šŸ—žļø The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap šŸš€ (08th June 2026 - 79th Edition)

The 79th edition of your weekly Nostr newsletter.
šŸ—žļø The Latest in Nostr: Weekly Nostr Recap šŸš€
(08th June 2026 - 79th Edition)

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@fiatjaf

ā€œI think Nostr would be probably 200% better if we had someone to test apps reliably.

I’m not talking about a ā€œQA engineerā€ whatever, just someone that isn’t a programmer but can install things, click buttons and report bugs.

I have the impression that this is a role that died in the industry of software development, but it is much needed now, and much more in the age of AI code.ā€


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1. The Bitcoin FilmFest 2026 was held with more than 200 attendees around the world šŸ˜

Bitcoin FilmFest
Jun 5, 2026 17:59

Day 1 of Bitcoin FilmFest 2026 is going very well! šŸ˜

We kicked things off with Run for Hal and spent the day bringing together over 200 filmmakers, artists, storytellers, builders, and Bitcoiners from around the world.

From workshops and discussions to screenings and spontaneous conversations, Day 1 was a reminder that culture is built by people coming together.

@LightningPiggy, @BitBlik, @indeehub, @Satsback.com, @BitcoinDistrict, @OrangeFren

#BFF26 #BitcoinFilmFest

Bitcoin FilmFest
Jun 6, 2026 15:39

The Day 2 of the Bitcoin FilmFest 2026 is going strong. šŸ˜

The day began with Paco Yoga in Park Saski and continues with workshops, screenings, discussions, and conversations that bring together more than 200 filmmakers, artists, and Bitcoiners from around the world.

A joyful day full of creativity and community. šŸ”„

@LightningPiggy @BitBlik @indeehub @Satsback.com @BitcoinDistrict @OrangeFren

#BFF26 #BitcoinFilmFest

2. Let’s watch that why he built Divine šŸ‘€

rabble
Jun 4, 2026 07:13

Video manifesto! Why I built divine.video

https://youtu.be/PSIZ6q6e8hg

3. An awesome conversation at Oslo Freedom Forum šŸ‘‡šŸ»

satsie
Jun 2, 2026 15:55

Really great nostr chat at the @HRF Oslo Freedom Forum with @JeffG, @PABLOF7z , and @rabble. Covered everything from the amazing primitives you get for free with the nostr protocol, how it can be a credible path for communicating privately with AI agents, and why Divine was built on nostr and not Bluesky šŸ’œ

https://image.nostr.build/df79d089168c076037659ba9313a2113080e195f5d5c0aba97f349a61445669a.jpg

4. This kind of conversations really matters šŸ‘ŒšŸ»

miljan
Jun 2, 2026 11:43

Had a long conversation with @fa984...18f52 this morning. At one point he asked me: given the stagnant user numbers and such weird vibes on Nostr lately, what do we actually have going for us?

I think what we have is extremely valuable and hard to reproduce:

  1. A protocol that actually enables a self-sovereign Internet

  2. A permissionless network of 1000+ active relays

  3. An ecosystem of 100s of projects building on Nostr

  4. A core set of ride or die users who hold their keys and are not going anywhere

Seems like a solid foundation to build on.

5. Let’s play Nostr games šŸŽ®

ricky
Jun 1, 2026 13:05

https://geosats.shakespeare.wtf

https://bitcoinbiblebee.shakespeare.wtf

New #Nostr #games for non-Nostr kids and adults. If your friend doesn’t have an nsec, the game can create one for them and walk them through wallet setup with the @primal app. Onboard people to Nostr and #Bitcoin at the same time

Earn sats and get educated #Edutainment #Edustack

6. This is so true ā˜‘ļø

fiatjaf
Jun 1, 2026 11:35

I think Nostr would be probably 200% better if we had someone to test apps reliably.

I’m not talking about a ā€œQA engineerā€ whatever, just someone that isn’t a programmer but can install things, click buttons and report bugs.

I have the impression that this is a role that died in the industry of software development, but it is much needed now, and much more in the age of AI code.

7. Some good advice from Derek to make Nostr better šŸ‘‡šŸ»

Derek Ross
Jun 4, 2026 09:39

We’ve been saying Nostr needs better onboarding and discovery for years. Agreed. But let’s talk specifics.

Apps need three things to work as social platforms:

Sign-in. Search. Tag.

If you can’t nail these three fundamentals, nothing else matters. Users bounce before they ever see what makes Nostr special. It’s standard for mainstream adoption.

Once those are locked down, the next battle is battery and bandwidth. Using Nostr shouldn’t drain my phone dead or eat through my data plan. This is not a nice to have feature. It’s time.

Let’s build. šŸ’œšŸ«‚šŸ¤™šŸ»

8. A popular Nostr client passes a milestone of followers 🄳

YakiHonne
Jun 1, 2026 19:26

šŸŽ‰ 10,000 Followers! šŸŽ‰

We’ve officially reached 10K followers, and it’s all thanks to you! Every follow, comment, repost, zap, and piece of feedback has helped YakiHonne grow into the community it is today.

To celebrate and thank you for your support, we’re giving away 50,000 sats! ⚔

Drop a comment below with your Lightning address and celebrate this milestone with us for a chance to claim a share of the prize pool.

Thank you for being part of the journey. šŸš€

#YakiHonne #Nostr #10KFollowers

https://blossom.yakihonne.com/bf3aeecdd7c03ac38f408ec197e215172da7d050170d4edf70cf3867a8d42706.mp4

9. Finally, Nostr will be the destination of everyone šŸ’ŖšŸ»

juangalt
Jun 3, 2026 00:02

Hi everyone. Gonna give nostr another run, because Bitcoin twitter is fkn dead.

10. Let’s cure our mind with a nice song šŸŽ§

theokatzman
Jun 5, 2026 13:00

Howdy Nostr— my name is Theo Katzman, and I’m a musical artist. I sing and write songs inspired by living the human experience in today’s world. I have been deeply influenced by the work of my friend @83e81...d964b, and so many others in this community. I’ve got a catalog of songs on all the streaming platforms and YouTube. Here’s my song ā€œFor Supermanā€, inspired in large part by ā€œThe Price of Tomorrow,ā€ by @83e81...d964b.

https://youtu.be/U0kZc3VNCdk?si=RTjCEG6nt51UUwq4

I’m excited to learn more about Nostr and what this community is building.

#_introductions

11. Life is beautiful. The key to making it beautiful or not is within you šŸ«µšŸ»

Kip Ashlynn
Jun 7, 2026 11:24

Today is my birthday, I am 41 years old.

When I was 39 I realized I was unhappy and feeling trapped in a place without many friends or a sense of community, where everything was so expensive that even with my high paying job I was paycheck to paycheck. Where even the environment felt hostile and strange. I had been trying to make it work for years, and I finally said to myself it’s not working. I need to make some big changes.

I quit the job. I moved back across the country. I spent a year doing the Artist’s Way, meditating and listening to my intuition, and living on faith.

It didn’t feel good, because change never does. It’s been a lot of discomfort and confronting fears about maybe I blew up an ok life for a pipe dream of a better one. On my 40th birthday I was unemployed, homeless, and without any clue how it was all going to work out.

But now I have a house with a big deck and a yard for less than half the rent I was paying in the Seattle area for a tiny apartment. I have a job that pays less, but is fully remote and I work with really nice, wonderful people. I lead a community group which is already huge and active even though we aren’t even a year old. I have so many friends that when I got hurt this week I’ve had people checking in on me constantly.

I am feeling blessed and lucky. Things don’t work out in our plans, but in God’s plan. And as such it works out even better than we could imagine.

I am glad that I was brave enough to make big changes. I am so excited for what the future has in store for me 🄰

12. These onboardings are so important šŸ‘‡šŸ»

Constant
Jun 7, 2026 04:06

Hello Nostr, meet @ .

He is a Norwegian cartoonist and an arts & crafts multi-media creator geared towards the little ones at https://www.oistein.com/nor/ & https://www.earthtreemedia.com/. TV-shows, books, theater shows, the lot.

I met him at #OFF, has a great energy and dislikes the big platforms for all the reasons you would expect from a content creator. He wants to create an education environment

My hope is that we can leverage Nostr to make things better for him and the many other creators better as well as their audiences.


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Nostr is growing fast!

According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are now over 240 Nostr clients and over 500 Nostr apps running in more than 40 countries around the globe.

According to https://nostrarchives.com/analytics,

Top 3 Popular Clients by Usage (For 7 days):

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Amethyst - 859 Users - 13.7k Notes

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Primal Android - 689 Users - 7.7k Notes

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Primal Web - 611 Users - 3.8k Notes

Top 3 Popular Relays by Usage (by NIP-65 relay lists):

šŸ‘‰šŸ» http://relay.momostr.pink/ - 300.2k Users

šŸ‘‰šŸ» http://relay.damus.io/ - 226.5k Users

šŸ‘‰šŸ» http://relay.primal.net/ - 190.8k Users

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

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Publishing Users last week: 10.10M (+196.1%)

šŸ‘‰šŸ» New Publishing Users Last week: 12.13M (+32.2%)

šŸ‘‰šŸ» All-time Zap Count: 6.85M

šŸ‘‰šŸ» All-time Zap BTC Amount: 42.87 BTC

šŸ‘‰šŸ» All-time Zap Senders: 177.8K

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

During last week:

šŸ‘‰šŸ» Total Users: 4,571 users, compared to 9,126 users the week before

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


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1. Complete NOSTR Setup & Onboarding Tutorial

@daniella

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2. Meet JUMBLE - NOSTR Client

@Marcos Rodrigues

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3. Sign Nostr events from any device, 24/7, without exposing your key

@BitMacro

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1. Nostr London Meetup (2140) - June 2026

šŸ“… Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026 ā° Time: 6.00 PM - 9.00 PM BST šŸ“ Location: TBA

šŸ¤¹ā€ā™€ļø Organizers: @2140.wtf #blockworkgallery

šŸ”— Event:

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https://www.meetup.com/nostr_london/events/308639465/

2. Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - July 2026

šŸ“… Date: Sunday, July 05, 2026 ā° Time: 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM MDT šŸ“ Location: Jives Coffee Lounge, 16 Colbrunn Ct, Colorado Springs, CO, United States

šŸ¤¹ā€ā™€ļø Organizers: @fractalchris

šŸ”— Event:

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


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1. Nostr Relay, Umbrel OS and music publishing

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2. Nostr Protocol Brings Free Social Networks

@bitchamler

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3. How is Nostr different from X/Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon?

@The Bitcoin Street Journal

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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 @PABLOF7z for providing this data.

Here are the Top Zapped/Top Zappers from last week, showcasing the creators who received/sent the most engagement:

šŸ”„ Top 3: Most Zapped

  1. Name: @utxo the webmaster šŸ§‘ā€šŸ’»

    • Zaps Received: 461
    • Sats Earned: 57k
  2. Name: @flash

    • Zaps Received: 427
    • Sats Earned: 111k
  3. Name: @corndalorian

    • Zaps Received: 331
    • Sats Earned: 41k

šŸ”„ Top 3: Most Zappers

  1. Name: @aqstr

    • Zaps Sent: 1859
    • Sats Spent: 96k
  2. Name: @FLjustin

    • Zaps Sent: 178
    • Sats Spent: 50k
  3. Name: @Turkey

    • Zaps Sent: 158
    • Sats Spent: 9k

šŸ’° Top 3: Most Sats Received

  1. Name: @fountainboostbot

    • Sats Earned: 840k
    • Zaps Received: 324
  2. Name: @RabbitHoleRecap

    • Sats Earned: 259k
    • Zaps Received: 36
  3. Name: @The Daniel šŸ––

    • Sats Earned: 223k
    • Zaps Received: 131

šŸ’° Top 3: Most Sats Sent

  1. Name: @utxo the webmaster šŸ§‘ā€šŸ’»

    • Sats Spent: 310k
    • Zaps Sent: 129
  2. Name: a-a-ron

    • Sats Spent: 250k
    • Zaps Sent: 1
  3. Name: @ODELL

    • Sats Spent: 139k
    • Zaps Sent: 46

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

šŸ”„ Top 3: Most Zapped

  1. BTCsessions
    Jun 1, 2026 14:36

    Hey I’m teaching a bunch of human rights activists about Nostr! Let’s show them what ZAPPING means!

    • Zaps Received: 85
    • Sats Earned: 22k
  2. Kip Ashlynn
    Jun 7, 2026 11:24

    Today is my birthday, I am 41 years old.

    When I was 39 I realized I was unhappy and feeling trapped in a place without many friends or a sense of community, where everything was so expensive that even with my high paying job I was paycheck to paycheck. Where even the environment felt hostile and strange. I had been trying to make it work for years, and I finally said to myself it’s not working. I need to make some big changes.

    I quit the job. I moved back across the country. I spent a year doing the Artist’s Way, meditating and listening to my intuition, and living on faith.

    It didn’t feel good, because change never does. It’s been a lot of discomfort and confronting fears about maybe I blew up an ok life for a pipe dream of a better one. On my 40th birthday I was unemployed, homeless, and without any clue how it was all going to work out.

    But now I have a house with a big deck and a yard for less than half the rent I was paying in the Seattle area for a tiny apartment. I have a job that pays less, but is fully remote and I work with really nice, wonderful people. I lead a community group which is already huge and active even though we aren’t even a year old. I have so many friends that when I got hurt this week I’ve had people checking in on me constantly.

    I am feeling blessed and lucky. Things don’t work out in our plans, but in God’s plan. And as such it works out even better than we could imagine.

    I am glad that I was brave enough to make big changes. I am so excited for what the future has in store for me 🄰

    • Zaps Received: 42
    • Sats Earned: 10k
  3. Jun 1, 2026 19:01

    just received our first ā€œzapsā€ šŸ™

    why don’t all socials have this?!

    • Zaps Received: 40
    • Sats Earned: 2k

šŸ”„ Top 3: Most Sats

  1. daniel
    Jun 22, 2025 00:13

    Okay, count me out then.

    • Sats Earned: 212k
    • Zaps Received: 2
  2. Wisp
    Jun 5, 2026 13:49

    Introducing: Wisp on iOS (TestFlight)

    Pumped to finally reveal Wisp to our apple friends :wisp_master:

    Enjoy features like live streaming, chat rooms, nip17 DMs, one tap zaps and never worry about relay management again thanks to the outbox model.

    An extremely huge thank you to @ee6ea...b6e74 who worked tirelessly for over a month to ensure the app looks beautiful and polished. Thank you Daniel!

    This is our very first release to users so please bear with us with bugs and report them all! We’ll get them fixed up ASAP!

    Space is limited, so sign up today! https://testflight.apple.com/join/ZUtJaBbC

    • Sats Earned: 168k
    • Zaps Received: 21
  3. Laeserin
    Jun 1, 2026 05:11

    Watching the whole Nostr money debates… When your team couldn’t get a grant. When your team couldn’t get a NIP. When you’re running on volunteers, donations, and fees. When you have to grind every zap into dust and dig out the leftover change from your day job, to squeeze out the infrastructure costs. When you build and run everything as cheaply as possible because you are broke.

    GM šŸ’–

    We are still here. We are still building. And there are now more of us. #GitCitadel

    • Sats Earned: 74k
    • Zaps Received: 14

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  1. corndalorian
    Jun 7, 2026 01:55

  2. corndalorian
    Jun 6, 2026 22:41

  3. corndalorian
    Jun 6, 2026 19:19

    šŸ˜‚

  4. corndalorian
    Jun 6, 2026 19:02

  5. corndalorian
    Jun 6, 2026 14:57

    ā€œWhat’s your initial impression of Wisp?ā€

    Me:

  6. corndalorian
    Jun 6, 2026 13:55

  7. corndalorian
    Jun 6, 2026 13:29

    My first meme posted from Wisp

  8. corndalorian
    Jun 5, 2026 18:20

    šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

  9. corndalorian
    Jun 5, 2026 17:41

  10. corndalorian
    Jun 3, 2026 15:35

  11. corndalorian
    Jun 4, 2026 17:06

  12. corndalorian
    Jun 3, 2026 17:06

  13. corndalorian
    Jun 3, 2026 15:54

  14. corndalorian
    Jun 2, 2026 23:16

  15. corndalorian
    Jun 2, 2026 22:38

  16. corndalorian
    Jun 2, 2026 20:49

  17. corndalorian
    Jun 2, 2026 16:42

    šŸ˜‚

  18. corndalorian
    Jun 2, 2026 15:46

  19. corndalorian
    Jun 2, 2026 14:52

  20. corndalorian
    Jun 2, 2026 14:41

  21. corndalorian
    Jun 2, 2026 13:58

  22. corndalorian
    Jun 2, 2026 12:37

  23. corndalorian
    Jun 2, 2026 02:56

  24. corndalorian
    Jun 1, 2026 23:33

  25. corndalorian
    Jun 1, 2026 22:38

  26. corndalorian
    Jun 1, 2026 20:42

  27. corndalorian
    May 31, 2026 19:57

  28. DuneMessias
    Jun 6, 2026 06:34

    GM. If this is dead, imagine alive

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

  29. DuneMessias
    Jun 3, 2026 06:20

    GM. Nostr mornings always feel weird.

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

  30. DuneMessias
    Jun 1, 2026 06:39

    GM. The date was going surprisingly well.

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

  31. Referenced event not yet available nevent1qvzqq…zcu873wm

  32. Ryan
    May 31, 2026 18:41

    If you want to take a little trip down memory lane and remember all the previous Damus vs. Primal dates in history, search this image url. I post it every time 😁 #dejavu


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1. Divine Mobile - 1.0.15 (Pre-release)

Divine Mobile is a mobile social/video application built on Nostr, focused on creating, editing, and sharing short-form video content. In this pre-release, the update delivers a large set of improvements, including major video editor upgrades (timeline markers, hold-to-record, playback and audio fixes), improved feed stability and engagement tracking, enhanced DM features (multi-line composer and emoji reactions), notification and authentication reliability fixes, UI/design system refactors, and multiple performance, CI, and crash fixes across the app.

Contributed by: @rabble @dcadenas @untreu @Liz Alex Frei, Meylis, Meylis,

2. Vanilla HiveTalk - v0.0.5 Summer breeze

Vanilla HiveTalk is a real-time communication tool (video conferencing / streaming app) built as a fork of MiroTalk SFU with added Nostr and Bitcoin Lightning integration. In v0.0.5 (ā€œSummer breezeā€), the release focuses heavily on security and stability improvements, including removal of vulnerable ngrok integration, fixes for multiple dependency-related security issues (such as serialize-javascript and uuid CVEs), major dependency upgrades, and CI/CD fixes, along with code changes like optional server tunneling, adjusted API defaults, branding updates, and removal of unsafe or deprecated services to improve overall system safety and reliability.

Contributed by: @Bitkarrot

3. Amber - v6.2.0

Amber is a mobile signing app used to securely approve and sign Nostr events on Android. In v6.2.0, the release adds NIP-44 v3 encryption support with a new approval and preview flow, improves NIP-46 connection handling with auto-accept ping requests, enhances intent validation and history logging, introduces UI improvements like segmented option pickers, and removes legacy signing methods and older auto-approval options for a cleaner and more secure signing experience.

Contributed by: @greenart7c3

4. Jumble - v26.6.1

Jumble is a Nostr client focused on exploring relay feeds and social interactions across the Nostr network. In v26.6.1, the release adds the ability to post from another account without switching active logins, introduces configurable Blossom cache server support, improves DM reliability and user experience, adds management for standalone emojis and emoji sets, and includes various translation updates and UI polish.

Contributed by: @Cody

5. Nostria - v3.1.45

Nostria is a social networking platform built on Nostr, focused on human connections and noise-free social interaction. This release improves profile loading for accounts with large follow lists, optimizes memory usage through local thumbnail generation in the native app, fixes Lightning and QR-code split payment issues, updates the codebase for compatibility with the latest Angular release, and officially drops the previously planned translucent UI redesign. This was the latest and there was also the release of v3.1.44 last week.

Contributed by: @sondreb

6. Primal Android App - 3.5.10

Primal Android App is a mobile Android client for the Nostr network focused on social interaction, content discovery, and Bitcoin-enabled experiences. In v3.5.10, the release delivers two stability fixes: improved NIP-05 verification support for domain-only identifiers and a fix for a wallet creation race condition that could occur during onboarding.

Contributed by: Aleksandar Ilic

7. Nymchat - v3.68.445

Nymchat is a messaging client built on the Nostr protocol for pseudonymous and temporary communication, with Bitchat bridging support. This release introduces Panic Mode for quickly encrypting data with throwaway keys and rapidly exiting the app, adds stronger identity encryption options using passwords, PINs, passkeys, and biometrics, fixes fullscreen video playback issues, and includes additional security hardening improvements. This was the biggest release, and there were a lot more releases last week.

Contributed by: @Luxas

8. Wisp - v1.1.1

Wisp is a mobile client for the Nostr social protocol, designed for browsing feeds, posting notes, and interacting with wallets and zaps. In v1.1.1, the release introduces improved post composition with countdown and preview behavior, expanded wallet features (Spark integration, Connect screen redesign, balance display modes, and NWC fixes), stronger security protections like nsec paste blocking, improved login and profile UX, enhanced theme and UI polish, zap message rendering improvements, and thread filtering via web-of-trust, along with various bug fixes and cross-platform parity improvements.

Contributed by: @utxo the webmaster šŸ§‘ā€šŸ’»

9. Nostrord - v1.4.0

Nostrord is a chat client for the Nostr protocol (NIP-29 groups), focused on messaging, group communication, and multi-platform chat experience. In v1.4.0, the release improves feature parity between web and native apps by aligning composer, uploads, replies, and quoted-event cards, adds in-chat message search across platforms, introduces a native desktop file picker, fixes notification routing through service workers and browser history handling, and ensures group messages are correctly routed through each group’s relay instead of the primary relay. This was the latest release, and there was also another one (v1.3.0) last week.

Contributed by: @Anjhc

10. VaultChat - v1.2.0

VaultChat is a peer-to-peer encrypted messaging app built on the Nostr protocol, focused on private communication without phone numbers, email registration, or centralized servers. This release introduces Remote Panic Wipe functionality that allows users to remotely erase identities from the web using their private key, including support for wipes triggered while the app is closed and executed on next launch, adds a private-key visibility option in Settings for remote wipe usage, upgrades Panic Wipe commands to NIP-44 v2 encryption, and fixes relay handling, instant wipe triggering, and panic-command deduplication issues.

Contributed by: blejusca


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1. Grantless - New Developer Tool

Grantless is a decentralized, community-funded grants platform for supporting open-source projects. Built on the Catallax protocol and powered by Nostr, it enables transparent crowdfunding, collaboration, and funding distribution without centralized control.

Developed by: @vinney...axkl

2. Mostro Core - v0.12.1

Mostro Core is a developer library (SDK/core infrastructure component) used to build decentralized applications and power the Mostro daemon. This release adds a new WaitingMakerBond order status, fixes ABI preservation for Wasm compatibility, and updates internal order-state handling while keeping the release focused on compatibility and stability improvements rather than user-facing features.

Contributed by: @negrunch

3. Nostrame - v1.1.1

Nostrame is a browser extension (NIP-07 signer tool) used to securely sign Nostr events from web applications without exposing private keys. It’s a signing utility that enables web apps to interact with Nostr. In v1.1.1, the release mainly fixes compatibility issues with nostr-tools v2 and improves Brave extension context handling to ensure more stable signing behavior across Chromium-based browsers. There was another release of the month, which is v1.1.2 (latest).

Contributed by: toxicafunk

4. Nostr VPN - v4.0.70

Nostr VPN is a Tailscale-style private mesh VPN using a FIPS-backed data plane for secure peer-to-peer networking. In v4.0.70, the release updates FIPS components (fips-core 0.3.52 and fips-endpoint 0.3.28), improves performance testing and CI validation under heavy encryption and TCP load, strengthens throughput and latency checks with better queue-pressure simulation and recovery validation, and fixes a major issue where sustained bulk traffic could starve handshake and control packets, along with a macOS installer fix for resolving Cargo output paths correctly during binary swaps. This was the latest, and there were a lot more releases last week.

Contributed by: @Sirius


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1. Grain - v0.7.1

GRAIN is primarily a powerful relay and infrastructure platform for relay operators, while also providing a Go client library for developers building Nostr applications. This release focuses entirely on stability and memory-leak fixes, resolving several long-running relay issues including leaked authentication state tied to closed connections, background goroutines persisting after config reloads, upstream relay disconnect leaks, and unbounded backup-relay forwarding processes. The update introduces proper cleanup, bounded forwarding behavior, and improved connection lifecycle management to keep long-running relays stable and memory usage flat under heavy or prolonged operation.

Contributed by: @OceanSlim


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1. Angor - 0.2.29 (Unstable Release)

Angor is a decentralized protocol (in alpha stage) built on Bitcoin and Nostr, used to enable peer-to-peer funding workflows rather than serving as a user-facing app or simple SDK. This Unstable Release adds early CLI and MCP server implementation planning, improves CLI tooling for testing workflows, introduces multi-user UAT funding test scenarios, fixes Lightning invoice network switching issues, improves wallet recovery and data-wipe behavior, and includes several stability fixes and UI/layout improvements while explicitly remaining in an experimental/unstable phase.

Contributed by: @dangershony TheDude, Zaza


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