🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (10th November 2025 - 49th Edition)
- 🧠 Quote of the Week
- 🔥 Community Highlights
- 1. A Fascinating Nostr presentation at the Noderunners Conference 😍
- 2. The latest Revolution.social episode is out. This time Rabble is with Srđa Popović 👇
- 3. Rabble is doing a great job and let’s help him with beta testing, quietly 🤝
- 4. This is a nice way to make Nostr only friends 👇
- 5. Primal is doing a great job 👏
- 6. Nostr plebs have kind souls. That’s one of the special things here 🫶
- 7. Nostr Memes master explains what Nostr is 🤟
- 8. This is well explained the importance of Nostr and Bitcoin 👌
- 9. A new nostrich joins to the community 🥳
- 10. Nostr is using as a marketplace too 😍
- 11. This is weird. But true 😅
- 12. Yep Derek. We need more of those things 👇
- 13. These Grants make Nostr more nice 👇
- 🌱 Ecosystem Growth
- Nostr is growing fast!
- Total Users: 3,178, compared to 4,412 users the week before
- Total Zaps: 34,664, compared to 33,541 zaps the week before
- Total Zap senders: 3,800, compared to 2,799 plebs the week before
- Total Zap Amount: 15,305,624, compared to 9,124,949 sats the week before
- Total Events: 3,395,911, compared to 4,136,731 events the week before
- 🎓 Educational Guides
- 📅 Upcoming Events
- 📰 Nostr in the Media
- ⚡ Most Zapped Last Week
- Here are the Top Zapped/Top Zappers from last week, showcasing creators who received/sent the most engagement:
- 🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped
- 🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers
- 💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received
- 💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent
- Here are the Top Zapped from last week, showcasing notes that received the most engagement:
- 🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped
- 😂 Nostr Memes
- 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
- 🎁 Developer Tools / Guides, Updates and Releases
- 🌐 Relay Updates and Releases
- 👋 Stay in Touch & Zap
🧠 Quote of the Week
“If you haven’t gone back to X and are Nostr only, I want to follow you!”
🔥 Community Highlights
1. A Fascinating Nostr presentation at the Noderunners Conference 😍
https://video.nostr.build/70f58cb7fca0ab7b1d4a2b8d9b2c1a1dc0d4425f5f82ce1e92cf7dfae6aa3e3c.mp4 Unstoppable #nostr presentation by @ffbcb...74044 and @06639...f8f71 @0deeb...95089 #noderunner Amsterdam
2. The latest Revolution.social episode is out. This time Rabble is with Srđa Popović 👇
3. Rabble is doing a great job and let’s help him with beta testing, quietly 🤝
4. This is a nice way to make Nostr only friends 👇
5. Primal is doing a great job 👏
6. Nostr plebs have kind souls. That’s one of the special things here 🫶
7. Nostr Memes master explains what Nostr is 🤟
8. This is well explained the importance of Nostr and Bitcoin 👌
You don’t own your money. You don’t own your speech. But you could.
Nostr is to digital media what Bitcoin is to money.
The dollars in your account aren’t really yours. They that are held on a centralised database. They can be deleted, restricted and surveilled.
Your Xitter account is not yours. The work that you have done to build a network is owned by Elon. Your account, your posts and your network connections are held on his centralised database.
Bitcoin is money that you own. It is held on a decentralised ledger that can’t be changed. No one can take it away from you and no one can stop you spending it.
Nostr is speech that you own. Your notes replicate across many relays. No moderator can silence you; no platform can rewrite history. Fiat money is credit by default It is a system of promises that will likely never be repaid More money has been created than goods or services can be delivered.
Centralised media is a credit story too. You get the show for free. The advertisers pay with the hope that you will pay them back later.
Money and messages that settle instantly are the system upgrade. Bitcoin and Nostr return consequence to the circuit They make ownership real again.
9. A new nostrich joins to the community 🥳
10. Nostr is using as a marketplace too 😍
#introductions
We are a husband/wife team with two young boys, here in Central Alberta.
We have been making our Tallow Balm for a couple of years now, which started out to help our sons sensitive and dry skin. Tallow Balm is the only product we have found that his skin agrees with.
We have been selling locally and through word of mouth on socials. Recently, the retail shop we were in, closed.
We’re here to offer our Tallow Balm, Whipped or plain, to the Nostr community. We setup a store on plebian.market to offer our balm through.
We will be posting #zapsnag and #raffle for some of our high-quality, grass-fed Tallow Balm. All of our suet is sourced locally from cattle ranchers in our area.
Our website is still under construction, but with a fresh batch of balm crafted today, November 6th, we dont want to waste any time offering up these jars of goodness.
As part of our introduction, from November 6-13, 2025 we will offer a kickback of 5,000 sats to anyone who purchases a jar through Plebian.market in the form of a #zapback
#Tallow #Sensitiveskin #Moisturizer #SimplyTallow
11. This is weird. But true 😅
12. Yep Derek. We need more of those things 👇
13. These Grants make Nostr more nice 👇
🌱 Ecosystem Growth
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://nostr.watch, there are more than 890 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment.
According to https://npub.world/stats,
During last week:
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Total Users: 3,178, compared to 4,412 users the week before
According to https://stats.nostr.band,
During last week:
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Total Zaps: 34,664, compared to 33,541 zaps the week before
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Total Zap senders: 3,800, compared to 2,799 plebs the week before
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Total Zap Amount: 15,305,624, compared to 9,124,949 sats the week before
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Total Events: 3,395,911, compared to 4,136,731 events the week before
Many thanks to https://npub.world/stats by @pip and @franzap https://stats.nostr.band by @brugeman all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr and https://nostr.watch for providing these insights.
🎓 Educational Guides
1. NOSTR 02 Internet without Internet (Part I)
2. NOSTR-02 - Internet without Internet (Part II)
3. NOSTR-02 - Internet without Internet (Part III)
📅 Upcoming Events
1. Nostr workshop - Bitcoin Amsterdam - Open Source Hub - November 2025
📅 Date: Friday, November 14, 2025
⏰ Time: 11.00 AM - 11.30 AM GMT+1
📍 Location: SugarFactory Kristalpromenade 7, 1165 PD Halfweg (Amsterdam region), Netherlands
🤹♀️ Organizers: @@rwh3…7avv @@qe3e…zefe
🔗 Event:
Bitcoin Amsterdam - Open Source Hub 💜 Nostr workshop, Friday November 14 at 11h00 💜
Open Source Hub - Friday Nov 14:
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Morning: Mesh networks, hardware signers, Nostr
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Afternoon: Privacy tech, smartcard signing, BitAxe mining
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Close: Chain Duel tournament
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This is what decentralization looks like in practice. At Bitcoin Amsterdam | Sugar Factory #ProofOfWork
2. Nostrshire - November 2025
📅 Date: Friday, November 21, 2025
⏰ Time: 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
📍 Location: Pendulum Hotel Sackville St, Manchester M1 3BB, United Kingdom
🤹♀️ Organizers: @@r9zw…q8lx
🔗 Event: https://bitfest.uk/#nostrshire
3. Nostrasia - November 2025
📅 Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM GMT+9 (Doors open at 12:30 PM)
📍 Location: Crypto Lounge GOX 6F Tenam Town Building, 2-19-15 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0021, Japan
🤹♀️ Organizers: @Nostrasia
🎟️ Admission: Free
🔗 Event: https://nostrasia.com
📰 Nostr in the Media
1. Soapbox Sessions Episode 10: It Should Just Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4xNaosRlK4
2. Nostr Valley 2.0: Panel: The State of Nostr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX6-2ZsOUmg
3. Nostr and the End of Fake Engagement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwdLng72rw0
4. Nostr Gives You Data Ownership & Security
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLsNGbeIstA
5. Nostr Valley 2.0:Derek & Seth: Closing Remarks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTmzF6ajwsI
⚡ Most Zapped Last Week
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 this data.
Here are the Top Zapped/Top Zappers from last week, showcasing creators who received/sent the most engagement:
🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped
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Name: @flash
- Zaps Received: 864
- Sats Earned: 157k
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Name: @Alby Zapper
- Zaps Received: 621
- Sats Earned: 6M
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Name: @Gigi
- Zaps Received: 475
- Sats Earned: 60k
🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers
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Name: @aqstr
- Zaps Sent: 1362
- Sats Spent: 75k
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Name: @piotr
- Zaps Sent: 318
- Sats Spent: 133k
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Name: @
- Zaps Sent: 302
- Sats Spent: 906k
💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received
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Name: @Alby Zapper
- Sats Earned: 6M
- Zaps Received: 621
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Name: @fountainboostbot
- Sats Earned: 522k
- Zaps Received: 413
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Name: @RabbitHoleRecap
- Sats Earned: 249k
- Zaps Received: 52
💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent
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Name: “Name not visible”
- Sats Spent: 2M
- Zaps Sent: 73
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Name: “Name not visible”
- Sats Spent: 1M
- Zaps Sent: 131
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Name: “Name not visible”
- Sats Spent: 927k
- Zaps Sent: 152
Here are the Top Zapped from last week, showcasing notes that received the most engagement:
🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped
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Sparrow v2.3.1 has been released to restore BIP32 derivations for consolidation payments in PSBTs.
In addition, hiding amounts is now supported, and the keystores that signed a multisig transaction are now shown on the transaction tab.
Changelog here: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/2.3.1
Sparrow v2.3.0 released with:
Send to Silent Payments Pay to DNS address Min fee rate from server
And more: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/2.3.0
https://sparrowwallet.com/download/
- Zaps Received: 104
- Sats Earned: 97k
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- Zaps Received: 50
- Sats Earned: 29k
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- Zaps Received: 48
- Sats Earned: 3k
🔥 Top 3: Most Sats
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- Sats Earned: 161k
- Zaps Received: 1
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Sparrow v2.3.1 has been released to restore BIP32 derivations for consolidation payments in PSBTs.
In addition, hiding amounts is now supported, and the keystores that signed a multisig transaction are now shown on the transaction tab.
Changelog here: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/2.3.1
Sparrow v2.3.0 released with:
Send to Silent Payments Pay to DNS address Min fee rate from server
And more: https://github.com/sparrowwallet/sparrow/releases/tag/2.3.0
https://sparrowwallet.com/download/
- Sats Earned: 97k
- Zaps Received: 104
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- Sats Earned: 70k
- Zaps Received: 8
😂 Nostr Memes
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Badges are underutilized
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☀️☕️
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GM. Cloudy with a chance of zaps.
Zap Zide #Nostr #bitcoin #GM #coffeechain #plebchain #grownostr #zapzide
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#JustNostrThings
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🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
1. Vector - v0.2.1
Vector is a decentralized communication platform built on the Nostr protocol (NIP-17), providing fully encrypted, metadata-free messaging for text, media, and files. This release introduces OpenMLS-encrypted group chats, a redesigned emoji panel, enhanced markdown support, image zooming, new privacy options like tracker stripping, and Blossom-based decentralized media storage, along with faster uploads, improved profile syncing, refined UI, and multiple bug fixes.
- Developed by: @@6ye7…g4wn
- Source: https://github.com/VectorPrivacy/Vector/releases/tag/v0.2.1
2. Oni - New Tool
Oni is a fork of Owncast that adds Nostr integration for decentralized live streaming. It extends Owncast’s self-hosted broadcasting features with Nostr-based authentication, event publishing, and Lightning payment support, allowing creators to stream live while remaining fully decentralized and censorship-resistant.
- Developer tool: @Tekkadan, ゲロゲロ! 🐸
- Source: https://github.com/TekkadanPlays/oni
3. Coracle - 0.6.26
Coracle is an experimental Nostr client designed to leverage multiple relays for a curated social experience, allowing users to browse, filter, zap, and create custom feeds. In this release the client improves performance, becomes more permissive when parsing NIP-05 identifiers, stops publishing notes with e-tag mention markers, restores global feeds, enhances negentropy support, and fixes the help link.
- Developed by: @@jlrs…ynqn
- Source: https://github.com/coracle-social/coracle/releases/tag/0.6.26
4. Corny Chat - v2025.11
Corny Chat is an open-source audio space built on Jam that integrates Nostr and Lightning, offering interactive public audio rooms. This release adds Lightning zaps, enhanced slides with video and iFrame support, auto-advancing slides, user-targeted reactions, customizable avatar sizes, and a points-based game. Improvements include a better audio player, room access controls, admin tools for room management, and bug fixes for avatars, slides, and privacy, providing a more stable and engaging experience.
- Developed by: @Nice and Kind Vic
- Source: https://github.com/vicariousdrama/cornychat/releases/tag/v2025.11
5. Alby Lightning Browser Extension - v3.14.0 (🧹✨🌌 The Witch’s Broom Nebula)
Alby Lightning Browser Extension is a Bitcoin Lightning wallet and Nostr key signer for web use, supporting Lightning, Liquid, and on-chain transactions. In this release it received a visual rebranding, added the ability to display kind descriptions when signing events, and introduced support for sub-satoshi amounts, while also hiding the built-in swaps option and removing the Chrome theme icon section.
- Developed by: @@gv5s…hgdr
- Source: https://github.com/getAlby/lightning-browser-extension/releases/tag/v3.14.0
6. Flotilla - 1.5.0
Flotilla is a Discord-like Nostr client that organizes chats around “relays as groups,” allowing users to join rooms, manage memberships, and interact in private or public spaces. In this release Flotilla introduced restyled mobile dialogs, room and space membership lists, an edit room form, support for closed/private/restricted/hidden rooms, a hosting services page, performance and UI improvements, fixed push notifications, enhanced error handling, invite links on the discover page, a link to Landlubber for admins, and clearing of reply/share/edit actions with the Escape key. This was the biggest release of the week and there were also the releases of 1.5.1 and 1.5.2 last week.
- Developed by: @@jlrs…ynqn
- Source: https://github.com/coracle-social/flotilla/releases/tag/1.5.0
7. OXChat App - v1.5.0.95
0xChat App is a Nostr-based secure chat client that provides end-to-end encrypted messaging with user-friendly features. This latest release adds built-in Tor support for accessing onion relays and Cashu mints, introduces NIP-17 DMs with message delivery status, redesigns the Discover tab to include NApps with NIP-07 integration for seamless access to Nostr web apps, and restores NIP-28 Channels, allowing users to create and search for channels.
- Developed by: @@0td4…x2wl
- Source: https://github.com/0xchat-app/0xchat-app-main/releases/tag/v1.5.0.95-release
8. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.18.52
Nostr Ynstant Messenger is a Nostr client that provides both ephemeral and persistent messaging, bridging with Bitchat for anonymous and temporary chats. This release adds a GIF selector for richer messaging. This was the latest release and there were also multiple releases last week.
- Developed by: @Luxas
- Source: https://github.com/Spl0itable/NYM/releases/tag/v2.18.52
9. Iris Client - v2.3.1
Iris is a web client for Nostr protocol that provides chat and interaction features. This release focuses on improving WebRTC peer-to-peer connectivity and enhancing logging for better performance and debugging. This was the latest release and there was another release of v2.3.0 last week.
- Developed by: @Martti Malmi
- Source: https://github.com/irislib/iris-client/releases/tag/app-v2.3.1
10. Keychat - v1.36.5+6460
Keychat is a chat application that integrates Bitcoin Ecash, Nostr, Signal, and MLS protocols for secure messaging. This release replaces the Cashu SDK with the official implementation, adds local profiles and profile sharing within chats, improves browser performance, supports device authentication, and redesigns message sending status and the raw data page. This was the latest release and there was also the release of v1.36.5+6459 last week.
- Developed by: kcdev
- Source: https://github.com/keychat-io/keychat-app/releases/tag/v1.36.5%2B6460
🎁 Developer Tools / Guides, Updates and Releases
1. Design Patterns for Nostr UX - New Developer Guide
Design Patterns for Nostr UX is an evidence-based collection of user experience patterns and best practices for building Nostr applications that real people will enjoy and adopt.
- Developed by: @shawn
- Source: https://github.com/shawnyeager/nostr-ux-research
2. Mostro CLI - v0.14.3
Mostro CLI is a command-line interface tool for the Mostro peer-to-peer platform, enabling users to manage replaceable events and session data. In this release, it added automatic creation of a local changelog.md during cargo release and fixed the receiver of the restore session message.
- Developed by: @Pinball Wizard
- Source: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro-cli/releases/tag/v0.14.3
3. SNSTR (Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades) - v0.1.5
SNSTR (Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades) is a lightweight TypeScript library for interacting with the Nostr protocol, offering a simple API with minimal dependencies. This release introduces a WebSocket abstraction layer with dynamic implementation resolution and in-memory support for sandboxed tests, migrates Jest setup to TypeScript for better type safety, and enhances the relay implementation with improved validation, error handling, and security filtering utilities for NIP-19. Additional updates include new relay info management utilities, unified socket event wiring, ephemeral relay server improvements, and fixes for WebSocket selection and error signaling.
- Developed by: @bitcoinplebdev
- Source: https://github.com/AustinKelsay/snstr/releases/tag/v0.1.5
🌐 Relay Updates and Releases
No Relay Updates and Releases for last week.
👋 Stay in Touch & Zap
Nostr is built by the plebs, for the plebs. If you found this 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 Forty-Ninth Nostr Recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #NostrRecap, and let’s keep #GrowNostr together.
🙌 Credits
Thank you @Jurjen de Vries for giving me this idea!
A big shoutout to @rabble for your generous patronage!
Thank you, my brother @samalka for helping me to make the graphic stuff in this recap!
Recap by @Nomishka