🧠 Quote of the Week#

@npub19aw7...fsmu

“Nostr is high signal social media 🤝”#

🔥 Community Highlights#

1. These are the signals that indicates Nostr grows 😍#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

2. You should listen to Rabble’s new one if you are a lover of Nostr and free speech 🎙️#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

🌱 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 790 relays online in more than 40 countries at the moment.

According to [https://npub.world/stats](https://npub.world/stats),#

During last week:#

Total Users: 4,412, compared to 3,851 users the week before#

According to https://stats.nostr.band,#

During last week:#

Total zaps: 33,541, compared to 47,962 zaps the week before#

Total zap senders: 2,799, compared to 3,865 plebs the week before#

Total zap amount: 9,124,949, compared to 7,656,984 sats the week before#

Total events: 4,090,071, compared to 10,271,175 events the week before#

Many thanks to https://npub.world/stats by @npub176p7...vgup and @npub1wf4p...dgh9 https://stats.nostr.band by @npub1xdtd...ntxy all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr and https://nostr.watch for providing these insights.

🎓 Educational Guides#

1. How to bridge your twitter to Nostr#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)

📅 Upcoming Events#

1. 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: @npub1r9zw...q8lx

🔗 Event: https://bitfest.uk/#nostrshire

2. Nostrasia - November 2025#

📅 Date: Saturday, November 22, 2025

⏰ Time: 1:00 PM - 9:00 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: @npub1w582...erjw

🎟️ Admission: Free

🔗 Event: https://nostrasia.com

📰 Nostr in the Media#

1. Shakespeare: AI-Powered App Creation on Nostr#

@npub18ams...p424

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7ZtV7kxkx4

2. What makes apps built on Nostr different#

@npub12vkc...pugg @npub1qny3...95gx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RBGFK4SmwI

3. How Nostr & Bitcoin Upgrade the Internet#

@npub1dtgg...up6m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyBJPPoSr9U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJFdPDNw2Q

5. How to get started using Nostr#

@npub1zqm9...x9fs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw3eZwUpPCE

6. Shadrach: Peer-to-Peer Physical Package Delivery Over Nostr#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XHVSFlBqDI

7. NOSTR Revolution: Why Every Twitter User Needs to Switch TODAY!#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSmeEEQ3sV4

8. Arkinox: Fanfares & New Tools for Creators#

@npub1nl8r...f9d0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxSFiA8Jsk0

9. NOSTR identities#

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mu_kz7D6kHE

10. TKay: Vibe Coding Nostr Onto Niche Hardware#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWBhKVr03Fw

11. How Nostr Achieved Massive Growth#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ryLB5tMHCk

12. Nostr Web of Trust (WoT) Can Be B2B#

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/enkhquWfv9U

13. Has AI Broken the Internet?#

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4TBThX4C9E

⚡ 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 @npub1l2vy...ajft 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#

Name: @npub1f4uy...r407
- Zaps Received: 843
- Sats Earned: 190k
Name: @npub1qny3...95gx
- Zaps Received: 499
- Sats Earned: 158k
Name: @npub1hpnv...tplc
- Zaps Received: 415
- Sats Earned: 606k

🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers#

Name: @npub1dsn6...2h64
- Zaps Sent: 957
- Sats Spent: 39k
Name: @npub1h6sn...3tt5
- Zaps Sent: 388
- Sats Spent: 219k
Name: @npub1zqre...x6yw
- Zaps Sent: 278
- Sats Spent: 428k

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received#

Name: @npub108cq...nvsn
- Sats Earned: 1M
- Zaps Received: 228
Name: @npub1hpnv...tplc
- Sats Earned: 607k
- Zaps Received: 416
Name: El notas
- Sats Earned: 390k
- Zaps Received: 15

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent#

Name: “Name is not visible”
- Sats Spent: 640k
- Zaps Sent: 144
Name: @npub1ynnj...u3gk
- Sats Spent: 598k
- Zaps Sent: 64
Name: “Name is not visible”
- Sats Spent: 514k
- Zaps Sent: 62

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: 168
- Sats Earned: 119k
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Zaps Received: 112
- Sats Earned: 19k
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Zaps Received: 82
- Sats Earned: 41k

🔥 Top 3: Most Sats#

⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Sats Earned: 400k
- Zaps Received: 1
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Sats Earned: 241k
- Zaps Received: 59
⚡View on Nostr (nevent1qvz...)
- Sats Earned: 119k
- Zaps Received: 168

😂 Nostr Memes#

🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases#

1. Flotilla - 1.4.0#

Flotilla is a Discord-like Nostr client built around the concept of “relays as groups,” enabling users to join and interact within community-based relay spaces. This release introduces message editing, improved synchronization logic, and room management features such as creation permissions, icon picking, and deletion. It also enhances navigation, performance, and mention suggestions while adding support for relay and group member lists, connection status indicators, and fixes for modals and zapper loading. This was the biggest release of the week and the latest release was 1.4.1.

Developed by: @npub1jlrs...ynqn
Source: https://github.com/coracle-social/flotilla/releases/tag/1.4.0

2. Primal Android App - 2.5.22#

Primal Android App is Primal’s Android client for the Nostr protocol, designed to deliver a fast, social, and media-rich Nostr experience on mobile. This latest release focuses on stability improvements, specifically fixing a crash issue that occurred when parsing invalid Lightning Network (LN) invoices.

Developed by: Aleksandar Ilic
Source: https://github.com/PrimalHQ/primal-android-app/releases/tag/2.5.22

3. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.16.45#

Nostr Ynstant Messenger is a lightweight ephemeral and persistent chat client built on the Nostr protocol, designed to bridge with Bitchat for anonymous and temporary messaging. This release delivers a hotfix resolving an issue where the user context menu failed to correctly identify the right user for blocking or slapping. This was the latest release and there were also some more multiple releases within the week. (v2.16.44, v2.16.42, v2.16.41. v2.16.40)

Developed by: @npub16jdf...33sv
Source: https://github.com/Spl0itable/NYM/releases/tag/v2.16.45

4. Iris - v2.2.4#

Iris is a Nostr client that provides a decentralized interface for messaging, posting, and networking on the Nostr protocol. The v2.2.4 release introduces key improvements, including support for Lightning and Nostr URI handling, a fix for Lightning payment receiving, enhanced profile editing stability, and the ability to send ecash directly within DM view. It also includes refinements to mint metadata, listings, and group metadata transmission, ensuring smoother decentralized interactions and payments across the network. This was the biggest release of the week and the latest release was v2.2.5.

Developed by: @npub1g53m...drvk
Source: https://github.com/irislib/iris-client/releases/tag/app-v2.2.4

5. Noscall - v0.2.0#

Noscall is a secure audio and video calling application built on the Nostr protocol, offering end-to-end encrypted communication and cross-platform compatibility for private, censorship-resistant calls.
This release introduces several updates, including a new user profile settings page, optimized profile and avatar fetching logic, portrait mode enforcement, and improvements to relay and ICE server lists. It also resolves key issues like contact list refresh errors and the auto-login bug, ensuring a smoother and more reliable communication experience.

Developed by: @npub1qn6w...xsha
Source: https://github.com/sanah9/noscall/releases/tag/v0.2.0-release

🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases#

1. Replicatr - New Developer Tool#

Replicatr is a background daemon designed to automatically monitor Nostr relay selections and replicate user events according to the outbox model. It ensures that a user’s published Nostr events are efficiently synchronized and distributed across multiple relays, maintaining data consistency, redundancy, and availability within the decentralized Nostr network.

Developed by: @npub1jlrs...ynqn
Source: https://github.com/coracle-social/replicatr

2. Aegis - v0.3.0#

Aegis is a simple and cross-platform Nostr signer designed to securely manage keys and sign events while supporting multiple connection methods for seamless interoperability across clients. This introduces the ability to set up a local relay directly within the app and expands support to iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, and Windows, making it more versatile for users across platforms.

Developed by: @npub179e5...0zj8
Source: https://github.com/ZharlieW/Aegis/releases/tag/v0.3.0

3. Gitplaza - v0.17.0#

Gitplaza is a desktop Nostr client specialized in handling git-related activities and repositories within the Nostr ecosystem. This release introduces several major upgrades, including follow/unfollow functionality, enhanced profile editing (covering relays, contact lists, and hashtags), npub copying, and improved UI elements. It now integrates blog posts into inbox and activity feeds, refines git issue and patch displays, and improves performance by prioritizing key event publishing and data loading while reducing unnecessary allocations. The update also simplifies the interface by removing the Upvote section and noisy reactions/reposts.

Developed by: @npub1usek...k5ks
Source: https://codeberg.org/dluvian/gitplaza/releases/tag/v0.17.0

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

🙌 Credits#

Thank you @npub1l77t...swft for giving me this idea!

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

Thank you, my brother @npub1nu5r...hjyn for helping me to make the graphic stuff in this recap!

Recap by @npub19hs0...5jcn

🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (03rd November 2025 - 48th Edition)

🧠 Quote of the Week#

“Nostr is high signal social media 🤝”#

🔥 Community Highlights#

1. These are the signals that indicates Nostr grows 😍#

2. You should listen to Rabble’s new one if you are a lover of Nostr and free speech 🎙️#

3. Yeah that’s 100% true 💯#

4. A Nostr Bitcoiner is becoming the iron man 🏆#

5. Celebrating 1000th order with Nostr 🥳#

6. This new pleb will realize that there are no rules here 👇#

7. This is how you can invest in Nostr for the future 👇#

8. We are serving to people on Nostr, not algos 👈#

9. A fat zap within one hour for the performances 🎙️#

10. This is a great question 🤔#

11. Aza brought Bitcoin culture to the Bitplebs Summit 2025 😍#

🌱 Ecosystem Growth#

Nostr is growing fast!#

According to [https://npub.world/stats](https://npub.world/stats),#

During last week:#

Total Users: 4,412, compared to 3,851 users the week before#

According to https://stats.nostr.band,#

During last week:#

Total zaps: 33,541, compared to 47,962 zaps the week before#

Total zap senders: 2,799, compared to 3,865 plebs the week before#

Total zap amount: 9,124,949, compared to 7,656,984 sats the week before#

Total events: 4,090,071, compared to 10,271,175 events the week before#

🎓 Educational Guides#

1. How to bridge your twitter to Nostr#

📅 Upcoming Events#

1. Nostrshire - November 2025#

2. Nostrasia - November 2025#

📰 Nostr in the Media#

1. Shakespeare: AI-Powered App Creation on Nostr#

2. What makes apps built on Nostr different#

3. How Nostr & Bitcoin Upgrade the Internet#

4. Fully Open Source Social Media built on Nostr#

5. How to get started using Nostr#

6. Shadrach: Peer-to-Peer Physical Package Delivery Over Nostr#

7. NOSTR Revolution: Why Every Twitter User Needs to Switch TODAY!#

8. Arkinox: Fanfares & New Tools for Creators#

9. NOSTR identities#

10. TKay: Vibe Coding Nostr Onto Niche Hardware#

11. How Nostr Achieved Massive Growth#

12. Nostr Web of Trust (WoT) Can Be B2B#

13. Has AI Broken the Internet?#

⚡ 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#

🔥 Top 3: Most Sats#

😂 Nostr Memes#

🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases#

1. Flotilla - 1.4.0#

2. Primal Android App - 2.5.22#

3. Nostr Ynstant Messenger - v2.16.45#

4. Iris - v2.2.4#

5. Noscall - v0.2.0#

🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases#

1. Replicatr - New Developer Tool#

2. Aegis - v0.3.0#

3. Gitplaza - v0.17.0#

🌐 Relay Updates and Releases#

👋 Stay in Touch & Zap#

🙌 Credits#

Nomishka

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