.16

3. Jumble - v26.7.1

Jumble is a Nostr client for browsing relay feeds, messaging, and interacting with decentralized social content. In v26.7.1, the release adds Linux ARM64 support, enhances direct messaging with new message menus and a “scroll to latest” button, redesigns media uploads with Blossom as the default service, improves emoji management and notification filtering, and fixes numerous issues affecting DMs, media handling, the post editor, image orientation, and scrolling behavior.

Contributed by: - Source: https://github.com/CodyTseng/jumble/releases/tag/v26.7.1

4. Bitchat - v1.7.0

Bitchat is a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app that combines Bluetooth mesh networking with Nostr for offline and online communication without accounts or central servers. This release adds live push-to-talk voice for DMs and mesh channels, improves mesh connectivity with peer healing and internet bridging, adds store-and-forward messaging for unreachable peers, strengthens signed media/file transfers, and improves reliability across voice, media, geo notes, testing, and app experience. Although this was the latest, there were also the releases of v1.6.0 & v1.5.4 last week.

Contributed by: - Source: https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/releases/tag/v1.7.0

5. Nymchat - v3.73.519

Nymchat is a privacy-focused ephemeral chat client built on Nostr, with integration for Bitchat-style pseudonymous temporary messaging. This release adds full app localization support and introduces automatic message translation into the user's preferred language, improving accessibility for global users. This was the latest, and there was another release last week (v3.72.519).

Contributed by: - Source: https://github.com/Spl0itable/NYM/releases/tag/v3.73.519

6. Manent - v1.4.1

Manent is a private, encrypted notes and file storage app built on Nostr that allows users to securely store and manage their personal information with data ownership and privacy in mind. This release improves usability and reliability by enhancing toolbar interactions, adding a clearer logout warning flow, fixing sensitive note decryption issues, handling interrupted publishes correctly, resolving Android signer login problems with Amber, and improving scrolling in the bunker login interface. This was the latest release, and there was also v1.4.0 last week.

Contributed by: - Source: https://github.com/dtonon/manent/releases/tag/v1.4.1

7. Nostrord - v2.2.0

Nostrord is a NIP-29 compatible Nostr client focused on group communication and direct messaging, enabling users to interact with decentralized communities and conversations. In v2.2.0, the release adds a master toggle to disable all direct-message features, improves direct messaging capabilities with richer interactions, and fixes desktop-related issues, including the Windows app icon and nostrord:// deep links. This was the latest, and there were also the releases of v2.1.1 & v2.1.0 last week.

Contributed by: - Source: https://github.com/nostrord/nostrord/releases/tag/v2.2.0

8. Nostr WoT Extension - v0.3.86

Nostr WoT Extension is a browser extension that manages Nostr identities, signs events, and enables Lightning payments directly from the browser while keeping user keys encrypted locally. This release redesigns the home screen with a unified Account card, strengthens security through spending cap enforcement for Lightning approvals, identity protection during account switching, signature verification for relay data, NIP-49 encrypted key backups, and clearer signing prompts. It also improves privacy by removing unnecessary browser permissions.

Contributed by: Leon Acosta - Source: https://github.com/nostr-wot/nostr-wot-extension/releases/tag/v0.3.86

9. NoorNote - v1.2.7

NoorNote is a Nostr client that provides access to the decentralized social protocol with features focused on identity, messaging, and community experiences. This release improves profile recognition by ensuring names and pictures display consistently, fixes false unread direct message indicators, preserves dismissed prayer reminders in Nostr-Majlis, and adds a clearer onboarding relay preview showing which relays will be configured before setup. This was the latest release of the week, and there were also a few more releases last week.

Contributed by: - Source: https://github.com/77elements/noornote/releases/tag/v1.2.7

10. Sidecar - v1.3.0

Sidecar is a browser-based Nostr keystore and signer that securely manages identities, keys, wallet connections, and event signing through a convenient sidebar interface. In v1.3.0, the release adds encrypted vault backups, NIP-49 key import/export, NIP-05 verification, improved signing prompts, multi-account safety, and enhanced site activity management. It also strengthens security with wallet spending limits, protected extension messaging, automatic keystore lockout after failed unlock attempts, and smoother account switching, approvals, notifications, and overall usability.

Contributed by: - Source: https://github.com/dmnyc/sidecar/releases/tag/v1.3.0

11. Kubo - v2026.07.05

Kubo is a child-safe video platform built on Nostr that allows parents to curate their children’s content experience using Web of Trust filters and trusted communities. This release adds a new tablet mode for child feeds with a customizable video grid layout, introduces photo sharing in group chats, and improves usability by keeping important buttons accessible above the keyboard on Android and ensuring parent navigation remains available on tablets and larger screens.

Contributed by: - Source: https://github.com/JeroenOnNostr/kubo/releases/tag/kubo-v2026.07.05

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1. SNSTR (Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades) - v0.3.4

SNSTR is a lightweight TypeScript library for building applications that interact with the Nostr protocol. In v0.3.4, the release centralizes NIP-01 event validation, strengthens relay security by enforcing stricter validation of signed events and tag formats, adds configurable timestamp drift settings for relays, and improves reliability through better timestamp validation and more robust asynchronous validation testing.

Contributed by: - Source: https://github.com/AustinKelsay/snstr/releases/tag/v0.3.4

2. Routstr Core - v0.4.4

Routstr Core is a FastAPI-based reverse proxy that sits in front of OpenAI-compatible APIs and handles pay-per-request billing. In v0.4.4, the release improves payment configuration, Lightning and Cashu handling, API compatibility, provider forwarding, streaming support, pricing accuracy, security protections, key management, rate limiting, and Docker/deployment reliability.

Contributed by: 9qeklajc - Source: https://github.com/Routstr/routstr-core/releases/tag/0.4.4

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No Relay Updates and Releases for last week.

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1. Buzz - v0.4.0

Buzz is a collaborative workspace where humans and AI agents build together on a relay you control, combining decentralized communication, agent management, and shared project workflows. In v0.4.0, the release introduces relay invite links, improved global agent configuration, enhanced project and workspace management, and better agent lifecycle handling. It also improves performance, fixes workspace switching, drafts, inbox threads, identity persistence, moderation tools, deep linking, and desktop reliability across supported platforms. This was the latest of the week, and there were also a few more releases last week.

Contributed by: Tyler, klopez4212, Aaron Goldsmith, Atish Patel, Taylor Ho, thomaspblock, Yoav Amit, Mat Balez, Will Pfleger, Tom Brow, Bradley Axen, Noah, Matt Toohey, Cameron Hotchkies, Wes, Jordan Mecom, Kalvin C - Source: https://github.com/block/buzz/releases/tag/v0.4.0

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1. Lightning.Pub - v0.0.30

Lightning.Pub is a Nostr-native Lightning node that lets users share and manage their Lightning node through Nostr while connecting easily to compatible web applications. This release improves reliability by fixing crashes during LND invoice payments with automatic fallback and retry logic and strengthens storage consistency by running transaction startup inside database transactions. This was the latest, and there were 2 more releases last week. (v0.0.29 & StartOS v0.0.28)

Contributed by: Justin (shocknet) - Source: https://github.com/shocknet/Lightning.Pub/releases/tag/v0.0.30

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Nostr is built by plebs, for the plebs. If you found this Nostr 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 Eighty-Fourth Nostr Recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #NostrRecap and let’s keep #GrowNostr together.

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Zap Winners 🏆

🔥 Most Zaps Received -

🔥 Most Zaps Sent - nostr;npub1dsn6t2szka5uddgl6lkasrzmyxum5vkpdkgnk27gu9shldzhx6qqj92h64

💰 Most Sats Received -

💰 Most Sats Sent -


This Nostr Recap is a combination of the content of the below nostriches. Thank you everyone, for making Nostr alive. 🤝🏻



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