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🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (19th October 2026 - 98th Edition)

By Nomishka October 19, 2026
The 98th edition of your weekly Nostr Recap.
🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (19th October 2026 - 98th Edition)

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@Derek Ross

“we can fix everything. we can build anything. we can take back control of the computer. we can take back control of the internet.

we consolidated power so the technology could prosper. it had consequences.

we’re ready to take it all back.

omarchy is how we take back the computer. nostr is how we take back the internet.

join us. build the future.”

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1. A tremendous news from Divine 🥳

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2. The life is very short. Be kind and love your family. The time can’t be reversible 👈🏻

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3. Another must-watch episode of ‘You’re The Voice’ 🔥

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4. A lovely day of a nostrich’s life 💍

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5. Is this well said? What do you think? 🤔

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6. How do you call these Nostriches? 🤔

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7. It’s great to have these kinds of Nostriches who work for the future of Nostr 👇🏻

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8. A music band expresses gratitude to Nostr & the community 🥁

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9. Is this the same for you too? 👇🏻

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10. Will you join us to build the future? 🫱🏿‍🫲🏻

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The Nostr growth indicates differently in several sources!

According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are over 240 Nostr clients and over 500 Nostr apps running in the Nostr ecosystem.

According to https://nostrhub.io/stats

👉🏻 1,094 relays on the Nostr network

Top 3 Popular Clients by Usage (For 7 days):

👉🏻 Amethyst - 2,987 Users

👉🏻 Primal - 2,468 Users

👉🏻 Ditto - 520 Users

According to https://nostrarchives.com/analytics

Top 3 Popular Clients by Usage (For 7 days):

👉🏻 Amethyst - 713 Users - 12.2k Notes

👉🏻 Primal iOS - 688 Users - 6.1k Notes

👉🏻 Primal Android - 427 Users - 4.8k Notes

Top 3 Popular Relays by Usage (by NIP-65 relay lists):

👉🏻 relay.primal.net - 451.7k Users

👉🏻 nos.lol - 397.5k Users

👉🏻 relay.damus.io - 303.7k Users

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

👉🏻 Publishing Users last week: 3.53M (-22.0%)

👉🏻 New Publishing Users Last week: 3.01M (-34.9%)

👉🏻 All-time Zap Count: 7.14M Zaps

👉🏻 All-time Zap BTC Amount: 43.81 BTC

👉🏻 All-time Zap Senders: 182.6K Users

Top 3 Popular Relays by Usage (User Relay Preferences from NIP-65):

👉🏻 relay.mostr.pub - 675.2K

👉🏻 relay.primal.net - 642.6K

👉🏻 nos.lol - 515.1K

According to https://zap.observer

Zapped for the past 7 days,

👉🏻 Zaps - 11,333 Zaps

👉🏻 Sats - 3.7M Sats

According to https://npub.world/stats

During last week:

👉🏻 Total Users: 2,930 users, compared to 2,253 users the week before

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Many thanks to the developers of https://nostrhub.io/stats, https://nostrarchives.com/analytics, https://stats.andotherstuff.org/, by @jeffg https://zap.observer by @The Fishcake🐶🐾 https://npub.world/stats by @pip and all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr for providing these insights.

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1. What Is a Nostr Event? Posts, Profiles & Signatures Explained

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2. Decentralized Publishing on Nostr

@Shaun

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1. NOSTRSHIRE - November 2026

📅 Date: Friday, November 20, 2026
⏰ Time: 9.00 AM - 6.00 PM (GMT)
📍 Location: Pendulum Hotel, Sackville St, Manchester M1 3BB, United Kingdom
🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @Nostrshire @Nathan Day

🔗 Event:

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https://bitfest.uk/#nostrshire

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1. The Internet Is Getting Worse. Nostr Is the Way Out

@Constant

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2. DonkeyRide

@TheCryptoDonkey

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3. Anagram! The Free & Open-Source, Private Telegram Alternative

@Ben Arc

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4. Wouter Constant: The Internet Nobody Can Censor

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5. NOSTR PROTOCOL: WHO CONTROLS OUR DATA?

@Plak | Final Step Bitcoin

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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 @PABLOF7z for providing these insights.

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: @flash

    • Zaps Received: 320
    • Sats Earned: 62k

  2. Name: @fountainboostbot

    • Zaps Received: 292
    • Sats Earned: 389k

  3. Name: @Ȼħ!łłꞤθⱳ𐏑

    • Zaps Received: 186
    • Sats Earned: 10k

🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers

  1. Name: @aqstr

    • Zaps Sent: 1111
    • Sats Spent: 72k

  2. Name: @

    • Zaps Sent: 158
    • Sats Spent: 7k

  3. Name: @moravian

    • Zaps Sent: 120
    • Sats Spent: 31k

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received

  1. Name: @Turiz

    • Sats Earned: 404k
    • Zaps Received: 43

  2. Name: @fountainboostbot

    • Sats Earned: 389k
    • Zaps Received: 292

  3. Name: @VitorPamplona

    • Sats Earned: 240k
    • Zaps Received: 127

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent

  1. Name: @Greeny

    • Sats Spent: 255k
    • Zaps Sent: 5

  2. Name: @thepurpose

    • Sats Spent: 173k
    • Zaps Sent: 6

  3. Name: @Scrotus

    • Sats Spent: 127k
    • Zaps Sent: 10

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

🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped

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    • Zaps Received: 62
    • Sats Earned: 73k

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    • Zaps Received: 60
    • Sats Earned: 33k

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    • Zaps Received: 55
    • Sats Earned: 102k

🔥 Top 3: Most Sats

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    • Sats Earned: 155k
    • Zaps Received: 1

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    • Sats Earned: 129k
    • Zaps Received: 4

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    • Sats Earned: 102K
    • Zaps Received: 55

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    Oct 16, 2026 12:25
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1. Divine Mobile - 1.0.24

Divine Mobile is a decentralized short-form mobile video app built around Vine-style six-second looping videos, focused on human-made content. Version 1.0.24 introduces keyframe animations, animated text, new video effects, beat-synced effects, and an audio equalizer. It also improves collaborative video editing through camera-verified clip sharing, adds caption translation options, and brings updates to feeds, messaging, notifications, account connections, and playback. This was the latest, and there was also a pre-release (Divine 1.0.24-beta.production.dd813da229072ceb4f9b0351c90fb47301847e45) last week.

Contributed by: @rabble @dcadenas @Liz @Sebastian Heit mbradley, Alex Frei, Meylis

2. Orchard - New Tool

Orchard is a permissionless Flatpak app store that uses Nostr for its trust model instead of centralized review and approval. Publishers can distribute applications directly, while clients verify signatures and digests to check software authenticity.

Developed by: @Geek

3. Amethyst - v1.19.0: A New Login, Remote Signers on Android, Wayland, and Marketplace Cards

Amethyst is a Nostr client for Android that lets users connect with the decentralized social network. This release introduces a redesigned login experience with NIP-46 remote signer support, native Wayland support on Linux, and improved rendering for marketplace cards and other event types. The release also improves video compression, Web of Trust syncing, key storage, relay reconnections, and message handling, while adding support for calendar collections and RSVP events. This was the latest, and there was also the release of v1.18.0 last week.

Contributed by: @VitorPamplona David Kaspar

4. Earthly - v0.1.21

Earthly is a collaborative map editor built on Nostr that helps people turn local knowledge into shared maps. Version 0.1.21 adds website embeds for public datasets, with customizable themes, titles, legends, controls, and map views. It also introduces an Earthly Maps MCP integration for creating maps through chat, publishing datasets, sharing links, and generating embeds, alongside improvements to guest editing and hosted deployment.

Contributed by: Schlaus Kwab

5. Nostter - nostr-protocol v0.1.0

Nostter is a web-based Nostr client. This release implements NIP-01 event replacement ordering through shouldReplaceCurrentEvent, supporting replaceable and addressable events. It also provides ESM support for Node.js and browsers, along with TypeScript declarations. There was also the release of “nostr-kit v0.1.0” last week.

Contributed by: @SnowCait

6. Amber - v6.6.9

Amber is an Android Nostr event signer that lets users securely manage signing requests and permissions from Nostr apps. This release fixes nostrconnect:// connection replies, improves the multi-request screen by grouping requests by app, and fixes permission revocation issues. It also strengthens security by automatically clearing copied private keys and recovery phrases after 60 seconds, even when the app is closed, and fixes a potential loss of key data when changing device-unlock settings. This was the latest, and there was also the release of v6.6.8 last week.

Contributed by: @greenart7c3 Datawav, Steve

7. Nostur - v1.33.0

Nostur is an iOS Nostr client for browsing posts, connecting with people, and sharing content. Version 1.33.0 adds support for pasting media into direct messages with thumbnail previews, improves media detection and handling of large GIFs, and fixes media sizing issues. It also improves profile and reaction name updates and cleans up temporary media files and inactive Web of Trust snapshots.

Contributed by: @Fabian

8. Nostr WoT Extension - v0.8.13

Nostr WoT Extension is a browser extension that combines Nostr Web of Trust identity features, a NIP-07 event signer, and a built-in Lightning wallet. This release adds passkey-based vault creation and recovery, with options to restore through a provider, relay, or encrypted file. It also improves event browsing, private message controls, profile editing, wallet navigation, and payment safety, while making the extension faster and easier to use.

Contributed by: Leon Acosta

9. NoorNote - v1.9.1

NoorNote is a Nostr client for browsing posts and interacting with people on the decentralized social network. Version 1.9.1 adds an optional timeline feature that displays reactions from people you follow, improves repost responsiveness and reliability, prevents duplicate reposts, and fixes event RSVPs failing to reach organizers using different relays.

Contributed by: @alp

10. Sidecar - v1.16.0

Sidecar is a browser-sidebar Nostr keystore and signer for securely managing your identity and interacting with Nostr. This release introduces live video streaming with chat, zaps, bookmarks, and replay support, along with four new themes and longer auto-lock options. It also adds controls to follow or mute users directly from search, lets users mute people, notes, and threads from notifications, and improves profile cards, wallet history, and notification handling.

Contributed by: @daniel

11. PsstPsst - v26.10.6

PsstPsst is a decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging app built for private communication. This release improves message history syncing after interruptions and refines new message notifications, unread request indicators, and muted chat handling. It also fixes an iOS background crash and improves desktop media browsing with navigation arrows, keyboard paging, and more reliable image caching. There was also the release of v26.10.5 last week.

Contributed by: @Cody

12. Verdana - v0.0.5

Verdana is a NAPP runner for desktop and Android that lets users run Nostr applications. Version 0.0.5 improves signing and publishing authorization prompts, with the updated design inspired by nostrapps.com. This was the latest, and there were also the releases of v0.0.4 & v0.0.5 last week.

Contributed by: @fiatjaf

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1. Algia - v0.0.137

Algia is a command-line Nostr client written in Go that lets users interact with Nostr from the terminal. Release v0.0.137 improves event searching by passing the CLI context to QueryEvents, helping queries respect the command’s execution context. This was the latest, and there was also the release of v0.0.136 last week.

Contributed by: asperescherich-png

2. RX Nostr - @4.0.0-beta.2 (Pre-release)

Rx-nostr is a library that enables flexible, high-quality communication with multiple Nostr relays. This pre-release separates the input types for forward and backward requests and adds support for nested filter arrays in backward requests, merging events from multiple REQ segments and completing once all segments finish. This was the latest, and there were also 3 more (@4.0.0-beta.1, @4.0.0-beta.0 & crypto@4.0.0-beta.0) pre-releases last week.

Contributed by: penpenpng

3. NDK (Nostr Development Kit) - v0.11.0-dev.1 (Pre-release)

NDK (Nostr Development Kit) is a Dart library that simplifies Nostr app development. This pre-release introduces a breaking connectivity fix that allows RelayInfo to support lettered NIP identifiers.

Contributed by: @Russell

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1. Canoe - New Relay

Canoe is a personal Nostr relay designed to store a complete copy of users’ notes, messages, drafts, and media. It partitions data to ensure that each user’s private content is accessible only to them.

Developed by: @hodlbod

2. Nostr-relay - v0.0.267

Nostr-relay is a Nostr relay built on the Relayer framework for receiving and distributing events across the network. This release adds documentation on scaling with Turso and Firestore database drivers, introduces an MIT license, and fixes filtering so empty ID, author, or event-kind lists match no events.

Contributed by: @mattn

3. Nostream - website@1.2.5

Nostream is a Nostr relay written in TypeScript that receives and distributes events across the Nostr network. Version 1.2.5 of its website updates the brand color from purple to pink (#ff2e88), including the logo, favicon, Apple Touch icon, and branding in the hero film. This was the latest, and there were a lot more releases last week.

Contributed by: Ricardo Cabral

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1. Lazarus - New Protocol

Lazarus is a Nostr recovery protocol that helps users restore overwritten data, such as follow lists, mute lists, profiles, and pinned notes, by scanning relay history to find previous versions. It allows users to review and restore lost data with an explicit action using their own signer.

Developed by: @daniel

2. Mostro - v0.20.0

Mostro is a non-custodial, censorship-resistant peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange that uses the Lightning Network and Nostr. This release adds health-event publishing, improves safety by preventing operations while LND is still syncing, and expands reputation management with rating imports, republishing, and administrative controls. It also improves handling of failed developer-fee payments and adds validation for escrow deadline settings.

Contributed by: @negrunch @Catrya

3. Angor - v0.2.37 (Unstable Release)

Angor is a decentralized peer-to-peer funding protocol (in alpha stage) built on Bitcoin and Nostr, enabling projects to raise funds without relying on centralized platforms. This unstable release improves payment reliability, preserves wallet and network context during web payments, and makes project browsing more resilient to service outages. It also fixes relay reconnection handling, improves payment-flow recovery, and adds testing and deployment documentation.

Contributed by: @dangershony Zaza

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1. Flotilla - 1.13.0

Flotilla is a Discord-like Nostr client built around the idea of using relays as groups. This release adds bookmarks with folders, paid spaces, and improved chat and room composers. It also brings more control over feeds and notifications, better inbox and call experiences, profile-based muting, and improvements to mobile navigation and reliability.

Contributed by: @hodlbod

2. White Noise - v2026.10.14

White Noise Android is an Android client for White Noise, powered by Marmot bindings for secure, decentralized messaging. This version adds on-device message translation, home-screen widgets, conversation shortcuts, configurable swipe actions, private contact photos, and support for sharing contact cards. It also improves file and video uploads with progress tracking and cancel/retry options, adds notification privacy controls, and enhances dictation, read-aloud, search, polls, folders, and account recovery.

Contributed by: @Danny, the Cyber Guy @jeffg Mubarak Auwal, Datawav,

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No Infrastructure Updates and Releases for last week.

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No Exploration Tools Updates and Releases for last week.

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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 Ninety-Eighth Nostr Recap & share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #NostrRecap and let’s keep #GrowNostr together

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Thank you @Jurjen de Vries for this amazing idea!

A big shoutout to @rabble for your generous patronage for my Nostr Recaps!

Thank you, my younger brother @samalka for helping me with the content and graphic stuff for my Nostr Recaps!

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