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🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (09th February 2026-62nd Edition)

By Nomishka February 9, 2026
The 62nd edition of your weekly Nostr Newsletter.
🗞️ The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap 🚀 (09th February 2026-62nd Edition)

🧠 Quotes of the Week

@Deleted

“Nostr is the only place where you can be told to ‘Stay Humble, Stack Sats’ by a bot while getting canceled by a guy whose entire personality is a 24-word seed phrase. Truly the peak of human evolution. Gm 🫂✨️”

@Derek Ross

“i love nostr. some people are freaking out over the fiat price of bitcoin and we’re posting memes, hoping it goes lower, and we’re still building apps, empowering communities, people, and agents to live in the decentralized social future.”

🔥 Community Highlights

1. This is a must-read note by Bitcoiners 👇🏻

Natalie
Feb 2, 2026 00:00

I’ve had more people reach out to me shaken in this cycle than even in 2022 (when Bitcoin went down 75% from $68k ATH to $16k!) saying they’re panicked, they sold, or they’re suddenly “not sure” about Bitcoin.

Some bailed into gold because they still want to stay on the hard money train. Some are convinced quantum computing is about to “break” Bitcoin. Some tell me I’m reckless for being so undiversified with my life’s savings.

I understand the fear. Drawdowns aren’t fun. They can mess with your confidence and your timeline…especially when the mood is this dark (and when your income is tied to the same asset you’re holding!).

But here’s where I’m at: Bitcoin is still the only life raft worth holding and helping other people find.

My mom gets $900 a month in Social Security. Who can live on that? That’s not a retirement plan - it’s a slow economic strangulation.

So no, I’m not in Bitcoin because it’s some thrilling get rich overnight scheme. I’m in Bitcoin because I don’t see another path that gives everyday families like mine a real shot. I didn’t get in early enough to be “set.” I’m still building. Still working. Still trying to protect the people I love in a system that keeps making life more expensive!

I haven’t lost faith….not because I’m numb to this volatility, but because the problem Bitcoin solves hasn’t gone away.

If you’re shaken right now, you’re not weak. You’re human. Just don’t confuse a bad market mood with a broken thesis.

Keep going. Zoom out. Do the work. Take care of your family. I’m doing the same. We’ve got this.

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2. Nostr is the solution for these kind of troubles 👇🏻

efenigson
Feb 6, 2026 06:54

Substack has locked me out of my blog due to 🇦🇺 Australia’s “Online Safety Act”. Tune in for the full story! 

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3. In every situation just do this 😆

HODL
Feb 5, 2026 15:45

Richer than you’ve ever been?

Shitpost on nostr.

Poorer than you’ve ever been?

Shitpost on nostr.

Just got liquidated?

Shitpost on nostr.

People calling you retard again?

Shitpost on nostr.

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4. This is what you should realize 🫵🏻

ODELL
Feb 2, 2026 18:07

best to assume everything on the internet is fake unless hashed and signed by someone you trust

nostr is truth in a post truth world

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5. A life lesson from a tremendous character 📖

Gigi
Feb 5, 2026 06:43

No gain without pain. No conviction without friction. Enjoy the process.

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6. A thought from the founder of Nostr 👇🏻

fiatjaf
Feb 4, 2026 15:08

Seeing so much LLM-related content on Nostr finally made me realize how leftists or other types of people must feel when they try to join but see so much Bitcoin stuff and adjacent stuff.

Doesn’t matter who is right. Relay-based segregation is urgent and imperative.

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7. Strengthening the Freedom Social media while Bitcoin price is getting lower 😍

Derek Ross
Feb 5, 2026 16:43

i love nostr. some people are freaking out over the fiat price of bitcoin and we’re posting memes, hoping it goes lower, and we’re still building apps, empowering communities, people, and agents to live in the decentralized social future.

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8. Welcome to the Freedom Social media 🤝🏻

Feb 4, 2026 23:09

Deleted FB, IG, TikTok. Haven’t committed to deleting X yet. Excited to explore nostr as my default bitcoin social media escape. Shout out to ForrestHODL for the setup video!

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9. Some tremendous Nostriches are in a one pic 🫶🏻

jb55
Feb 3, 2026 15:58

these nostr legends still fighting the fight for a decentralized future @island @Mallory @Derek Ross @straycat @ManiMe @liminal 🦠 @OpenMike @seth

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10. This is so true 👌🏻

HODL
Feb 8, 2026 04:58

“No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown allies will come and seek you.” -Carl Jung

Often you won’t be alone but surrounded by people trying to sabotage you. Put your head down and work and the path will appear before you.

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11. A DJ lady is onboarding to Nostr 🎚️ 🎛️ 🎚️

Vyx
Feb 2, 2026 20:39

Hey guys👋 hoping this is the platform for me to interact with like minded souls who love to go on musical journeys. If you like great progressive sets with the most up to date tracks from the likes of Just Her, Yotto, Ezequiel Arias to name but a few then look no further. I’ll be posting links to my DJ mixes for you all to enjoy. All I ask in return is a like and a re post. It’s my passion/hobby so it brings me much gratitude to know that I’m bringing some much needed joy to you all in these crazy days. Stay safe, stay centred and stay kind ✌️

#introductions #vyxisindahouse #musicistheanswer

https://image.nostr.build/9d07df121c40392bc47aa4385b4d1b54073bf74fa80af84f5565e922739250cc.jpg

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12. This is 💯% true. What is your opinion? 🤔

Compromised Delete this 🔇
Feb 3, 2026 12:02

Nostr is the only place where you can be told to ‘Stay Humble, Stack Sats’ by a bot while getting canceled by a guy whose entire personality is a 24-word seed phrase. Truly the peak of human evolution. Gm 🫂✨️

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13. POSSE content with Drupal using Nostr at FOSDEM 2026 😍

Sebastix
Feb 3, 2026 10:28

The recording of my talk ’POSSE content with Drupal using Nostr ’ is online: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SDDNPS-posse-content-drupal-nostr/

Direct link to the video: https://video.fosdem.org/2026/k3401/SDDNPS-posse-content-drupal-nostr.av1.webm

#FOSDEM

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14. Let’s keep growing Nostr 🤝🏻

Compromised Delete this 🔇
Feb 8, 2026 13:55

Last night I met a lot of new people through mutual friends who share the same mindset and lifestyle. Live, laugh, enjoy, keep dancing and moving, and be kind to others. They asked me to stay in touch via Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, or other apps. So nice to say. I don’t use that Only Nostr. You can find me on Amethyst, Primal, Damus, and other Nostr apps. I wonder if they’ll sign up. Nostr needs more human interaction than robots and AI agents. That’s the only way to #grownostr

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🌱 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://stats.andotherstuff.org/,

👉🏻 Publishing Users last week: 595.2K (+72.5%)

👉🏻 New Users Last week : 402.1K (+5.9%)

👉🏻 All time Zap Count : 6.46M

👉🏻 All time Sats Amount : 41.83 BTC

👉🏻 All time Zap Senders : 170.3K

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

During last week:

👉🏻 Total Users: 2,913, compared to 2,513 users the week before

image

Many thanks to https://stats.andotherstuff.org/ by @JeffG https://npub.world/stats by @pip and @franzap and all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr for providing these insights.

🎓 Educational Guides

1. Chat Extension: Paid support chat, and embedible chat widget!

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsAi4YrsAOk

2. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 69: Eventos de Vídeo

@Agiota

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLQtC0h-oCk

3. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 70: Comunidades Moderadas (Estilo Reddit)

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUFuvZCLAW0

4. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 71: IDs de Conteúdo Externo

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaGDrt5y0Z8

5. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 72: Objetivos de Zap Zap Goals

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6X6fkglTSg

6. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 73: Sincronização Negentropy (Negentropy Syncing)

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8YcQamFGTw

7. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 74: Dados arbitrários de aplicativos customizados

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC90FpWp4Hc

8. Aprendendo sobre o Nostr – Episódio 75: Threads Tópicos Encadeamentos

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ9tn2btS-A

📅 Upcoming Events

1. Nostr live talk radio - February 2026

📅 Date: Saturday, February 14, 2026 ⏰ Time: 10.00 AM - 12.00 PM GMT 📍 Location: https://cornychat.com/nostrradio

🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @c0rn…tlvg

🔗 Event: image https://plektos.app/event/naddr1qvzqqqrukvpzps78xgf0kmxc35dvcx8ksjwxvrzx50yh9066wek9jwxsvj0amjmuqq3kxmmjdeukx6rpwshxxmmd94hx7um5wfexzerfduknzdehxycrvvejxqcqhx23tr

2. Nostr Atlanta #10 - Lunch & Learn - Decentralized Web Tech

📅 Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2026 ⏰ Time: 12.00 PM - 2.00 PM EST 📍 Location: 684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE suite a1, Atlanta, GA, United States

🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @cluborange

🔗 Event: image https://plektos.app/event/naddr1qvzqqqrukvpzqejwqu87yhnkmh8054yjnsx7gtk26zqspy6s0cjdu33zqagumda2qqvrvwfcx3nrvep5xdskydps8p3xvdrz8yursc35xv05yd6s

3. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - March 2026

📅 Date: Sunday, March 1, 2026 ⏰ Time: 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM MST 📍 Location: Jives Coffee Lounge, 16 Colbrunn Ct, Colorado Springs, CO, United States

🤹‍♀️ Organizers: @fractalchris

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

📰 Nostr in the Media

1. NOSTR isn’t another social platform

@bitcoinpoorguy

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Dx2ATkfX0

2. Onlynips | Let’s update you on the world of NOSTR

@Notoshi⚡

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsu4o7Dq7BI

3. Soapbox Sessions Episode 23 - BeCLAWS the Robots Want to Be Free, We Built CLAWSTR!

@heatherlarson

image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7GLRVyaW1c

⚡ 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 @PABLOF7z 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

  1. Name: @flash

    • Zaps Received: 553
    • Sats Earned: 88k

  2. Name: @HODL

    • Zaps Received: 316
    • Sats Earned: 21k

  3. Name: @utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻

    • Zaps Received: 263
    • Sats Earned: 22k

🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers

  1. Name: @aqstr

    • Zaps Sent: 2162
    • Sats Spent: 90k

  2. Name: @FLjustin

    • Zaps Sent: 279
    • Sats Spent: 131k

  3. Name: @lemon

    • Zaps Sent: 206
    • Sats Spent: 13k

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received

  1. Name: @fountainboostbot

    • Sats Earned: 583k
    • Zaps Received: 143

  2. Name: @BenJustman

    • Sats Earned: 464k
    • Zaps Received: 133

  3. Name: @RabbitHoleRecap

    • Sats Earned: 362k
    • Zaps Received: 46

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent

  1. Name: @KeithMeola

    • Sats Spent: 458k
    • Zaps Sent: 6

  2. Name: @renaud

    • Sats Spent: 209k
    • Zaps Sent: 4

  3. Name: @FLjustin

    • Sats Spent: 131k
    • Zaps Sent: 280

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

🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped

  1. efenigson
    Feb 6, 2026 06:54

    Substack has locked me out of my blog due to 🇦🇺 Australia’s “Online Safety Act”. Tune in for the full story! 

    View full event

    • Zaps Received: 47
    • Sats Earned: 12k

  2. jack mallers
    Feb 4, 2026 01:30

    i love these moments in bitcoin. where opportunity is born and legacy is made.

    remember, words are cheap. the WORDS/BTC exchange rate is and will always be zero.

    when the going gets tough, the tough get going. proof of work. let’s fucking go boys 🫡

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    • Zaps Received: 49
    • Sats Earned: 8k

  3. HODL
    Feb 7, 2026 22:43

    Idk who needs to hear this but it doesn’t matter if satan himself, the Easter bunny, the CIA, Epstein, Weinstein, the mossad, the ghost of Tupac, timothy mcveigh and Thomas the tank engine all got together and sacrificed 1,000 kittens in the NSA’s office parking lot in order to create bitcoin.

    Bitcoin exists and it’s awesome.

    So deal with it.

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    • Zaps Received: 40
    • Sats Earned: 1k

🔥 Top 3: Most Sats

  1. routstr
    Feb 1, 2026 16:43

    Introducing OpenClaw Sovereign Setup!

    Deploy a self-sovereign AI that: • Pays for its fuel (inference costs with Cashu) • Pays for its car (server time via Lightning) • Runs completely sovereign with a Cashu wallet

    → Setup in 6 minutes with 2 Lightning payments → Run it now: https://routstr.com/openclaw

    Built on @LNVPS.net + @routstr + Bitcoin/Cashu

    PS: Use VSCode’s terminal for best QR rendering. 🔁 Script is safe to re-run if the connection hiccups.

    View full event

    • Sats Earned: 72k
    • Zaps Received: 13

  2. Turiz
    Feb 3, 2026 16:50

    I almost did a task for 75k sats … but I changed wallets instead for 100k sats…

    see… you can earn on Nostr. you just too comfortable to do so bitch. suck it.

    View full event

    • Sats Earned: 32k
    • Zaps Received: 1

  3. flash
    Feb 4, 2026 22:52

    ⚡💬 END OF DAY - @4d784...b96b3 has just surpassed 6 million sats. For some, that may not seem like much, but for me, it represents the fruit of my 404 days of hard work on Nostr. Let me celebrate my victory… https://blossom.primal.net/5d86d0d33640bbc644f6c40b772ae264f51c5185e414c08eb06f926df5ffce7c.mov

    View full event

    • Sats Earned: 21k
    • Zaps Received: 31

😂 Nostr Memes

  1. corndalorian
    Feb 5, 2026 01:09

    Has nostr lost the plot? 😂🤷‍♂️

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  2. corndalorian
    Feb 4, 2026 16:09
    View full event

  3. corndalorian
    Feb 4, 2026 02:41
    View full event

  4. corndalorian
    Feb 3, 2026 02:20
    View full event

  5. corndalorian
    Feb 3, 2026 00:06
    View full event

  6. corndalorian
    Feb 2, 2026 02:36
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  7. DuneMessias
    Feb 7, 2026 08:41

    GM. Not every morning is zappy.

    Zap Zide #Nostr #bitcoin #GM #coffeechain #plebchain #grownostr #zapzide

    View full event

  8. Compromised Delete this 🔇
    Feb 4, 2026 23:36
    View full event

  9. Compromised Delete this 🔇
    Feb 3, 2026 12:42
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🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases

1. NostrPress - New Tool

NostrPress is a publishing tool that converts a Nostr profile into a fast, fully static blog. It allows users to write and publish articles on Nostr and automatically generate a standalone website that can be hosted anywhere. NostrPress supports local media, RSS feeds, and ensures full ownership of content with zero platform lock-in.

Developed by: @besoeasy

2. Coracle - 0.6.29

Coracle is a web-based Nostr client focused on advanced relay management, privacy, and web-of-trust moderation to improve content discovery and user control. This release adds topics and commenting on highlights, introduces a new list navigation item, updates default relays and the Welshman version, and removes Glitchtip.

Contributed by: @jlrs…ynqn

3. Nostrmo - 3.5.0

Nostrmo is a cross-platform Nostr client built with Flutter for Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, Web, and Linux. The 3.5.0 release introduces a new custom feed and outbox model, replacing old feeds with editable custom feeds (including General, Mentions, and Relay feeds), adds feed editing pages and data sync, improves local relay support with adjustable size and subscriptions, enhances content decoding for uppercase links, and includes general bug fixes for improved stability.

Contributed by: @9yeq…zqwk

4. Amber - v4.1.2-pre1

Amber is an Android Nostr event signer that securely manages keys and signs events for Nostr apps without exposing private keys. This pre-release fixes missing relay trusted score displays, resolves JSON parsing issues for non-Nostr encrypt/decrypt requests, migrates the account model from LiveData to Flow, switches bunker secrets to full UUIDs, refactors components into separate files, removes unused dependencies, and upgrades to Gradle plugin 9.

Contributed by: @greenart7c3

5. Aegis - v0.3.7

Aegis is a simple cross-platform Nostr signer that securely manages keys and signs events for apps through multiple connection methods. This release adds support for the Nostr App Browser and introduces NIP-07 signing compatibility, improving integration with web-based Nostr applications.

Contributed by: @ZharlieW

6. Igloo Desktop - v1.0.3

Igloo Desktop is a Frostr-based desktop signer and key management app for securely managing Nostr keys and signing events. This release introduces a new onboarding and share-import flow, relay planning with normalization and priority merging, a preload-based Electron API architecture, and a signer keep-alive system, along with major security hardening (IPC validation, Electron isolation, SSRF-aware relay checks), improved recovery UX, reduced race conditions, and expanded testing.

Contributed by: @bitcoinplebdev

7. Mostro Mobile Client - v1.1.0

Mostro Mobile Client is a modern, secure mobile app for the Mostro peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform, enabling users to trade Bitcoin directly using Nostr. This release introduces a complete background-capable logging system with export support, improved push notifications with new settings and better Android background handling, Phase 2 UI refinements and internationalization, smoother relay updates using additive initialization, and general stability, branding, and reliability improvements.

Contribute by: @Bracr10 @catr…euhz @qqqq…rfkq Andrea Diaz

8. Angor - v0.2.5

Angor is a decentralized P2P funding protocol built on Bitcoin and Nostr. The v0.2.5 release adds a revamped Funds section (V2), improves the InvoiceView UI and ViewModel for better UX and stability, and introduces configurable NIP-96 image servers in settings. This was the latest release, and there was also the release of v0.2.4 last week.

Contributed by: @ldsm…zsk3 José Manuel Nieto, TheDude

9. Ridestr - v0.2.0 - The RoadFlare Release

Ridestr is a decentralized rideshare platform built on Nostr with Cashu payments. The v0.2.0 “RoadFlare Release” adds a personal network feature to follow trusted drivers, see when they’re online, and request rides directly. Payments are now more reliable with automatic escrow recovery, faster processing, and improved wallet syncing across devices. Other improvements include more stable driver detection, enhanced relay connection handling, better cross-device wallet synchronization, and stronger key storage security. This was the biggest release, and there were also the releases of v0.2.1, v0.2.2, and v0.2.3 last week.

Contributed by: @VariableFate

🎁 Developer Tools / Guides, Updates and Releases

1. Nostr PHP - 1.9.4

Nostr PHP is a helper library that enables PHP developers to interact with the Nostr protocol, making it easier to create, sign, and send events. This release introduces a timeout property to the request class, allowing better control over network request duration and improving reliability when communicating with relays.

Contributed by: @Sebastix

2. ZSP - v0.3.1

ZSP is a fast CLI tool for publishing Android apps to Nostr relays. The v0.3.1 release adds support for reading all values from .env files, fixes F-Droid arm64-v8a detection, enables fully offline keystore linking, resolves GitLab issues with trailing query parameters, introduces a new offline mode, and adds a Content-Digest header for Blossom uploads.

Contributed by: @franzap

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

🫡 Credits

Thank you @Jurjen de Vries for this amazing idea!

A big shoutout to @rabble for his generous patronage!

Thank you, my younger brother @samalka for helping me to make the graphic stuff for this recap!

Recap by @Nomishka

#nostrrecap #grownostr #nostr #newsletter
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