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=========================== #1 🧠 Quote of the Week =========================== paul keating “Healthy social media - Nostr Healthy computer - Daylight Healthy money - Bitcoin” =========================== #2 🔥 Community Highlights =========================== 1. Just 3 days left for Bitcoin FilmFest 2025 2. The unwillingness of jack with the term #sats 3. The #Nostr question 4. Proof of the #bitcoin payment 5. An Amazing talk with Uneven Cuckoo 6. The proof of lightning payment to #steaknshake 7. Nostria Publishment of SondreB 8. A Purple Konnektiv meeting with 8 people =========================== #3 🌱 Ecosystem Growth =========================== Nostr is growing fast! According to 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 nostr.watch, there are more than 1000 relays online in more than 40 countries. During this week: - Total zaps: 34,933, compared to 35,032 zaps the week before

- Total zap amount: 7,083,150, compared to 7,019,551 sats the week before

- Total events: 2,576,751, compared to 2,760,038 events the week before

Many thanks to stats.nostr.band by brugeman and all the contributors of github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr for providing these insights. ============================= #4 🎓 Educational Guide ============================= 1. How to use primal article editor 2. Publish long form content on #Primal by paul keating primal x.com/primal_app/status/1923378668534898999 =========================== #5 📅 Upcoming Events =========================== 1. The Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas - Nostr lounge - May 2025 📅 Date: May 28 - 29, 2025 ⏰ Time: At 1.00pm PDT 📍 Location: The Venetian Las Vegas (3355 South Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA) 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: Damus (28th meetup) - Terry Yiu, KernelKind, eric primal (29th meetup) - miljan, Marko, paul keating 🔗 Event: b.tc/conference/2025 2. NOSTRBAMA Nostr Conference - July 2025 📅 Date: July 15 - 17, 2025 📍 Location: The Hatch (upstairs Haberdasher), 113 Dauphin Street. Mobile, Alabama. 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: Other Mallory, Sergio, Riddler 🧡 🔗 Event: nostrbama.com ============================ #6 📰 Nostr in the Media ============================ 1. An unforgettable conversation with rabble: From Twitter to Nostr

2. The Precious discussion with Vitor Pamplona

3. Nostr, Surfing and Bitcoin inside the Bitcoin jungle

4. Paul Keating is using Daylight with Bitcoin x.com/thepaulosophy/status/1921929544795054385 =============================== #7 ⚡ 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 zaplife.lol by PABLOF7z for providing this data. Here are the top zapped posts from last week, showcasing creators who received the most engagement: 🔥 Top 3: Most Zaps 1. Zaps Received: 129 Sats Earned: 101k 2. Zaps Received: 84 Sats Earned: 50k 3. Zaps Received: 76 Sats Earned: 4k 💰 Top 3: Most Sats 1. Sats Earned: 101k Zaps Received: 129 2. Sats Earned: 91k Zaps Received: 40 3. Sats Earned: 50k Zaps Received: 84 ======================= #8 😂 Nostr Memes ======================= 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. ================================== #9 🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases ================================== 1. Nostria - A Nostr Client - New tool A user-focused Nostr client designed for accessibility, performance, and scalability. It runs on both web and desktop platforms, offering a seamless experience for interacting with the Nostr network, with an emphasis on simplicity and global usability. Developed by: SondreB Source: github.com/nostria-app/nostria 2. YakBak - Voice Message Social Platform - New tool A voice-first social platform built on the Nostr protocol, enabling users to share and engage with voice messages. Developed using React and TypeScript, it offers a smooth and interactive experience tailored for audio-based communication within the decentralized Nostr ecosystem. Developed by: Derek Ross Source: github.com/derekross/yakbak 3. Coracle - 0.6.17 Coracle is an experimental Nostr client focused on harnessing the power of multiple relays for a curated user experience. This release improves stability by fixing a crash in reaction notifications, adds a web of trust badge in DMs, makes usernames clickable in messages, reduces duplicate dependencies, and adds relays to the note options form, enhancing trust visibility, navigation, and relay control for users. This was the latest release, and there was release 0.6.16 also this week. Developed by: hodlbod Source: github.com/coracle-social/coracle/releases/tag/0.6.17 4. Amber - v3.4.1 Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android that keeps users' nsec keys securely isolated in a dedicated app. This release brings better Android compatibility by replacing deprecated APIs, improves performance and stability with a move to DataStore, adds temporary permission control, enhances QR code visibility, and fixes crashes and connection issues, resulting in a more secure, reliable, and user-friendly signing experience. This was the latest release, and there was the release of v3.4.0 also this week. Developed by: greenart7c3 Source: github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v3.4.1 =========================================== #10 🎁 Developer Tools, updates and Guides =========================================== 1. Servus - v0.1.11 Servus is a minimalist, all-in-one social media server packed into a single executable, serving as a CMS, personal Nostr relay, personal Blossom server, and NIP-05 server. This release introduces a theme API, content signing, and a cleaner admin interface, while dropping NIP-96 support and fixing Blossom OPTIONS headers. These updates enhance customization, security, and overall usability for self-hosted Nostr setups. Developed by: Cheerful Meerkat Source: github.com/servus-social/servus/releases/tag/v0.1.11 ====================================== #11 🌐 Relay Updates and Releases ====================================== 1. Citrine - v0.8.0 Citrine is a Nostr relay for Android that enables any compatible client to send and receive events directly through the app. This release adds support for protected events and authentication, introduces options to disable pokey broadcasts and disable start on boot, and improves backup tracking, offering users more privacy, control, and flexibility in managing their mobile relay. Developed by: greenart7c3 Source: github.com/greenart7c3/Citrine/releases/tag/v0.8.0 =================== 👋 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 twenty-fourth recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #nostrrecap, and let’s keep #grownostr together. A big shoutout to rabble for his generous patronage! Recap by Nomishka Dilshan