🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (20th April 2026 - 72nd Edition)

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@npub14hq5...jjzu

“Nostr is full of high IQ people because the protocol has zero mechanism to reward you for being dumb. Every other platform has that built in.”#

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1. Let’s help this sweet furry friend for his recovery ❤️#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

2. A Nostrich that frustrated a lot about centralization 👇🏻#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

3. Seems like some nostriches will join this 😍#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

4. You can remove these busted ones from your relay list 👇🏻#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

5. A sky specialist jumps into Nostr 👨🏻‍✈️#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

6. So happy to see a Nostr family member is recovering 🙂#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

7. This is so awesome! 🤩#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

8. This is so true 👇🏻#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

9. He is so happy to be a dad 👨🏻‍🍼#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

10. Smile is a medicine for everyone. ☺️#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

11. The entire world will realize the value of Nostr step by step 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

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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://nostrarchives.com/analytics,#

Top 3 Popular Clients by Usage:#

👉🏻 Amethyst - 328 Users - 1.6k Notes#

👉🏻 Primal Android - 245 Users - 973 Notes#

👉🏻 Primal Web - 146 Users - 399 Notes#

Top 3 Popular Relays by Usage:#

👉🏻 http://relay.damus.io/ - 196.5k Users#

👉🏻 http://relay.momostr.pink/ - 188.7k Users#

👉🏻 http://relay.primal.net/ - 163.0k Users#

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

👉🏻 Publishing Users last week : 401.0K (+20.9%)#

👉🏻 New Publishing Users Last week : 314.1K (+90.0%)#

👉🏻 All-time Zap Count : 6.70M#

👉🏻 All-time Zap BTC Amount : 42.47 BTC#

👉🏻 All-time Zap Senders : 175.4K#

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

During last week:#

👉🏻 Total Users: 3,562, compared to 3,181 users the week before#

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

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No Educational Guides for last week.#

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1. Nostr Atlanta #12 - Lunch & Learn - Spaces Workshop - April 2026#

📅 Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
⏰ Time: 12.00 PM - 2.00 PM EDT
📍 Location: ATL BitLab, 684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE UNIT A1, Atlanta, GA 30312, United States

🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @npub1ve8q...9ka6

🔗 Event:

https://plektos.app/event/naddr1qvzqqqrukvpzqejwqu87yhnkmh8054yjnsx7gtk26zqspy6s0cjdu33zqagumda2qqvrvwtyxscnqcekxcervc33vyurzvnrvymnqv34x5adpkqx

2. Learn how to use ColSats with Mostro - April 2026#

📅 Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026
⏰ Time: 7.00 PM - 8.00 PM COT
📍 Location: Online Meetup

🤹‍♀️ Organizers: ColBitcoin

🔗 Event:

https://www.satlantis.io/events/2092/Aprende-a-usar-ColSats-con-Mostro

3. NosVegas 2026 - April 2026#

📅 Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 7.00 PM - 1.00 AM PDT
📍 Location: We All Scream Night Club, 517 Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV 89101, United States

🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @npub18ams...p424

🔗 Event:

https://plektos.app/event/naddr1qvzqqqrukvpzq0mhp4ja8fmy48zuk5p6uy37vtk8tx9dqdwcxm32sy8nsaa8gkeyqqwkummnwejkwctn95erqv3k95cnwden8yenxvp4x5mnqd3dxq06jlj6

4. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - May 2026#

📅 Date: Sunday, May 03, 2026
⏰ Time: 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM MDT
📍 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/mlcdqtyjchbfb/

5. Nostr Nights #2 @ Bitcoin Park Nashville - May 2026#

📅 Date: Monday, May 11, 2026
⏰ Time: 6.00 PM - 8.30 PM CDT
📍 Location: Bitcoin Park, 1910, 21st Avenue South, Nashville, Davidson County, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, 37212, United States

🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @npub18ams...p424

🔗 Event:

https://plektos.app/event/naddr1qvzqqqrukvpzq0mhp4ja8fmy48zuk5p6uy37vtk8tx9dqdwcxm32sy8nsaa8gkeyqquxummnw3ez6mnfva58guedyvez6spdvf5hgcm0d9hz6urpwf4j6mnpwd58v6tvd3jj6vfhxu6nsv3hxvurydp38qknqzq9nmj

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1. Why Your Reputation Needs Nostr#

@npub1e86g...5ump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1eeflzJXi8

2. Nostr & Fountain: the future of decentralized music streaming#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw2-H_Ie8tE

3. Soapbox Sessions Episode 33: AI Music Contra-Versy, The NosVegas Show & Derek Broke the AI Budget#

@npub1nl8r...f9d0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i60TjBUwB1U

4. Digital innovation without censorship#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np-NrODebBs

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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 @npub1l2vy...ajft for providing this data.

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: @npub1f4uy...r407

   • Zaps Received: 428
   • Sats Earned: 44k

2. Name: @npub1utx0...50e8

   • Zaps Received: 254
   • Sats Earned: 39k

3. Name: @npub1lrnv...qnw5

   • Zaps Received: 194
   • Sats Earned: 12k

🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers#

1. Name: @npub1dsn6...2h64

   • Zaps Sent: 1595
   • Sats Spent: 123k

2. Name: @npub1n8a9...vprc

   • Zaps Sent: 182
   • Sats Spent: 11k

3. Name: @npub1hgvt...9jnv

   • Zaps Sent: 118
   • Sats Spent: 4k

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received#

1. Name: @npub103m9...d3h5

   • Sats Earned: 416k
   • Zaps Received: 141

2. Name: @npub10uth...xdlq

   • Sats Earned: 226k
   • Zaps Received: 24

3. Name: @npub1hpnv...tplc

   • Sats Earned: 138k
   • Zaps Received: 25

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent#

1. Name: Kaptain173

   • Sats Spent: 251k
   • Zaps Sent: 2

2. Name: @npub1dsn6...2h64

   • Sats Spent: 123k
   • Zaps Sent: 1595

3. Name: @npub1a3um...mdj6

   • Sats Spent: 90k
   • Zaps Sent: 9

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

🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped#

1. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
   • Zaps Received: 43
   • Sats Earned: 4k
2. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
   • Zaps Received: 31
   • Sats Earned: 9k
3. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
   • Zaps Received: 30
   • Sats Earned: 3k

🔥 Top 3: Most Sats#

1. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
   • Sats Earned: 90k
   • Zaps Received: 1
2. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
   • Sats Earned: 32k
   • Zaps Received: 2
3. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
   • Sats Earned: 9k
   • Zaps Received: 31

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1. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
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3. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
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5. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
6. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
7. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
8. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
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10. ⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

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1. Amber - v6.0.3#

Amber is a mobile Nostr event signer for Android used to securely sign actions for other apps. This release fixes race conditions and relay reconnection issues, improves intent handling, adds account index support for seed words, and includes background update checks along with general dependency upgrades and stability improvements. This was the latest, and there was another release of v6.0.2 last week.

Contributed by: @npub1w4us...0jr5

• Source: https://github.com/greenart7c3/Amber/releases/tag/v6.0.3

2. Aegis - v0.5.0#

Aegis is a cross-platform Nostr signer that enables secure event signing across apps and connections. The v0.5.0 release improves bulk authorization with clearer selection controls, enhances app permission management with usage tracking and quick resets, and upgrades remote signing (NIP-46) with better UX, error handling, and support for NIP-04 and NIP-44 encryption.

Contributed by: ZharlieW

• Source: https://github.com/ZharlieW/Aegis/releases/tag/v0.5.0

3. Comet - alpha-97c979f#

Comet is a local-first encrypted notes app built with Tauri, React, TypeScript, and Rust, using Nostr for sync. This release is a small update that improves navigation by allowing users to focus on the next note without triggering unwanted scrolling, enhancing the editing experience. This was the latest, and there was another release (alpha-95f47bd) last week.

Contributed by: Christian Chiarulli

• Source: https://github.com/nodetec/comet/releases/tag/alpha-97c979f

4. Nymchat - v3.58.287#

Nymchat is an ephemeral chat client built on Nostr (bridged with Bitchat) for anonymous, temporary messaging. This release is a small hotfix fixing an issue where user settings were not saving properly, improving reliability and user experience. Although this was the latest release, the releases of v3.58.286 and v3.58.285 were also last week.

Contributed by: @npub16jdf...33sv

• Source: https://github.com/Spl0itable/NYM/releases/tag/v3.58.287

5. WaveFunc Radio - v0.1.2#

WaveFunc Radio is a Nostr-based internet radio directory and player with full-text search for discovering and streaming stations. The v0.1.2 release improves search reliability with better indexing and client-side matching, adds remote reindexing capability, and includes updated release process documentation. This was the latest release of the week, and there were also the releases of v0.1.1 and v0.1.0 last week.

Contributed by: @npub182jc...m4rf

• Source: https://github.com/zeSchlausKwab/wavefunc/releases/tag/v0.1.2

6. Wisp - v0.18.0-beta#

Wisp is a minimal Android Nostr client used for browsing feeds, media, and messaging on the Nostr network. This release adds support for custom emoji rendering, BlurHash and richer media metadata, a fullscreen image viewer with encrypted DM support, persistent feed state, and introduces on-device AI spam detection and a Web of Trust-based content filter, along with various stability and rendering fixes. There was another release (v0.17.6-beta) also last week.

Contributed by: @npub1utx0...50e8

• Source: https://github.com/barrydeen/wisp/releases/tag/v0.18.0-beta

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1. Mostro Core - v0.8.4#

Mostro Core is a Rust-based library that provides peer-to-peer functionality for decentralized applications and underpins the Mostro daemon. This release introduces a new “NotAuthorized” cant-do reason to improve error handling and clarity, along with routine changelog updates and release maintenance.

Contributed by: @npub1qqqq...rfkq

• Source: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro-core/releases/tag/v0.8.4

2. Angor - v0.2.9#

Angor is a decentralized peer-to-peer funding protocol built on Bitcoin and Nostr for creating and managing funding projects. This release is marked as unstable and includes major repository restructuring, new design app features (wallet handling, project management, debug tools), improved fund recovery flows, UI fixes, and significantly expanded testing coverage and SDK improvements. This was the biggest release, and there were also the releases of v0.2.10 and v0.2.11 last week.

Contributed by: @npub1ldsm...zsk3 TheDude, NIKUNJ KUMAR GOND

• Source: https://github.com/block-core/angor/releases/tag/v0.2.9

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1. Nosflare - v7.9.44#

Nosflare is a serverless Nostr relay built for Cloudflare Workers with a Cloudflare D1 database backend. This release focuses on backend reliability with further database optimizations, improving overall performance and stability of the relay. This was the latest release, and there were also the releases of v7.9.43 and v7.9.42 last week.

Contributed by: @npub16jdf...33sv

• Source: https://github.com/Spl0itable/nosflare/releases/tag/v7.9.44

2. Pyramid - v1.2.5#

Pyramid is a Nostr relay system for building community-based, hierarchical relay networks (infrastructure tool) that lets users create and manage customizable sub-relays for communities. The v1.2.5 release improves group data handling by ensuring deleted events are properly removed from group search indexes, improving consistency and cleanup across community feeds. The latest release of the week was v1.2.6.

Contributed by: @npub180cv...h6w6

• Source: https://github.com/fiatjaf/pyramid/releases/tag/v1.2.5

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

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