🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (23rd February 2026 - 64th Edition)

“Sometimes I sit back in awe of the fact that we’re able to communicate on a decentralized, open-source communication protocol created by a pseudonymous developer and we can zap each other money via a decentralized, open-source monetary protocol created by another pseudonymous when we see a meme we like.#
Idk man, it’s fucking wild. Grateful to be alive and aware at this moment in timespace.”#

@npub1k3ry...f820

“Twitter down.#
Nostr is never down.”#

1. It’s ready for the Zapstore. Let’s help with testing ( pages 9-11) 🤝🏻#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

2. Nostr featured in the second edition of Proof of Work Magazine. A great article by Aza (Pages 9-11) 👏🏻#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

https://proofofworkmagazine.com/magazine#magazine

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://stats.andotherstuff.org/,#

👉🏻 Publishing Users last week: 256.5k (-27.5%)#

👉🏻 New Users Last week : 584.8K (+301.7%)#

👉🏻 All-time Zap Count : 6.52M#

👉🏻 All-time BTC Amount : 41.97BTC#

👉🏻 All-time Zap Senders : 171.3k#

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

During last week:#

👉🏻 Total Users: 2,592, compared to 2,180 users the week before#

Many thanks to https://stats.andotherstuff.org/ by @npub1zuua...c2uc https://npub.world/stats by @npub176p7...vgup and @npub1wf4p...dgh9 and all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr for providing these insights.

1. Lightning and Nostr: Own Your Data & Identity#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxqWxYFCu20

2. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 83: Metadados de Arquivo (File Metadata)#

@npub19g6k...mmgs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOv4ThCrMUo

3. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 84: Integração de Armazenamento de Arquivos HTTP#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFpFjjq8-wo

4. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 85: Autenticação HTTP (HTTP Auth)#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3JRL0WWIgo

5. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 86: Anúncios classificados (Classified Listings)#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF72-R_bv6I

6. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 87: Mensagens de voz (Voice Messages)#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHEtoCep0Ng

7. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 88: Mensagens Públicas (Public Messages)#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD0HmOzE0PE

8. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 89: Marcação de Páginas Web (Web Bookmarking)#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak_d8QGZqhc

9. Learn Nostr Step by Step#

@npub1p6t6...peyl

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

https://nostrich.love/guides

1. Nostr live talk radio#

📅 Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM GMT
📍 Location: https://cornychat.com/nostrradio
🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @npub1c0rn...tlvg

🔗 Event:

https://plektos.app/event/naddr1qvzqqqrukvpzps78xgf0kmxc35dvcx8ksjwxvrzx50yh9066wek9jwxsvj0amjmuqq3kxmmjdeukx6rpwshxxmmd94hx7um5wfexzerfduknzdehxgerwv3cxqcq0hpj74

2. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - March 2026#

📅 Date: Sunday, March 1, 2026 (Every 1st Sunday of the month until December 6, 2026)
⏰ Time: 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM MST
📍 Location: Jives Coffee Lounge, 16 Colbrunn Ct, Colorado Springs, CO, United States

🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @npub1t3gx...9elk

🔗 Event:

https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-lightning-and-nostr-plebs/events/mlcdqtyjcfbcb/

1. Best Nostr Apps Ranked#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swaDxTnE-E

2. Nostria: Improve your Nostr following feed#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tSQAUc6eiU

3. Soapbox Sessions Episode 25: Doom & Bloom#

@npub10qdp...arpj @npub18ams...p424 @npub1nl8r...f9d0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni2u37LZhzM

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 @npub1l2vy...ajft for providing these data this far.

But the website https://zaplife.lol is not operating and delivering these data anymore. So we have to wait & see if it is temporary or permanent. If it is permanently down, I hope to find an alternative to provide you these data for the future. Thank you for your patience. 😊

1. Coracle - 0.6.30#

Coracle is a web-based Nostr client focused on advanced relay management, web-of-trust moderation, and privacy features. This 0.6.30 version adds support for video thumbnails, improving media browsing and the overall content viewing experience.

Contributed by: @npub1jlrs...ynqn

Source: https://github.com/coracle-social/coracle/releases/tag/0.6.30

2. Mostro - v0.16.3#

Mostro is a production-ready, censorship-resistant, non-custodial Lightning Network peer-to-peer exchange platform built on Nostr. This release adds a plain Docker image with StartOS support, introduces configurable per-event-kind expiration to reduce storage growth, fixes a privacy issue preventing buyer invoice leaks in direct messages, resolves Docker database startup password handling, and includes general maintenance updates.

Contributed by: @npub1qqqq...rfkq @npub1catr...euhz @npub1qqpn...l2ng mostronator

Source: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro/releases/tag/v0.16.3

3. Mostro Mobile Client - v1.2.0+2 (⚡ Version 1.2.0 Beta ⚡)#

Mostro Mobile Client is a mobile application for the Mostro peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform. This version introduces a built-in Lightning wallet with full Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) integration, enabling automatic invoice generation and payment for buyers and sellers. The update also improves UX with confirmation dialogs, cleaner payment methods, consistent button styling, and fixes chat input issues. Under-the-hood improvements address restore crashes, memory leaks, and pending state handling for smoother trading.

Contributed by: @npub1qqqq...rfkq @npub1catr...euhz @npub1x36m...ry8j mostronator

Source: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mobile/releases/tag/v1.2.0%2B2

4. Nostur - v1.26.0#

Nostur is a powerful Nostr client for iOS, designed to provide a smooth and decentralized social and messaging experience. This release introduces a Live Streams feed, allowing users to watch creators and events in real time. A new Settings screen and a mentions count on posts make account management and engagement tracking much easier. Direct Messages have been enhanced with a year header and improved handling of the new message format, while GIF support now includes a Klipy fallback for uninterrupted media access. Additionally, numerous bug fixes and performance improvements ensure the app runs faster, more reliably, and offers a more enjoyable experience for Nostr users on iOS.

Contributed by: @npub1n0st...lahe

Source: https://github.com/nostur-com/nostur-ios-public/releases/tag/1.26.0

5. Ridestr - v0.2.6#

Ridestr is a decentralized rideshare platform built on Nostr, enabling seamless peer-to-peer ride booking with Cashu payments. This release focuses on improving reliability and accessibility for all users. It fixes issues like drivers disappearing from the nearby list when changing payment methods and ensures the selected driver count updates correctly when drivers go offline. Accessibility has been enhanced with TalkBack support, and the “Send to All” function now works reliably on fresh driver installs. Additionally, numerous UI enhancements and other fixes make the app smoother, more intuitive, and easier to navigate for both riders and drivers.

Contributed by: @npub1psls...4hf7

Source: https://github.com/variablefate/ridestr/releases/tag/v0.2.6

6. diVine - 1.0.5 - Android Test - Pre-Release Alpha#

diVine is a decentralized short-form video app on Nostr, inspired by Vine’s creativity. This release adds detailed view event tracking for creator analytics and engagement metrics. It improves relay performance with better discovery, accurate follower counts, and NIP-46 remote signer support. The update also fixes video previews, login flows, and safe-area issues for edge-to-edge screens. New features include password-manager autofill hints, profile grid pool players, and updated automation themes for a smoother user experience. This was the latest and there was also the release of “1.0.4 - Android Test - Pre-Release Alpha” last week.

Contributed by: @npub1wmr3...g240 @npub1pmwz...4nu6

Source: https://github.com/divinevideo/divine-mobile/releases/tag/1.0.5

1. Hashtree - New Developer tool#

Hashtree is a content-addressed filesystem built for Nostr that organizes data using Merkle trees. Files are split into chunks, hashed, and optionally encrypted by default (CHK), enabling secure and verifiable storage. By publishing Merkle roots, Hashtree provides mutable addresses in the format npub/tree/path, allowing content to be updated without changing its public reference. It integrates with Blossom-compatible storage backends and supports peer-to-peer retrieval via WebRTC for decentralized data distribution.

Developed by: @npub1g53m...drvk

Source: https://files.iris.to/#/npub1xndmdgymsf4a34rzr7346vp8qcptxf75pjqweh8naa8rklgxpfqqmfjtce/hashtree

2. Mostro Core - v0.7.1#

Mostro Core is a Rust-based library that provides the peer-to-peer foundation for building Mostro-based decentralized applications and the Mostro daemon. This release focuses on backend improvements to dispute handling, including refactoring the dispute initiator into an enum with SQLx support, updating restore models and restored dispute data, along with minor maintenance and changelog updates. This was the latest release, and there was also the release of v0.16.3 last week.

Contributed by: @npub1qqqq...rfkq @npub1x36m...ry8j

Source: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro-core/releases/tag/v0.7.1

1. HAVEN - v1.2.0#

HAVEN is a sovereign personal Nostr relay for securely storing and backing up sensitive data such as private messages, eCash, and drafts. This release introduces major features including multi-pubkey whitelisting, public key blacklisting, a fully redesigned portable JSONL-based backup and restore system with cloud support, configurable Web of Trust depth with automatic refresh, improved access-control policies and performance optimizations, along with breaking changes that consolidate WoT environment settings and replace legacy AWS/GCP backups with a unified S3-compatible storage approach.

Contributed by: Anthony Accioly, Logen, girino, Sergei Gnezdov, Sergey B., sudocarlos, John Lambrechts

Source: https://github.com/bitvora/haven/releases/tag/v1.2.0

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 Sixty Fourth Nostr Recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #NostrRecap and let’s keep #GrowNostr together.

Thank you @npub1l77t...swft for this amazing idea!

A big shoutout to @npub1wmr3...g240 for his generous patronage!

Thank you, my younger brother @npub1nu5r...hjyn for helping me with writing the content and making graphic stuff for my Nostr Recaps!

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🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (23rd February 2026 - 64th Edition)

Idk man, it’s fucking wild. Grateful to be alive and aware at this moment in timespace.”#

“Twitter down.#

Nostr is never down.”#

1. It’s ready for the Zapstore. Let’s help with testing ( pages 9-11) 🤝🏻#

2. Nostr featured in the second edition of Proof of Work Magazine. A great article by Aza (Pages 9-11) 👏🏻#

3. In this episode Rabble is with Anil Dash 👇🏻#

4. An interesting conversation between two lady Nostriches 😍#

5. An amazing feature has introduced by Geyser? 🤩#

6. Another nice tool to the Nostr world 😍#

7. What about you? 🫵🏻#

8. How amazing are these Nostr artworks? 😱#

9. Indeed, All of us are so grateful for Nostr ❤️#

10. We wish you a happy seventh birthday, ZEUS wallet 🥳#

11. Help needed for the App Development 🆘#

12. This is absolutely true 💯#

13. Love this grace, love and humanity for animal that exist on Nostr ❤️#

14. A pretty lady artist becomes a Nostrich 🫶🏻#

15. A popular lady podcaster is so glad about Nostr 👇🏻#

16. Have any of you experienced this as an unauthenticated user? 👇🏻#

17. Do you agree, plebs? 🫵🏻#

18. They are strongly destroying the freedom 🤮#

19. We need more billboards like this in present too 👇🏻#

20. A lady Nostrich back to Nostr after a while 👇🏻#

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

👉🏻 Publishing Users last week: 256.5k (-27.5%)#

👉🏻 New Users Last week : 584.8K (+301.7%)#

👉🏻 All-time Zap Count : 6.52M#

👉🏻 All-time BTC Amount : 41.97BTC#

👉🏻 All-time Zap Senders : 171.3k#

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

During last week:#

👉🏻 Total Users: 2,592, compared to 2,180 users the week before#

1. Lightning and Nostr: Own Your Data & Identity#

2. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 83: Metadados de Arquivo (File Metadata)#

3. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 84: Integração de Armazenamento de Arquivos HTTP#

4. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 85: Autenticação HTTP (HTTP Auth)#

5. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 86: Anúncios classificados (Classified Listings)#

6. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 87: Mensagens de voz (Voice Messages)#

7. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 88: Mensagens Públicas (Public Messages)#

8. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 89: Marcação de Páginas Web (Web Bookmarking)#

9. Learn Nostr Step by Step#

1. Nostr live talk radio#

2. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - March 2026#

1. Best Nostr Apps Ranked#

2. Nostria: Improve your Nostr following feed#

3. Soapbox Sessions Episode 25: Doom & Bloom#

1. Coracle - 0.6.30#

2. Mostro - v0.16.3#

3. Mostro Mobile Client - v1.2.0+2 (⚡ Version 1.2.0 Beta ⚡)#

4. Nostur - v1.26.0#

5. Ridestr - v0.2.6#

6. diVine - 1.0.5 - Android Test - Pre-Release Alpha#

1. Hashtree - New Developer tool#

2. Mostro Core - v0.7.1#

1. HAVEN - v1.2.0#

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