🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (20th July 2026 - 85th Edition)
The 85th edition of your weekly Nostr newsletter.
“I love Nostr…… but there ‘s fuckin noone here. I shall remain though as I believe in it. That to me at my age is where i’m at. I don’t blame younger folk fuckin’ off back to shitsville though tbh”#
1. This is too bad. Nostr is the one & only solution 👇🏻#
2. Lovely persons make this world so nice ❤️#
3. A nice music track out 🎶#
4. These kind of moments are heartbreaking 😢#
5. A new chapter of Nostr DM is gonna start 💬#
6. A nostrich who has realized the value of family ❤️#
7. A song by ‘Right Said Fred’ starts its 36th year 🥳#
8. An important life lesson from a nostrich 👇🏻#
9. Become a nice person during your lifetime too, not after your death 👈🏻#
10. This version would be nice 😍#
11. A pleb who loves Nostr a lot 👇🏻#
12. What about you guys? 🫵🏻#
13. This drawing is amazing. Isn’t it? 😍#
14. Do you feel the same nostriches? 🫵🏻#
15. One of the reasons that mickey loves Nostr 👇🏻#
Nostr was not growing, and it has had a recession for the last week.#
According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are over 240 Nostr clients and over 500 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe now.
According to https://nostrarchives.com/analytics,#
Top 3 Popular Clients by Usage (For 7 days):#
👉🏻 Primal iOS - 837 Users - 9.3k Notes#
👉🏻 Amethyst - 757 Users - 12.4k Notes#
👉🏻 Primal Android - 573 Users - 5.7k Notes#
Top 3 Popular Relays by Usage (by NIP-65 relay lists):#
👉🏻 http://relay.momostr.pink/ - 311.2k Users#
👉🏻 http://relay.damus.io/ - 244.1k Users#
👉🏻 http://relay.primal.net/ - 208.4k Users#
According to https://stats.andotherstuff.org/,#
👉🏻 Publishing Users last week: 7.65M (-4.7%)#
👉🏻 New Publishing Users Last week: 6.63M (-10.4%)#
👉🏻 All-time Zap Count: 6.96M#
👉🏻 All-time Zap BTC Amount: 43.22 BTC#
👉🏻 All-time Zap Senders: 179.5K#
According to https://npub.world/stats,#
During last week:#
👉🏻 Total Users: 3,286 users, compared to 2,747 users the week before#
Many thanks to the developers of https://nostrarchives.com/analytics, https://stats.andotherstuff.org/ by
1. Nostr 101: A Beginner’s Guide to the Social Protocol#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwROfwIeG5k
2. Nostr, an open source database?#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIiCTeeuWk
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:
2. Edufeed Community Call - August 2026#
📅 Date: Wednesday, August 05, 2026
⏰ Time: 10.30 AM - 11.30 AM GMT+2
📍 Location: Online (https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/8476421102?pwd=NEpHeTZ1YjVVSE1WQVFNL3VpaFdHQT09#success)
🤹♀️ Organizers:
🔗 Event:
1. Building for Freedom and Mastery on Nostr#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBOQaM3HzX8
2. I will see you on nostr#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPqT_aAZcwQ
3. Demonstrating Armada by Soapbox, a new community chat app#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuU8677zNuI
4. Strange Love’s Alex Nicol on Bitcoin, Nostr, and Reaching New Fans#
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kuM7_VaOns
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
Here are the Top Zapped/Top Zappers from last week, showcasing the creators who received/sent the most engagement:#
🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped#
Name:
@npub1f4uy...r407 - Zaps Received: 414
- Sats Earned: 78k
Name:
@npub1hpnv...tplc - Zaps Received: 253
- Sats Earned: 559k
Name:
@npub1uwje...axfl - Zaps Received: 193
- Sats Earned: 8k
🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers#
Name:
@npub1dsn6...2h64 - Zaps Sent: 1100
- Sats Spent: 29k
Name:
@npub1vyrx...fy55 - Zaps Sent: 182
- Sats Spent: 2k
Name:
@npub193je...ny6k - Zaps Sent: 96
- Sats Spent: 3k
💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received#
Name:
@npub1hpnv...tplc - Sats Earned: 559k
- Zaps Received: 253
Name:
@npub103m9...d3h5 - Sats Earned: 228k
- Zaps Received: 89
Name:
@npub1qny3...95gx - Sats Earned: 217k
- Zaps Received: 37
💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent#
Name: “The name is not visible”
- Sats Spent: 128k
- Zaps Sent: 5
Name:
@npub1t04c...53m9 - Sats Spent: 104k
- Zaps Sent: 19
Name:
@npub1az9x...m8y8 - Sats Spent: “Not clearly mentioned the sats amount”
- Zaps Sent: 1
Here are the Top Zapped from last week, showcasing notes that received the most engagement:#
🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped#
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) - Zaps Received: 341
- Sats Earned: 89k
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) - Zaps Received: 59
- Sats Earned: 41k
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) - Zaps Received: 44
- Sats Earned: 8k
🔥 Top 3: Most Sats#
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) - Sats Earned: 90k
- Zaps Received: 8
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) - Sats Earned: 89k
- Zaps Received: 341
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) - Sats Earned: 56k
- Zaps Received: 5
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...) ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
1. Armada - New Tool#
Armada is a decentralized, end-to-end encrypted community chat platform built on the Nostr protocol that delivers a Discord-like experience with servers, channels, threads, voice chat, and moderation without relying on a central company or host.
Developed by:
2. Zapstore - 1.1.0#
Zapstore is an open Android app store where developers can publish apps directly and communities can curate and discover them through a decentralized model. This release introduces portable encrypted device state with Amber backup support, background auto-updates, device-signed app catalog events, NIP-56 app reporting, diagnostic log exports, and improved app verification before installation. It also enhances offline-first releases, deep link handling, app data management, restore reliability, and update performance.
Contributed by:
3. Earthly - v0.0.1#
Earthly is a collaborative map editor built on Nostr that allows people to create, share, and enrich local knowledge maps using decentralized data. In v0.0.1, the first release introduced the Android app, NIP-50 geo search support, AI chat improvements, automatic icons, and article/context generation features. This was the biggest release of the week, and the latest was v0.0.2.
Contributed by: Schlaus Kwab
4. Alby Lightning Browser Extension - v3.14.5 (The Witch’s Broom Nebula)#
Alby Lightning Browser Extension is a Bitcoin Lightning wallet extension that brings Lightning and Nostr integration to the web, acting as a wallet interface for multiple Lightning nodes and a signer for Nostr, Liquid, and on-chain Bitcoin applications. This release improved onboarding with Alby Hub, removed deprecated wallet connectors, updated swap flows, upgraded security dependencies, and migrated the cryptographic stack to newer versions.
Contributed by:
5. NosCall - v0.6.0#
NosCall is a secure audio and video calling app built on the Nostr protocol for decentralized communication. In v0.6.0, the release introduced a built-in Cashu wallet with Lightning and ecash support, added relay-based push notifications using NIP-9A, migrated Android notifications to UnifiedPush, improved iOS VoIP support, and enhanced networking, app lifecycle, and call handling.
Contributed by: sana
6. Vector - v0.4.1 (Pre-release)#
Vector is a decentralized, censorship-resistant messaging platform built on Nostr, providing secure audio, video, and text communication without KYC or advertising. This pre-release introduced Concord v2 communities, Discord-style slash commands and bots, disappearing messages, privacy-focused notifications, image metadata controls, performance improvements, and numerous fixes for messaging, media handling, Tor, notifications, and synchronization. There was also the release v.0.4.0 last week.
Contributed by:
7. Nostrord - v2.3.0#
Nostrord is a NIP-29-compatible Nostr client that provides community and group communication features on top of the Nostr protocol. In v2.3.0, the release added cross-platform user muting, improved NIP-29 moderation support, enhanced group invites and relay handling, added Tor relay support, improved account recovery and signer reliability, and introduced additional security protections for plain-key accounts.
Contributed by:
8. Nostr Mail Client - v0.14.2#
Nostr Mail Client is a Flutter-based email client built on Nostr that enables users to send and receive encrypted emails through the Nostr protocol. In v0.14.2, the release fixed macOS sign-in issues and improved account storage reliability in signed release builds. This was the latest of the week, and there were also the releases of v0.14.1 & v0.14.0.
Contributed by:
9. NoorNote - v1.2.8#
NoorNote is a Nostr client for interacting with the decentralized social protocol, providing a user-friendly interface for browsing and engaging with Nostr content. This release improved Nostrord group notifications by preventing missed group posts on slow relays, added optional alerts for users’ own posts, and improved side-column navigation and tab management.
Contributed by:
10. Sidecar - v1.4.1#
Sidecar is a NIP-07 Nostr signing extension that works inside your browser’s side panel, providing secure key management, event signing, and wallet connectivity while keeping private keys on the user’s device. In v1.4.1, the release improved auto-lock behavior, strengthened PIN security with better brute-force protection, expanded the built-in app directory, and refined the notification interface. This was the latest release and there was also the release of v1.4.0 last week.
Contributed by:
1. SNSTR (Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades) - v0.5.0#
SNSTR is a secure, lightweight TypeScript library for building applications that interact with the Nostr protocol. In v0.5.0, the release eliminates remaining runtime and maintenance debt, improving the library's stability and maintainability ahead of the new version. This was the latest, and there was also the release of v0.4.0 last week.
Contributed by:
2. ZSP - 0.4.13#
ZSP is a command-line publishing tool for distributing Android apps to Nostr relays, primarily used by Zapstore. In v0.4.13, the release added a new has-new command, fixed GitLab path handling and APK parsing, and now rejects Wear OS APKs during publishing.
Contributed by:
1. Nostr-Relay - v0.0.247#
Nostr-Relay is a Nostr relay built on the Relayer framework that enables communication between Nostr clients and the decentralized network. In v0.0.247, the release adds support for advertising NIP-17 in the supported_nips field, allowing clients to discover that the relay supports private direct messaging features defined by the NIP. This was the latest, and there were 2 more releases (v0.0.246 & v0.0.245) last week.
Contributed by:
1. Concord - New Protocol#
Concord is a decentralized protocol built on Nostr that enables end-to-end encrypted communities and channels with Discord-like features, without centralized servers or a controlling company.
Developed by:
2. Angor - 0.2.32 (Unstable Release)#
Angor is a decentralized peer-to-peer crowdfunding protocol (in alpha stage) built on Bitcoin and Nostr. This unstable release improved security with stronger key handling and BIP-32/BIP-341 enhancements, refined funding and wallet reliability, added live funder monitoring and project improvements, and included numerous fixes for relay handling, portfolio recovery, logging, and user experience.
Contributed by:
1. Buzz - v0.4.18#
Buzz is a collaborative workspace built on Nostr where humans and AI agents can work together through a relay you control. In v0.4.18, the release fixed community access issues by improving recovery for first-time community joins and restoring visibility for communities after access problems. This was the latest and there were also a lot more releases last week.
Contributed by: Bradley Axen, morgmart, Tyler, Wes, Pavlenex, Atish Patel, Kalvin C
1. Relayer - v2.2.14#
Relayer is a framework for building and running Nostr relay servers, providing tools and infrastructure for developers creating custom relay implementations. This release fixes the release workflow project paths after example projects were moved, improving the reliability of the release process. This was the latest, and there were also the releases of v2.2.13 & v2.2.12 last week.
Contributed by:
2. Lightning.Pub - v0.0.31#
Lightning.Pub is a Nostr-native Lightning node management platform that allows users to share and control their Lightning nodes through Nostr while enabling integration with compatible web applications. In v0.0.31, the release added compatibility with LND 0.20.x by updating internal gRPC support, ensuring Lightning.Pub continues to work with the latest Lightning node version.
Contributed by: Justin (shocknet)
3. Nostr-VPN - v4.0.98#
Nostr-VPN is a Tailscale-style private mesh VPN built around a FIPS-backed peer-to-peer data plane, using Nostr for secure peer discovery and coordination. This release improved production network topology testing, added persistent LAN discovery settings, integrated StartOS packaging, strengthened WSS-based peer connections, and improved routing, WebRTC handling, security validation, and network reliability. Although this was the latest, there were also the releases of v4.0.96 & v4.0.95 last week.
Contributed by:
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-Fifth Nostr Recap, share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #NostrRecap and let’s keep #GrowNostr together.
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Recap by
Nomishka
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nomishka@getalby.com Author of #nostrrecap | Bitcoin Advocate 🌟 | Frontend Dev from Sri Lanka 💻 | Studying Nostr 📚 | Motorbiker 🏍️ | Swimmer 🏊♂️ | Dog Lover 🐶 | #HTML #CSS #VanillaJS #SolidJS #Astro #React #WCAG #W3C