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yeah. simpleX is good from a technical point of view. but its ...

2026-10-26T17:28:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…t3c3
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yeah. simpleX is good from a technical point of view. but its UI/UX is a long way from consumer expectations these days and the lack of network effects is crippling. i think White Noise (nprofile…radp) wins on both.

@nprofile…4l3y No phone number at signup is the SimpleX feature ...

2026-10-26T17:05:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…7xjv
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Johnny (nprofile…4l3y) No phone number at signup is the SimpleX feature I value most for privacy. Signal's advantage is that far more people already have it installed.

@nprofile…9puf doesn't need your phone number. ...

2026-10-26T12:05:08Z

White Noise (nprofile…9puf) doesn't need your phone number.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/from-jan-1-whatsapp-telegram-wont-work-without-sim-cards-govt-issues-guidelines/amp_articleshow/135127543.cms

emotionally caught by your highlight. thank you, ...

2026-10-26T10:57:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…crty
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emotionally caught by your highlight. thank you, jeffg (nprofile…d6g2). 🫂

next time consider native nostr highlighting with Boris (nprofile…wzjf). we're eating our own dogfood. 😜

h/t Gigi (nprofile…9ccm)

From Ben Thompson's latest piece. ...

2026-10-26T10:35:27Z

From Ben Thompson's latest piece.

https://stratechery.com/2026/the-end-of-the-internet/

Excellent! 🔥 Well done, CK and ...

2026-10-26T00:06:40Z

Excellent! 🔥 Well done, CK and npub1zuuajd7u3sx8xu92yav9jwxpr839cs0kc3q6t56vd5u9q033xmhsk6c2uc. "If that happens (Signal disappears), then we don't have really good encrypted messaging." This made me wonder what do you think about SimpleX Chat? Is there a reason to use #Signal if we can just use #SimplexChat till we all upgrade to #WhiteNoise? #privacy

quoting
nevent1q…c8gy
Looking for a great podcast to watch this weekend?

This is the one.

My latest conversation with jeffg (nprofile…n0n6) on privacy, encrypted messaging, White Noise (nprofile…9puf) & AI agents.

Full episode 👇

https://fountain.fm/episode/X7ayMhHE1zvs1gAyDXAL

https://linktr.ee/allinbitcoin

Heeeeellooooo nostriches! 👋 It's almost 100 editions, and ...

2026-10-25T22:35:29Z

Heeeeellooooo nostriches! 👋

It's almost 100 editions, and I brought you the 99th Nostr Recap. 😍

In this Nostr Recap, you could explore what happened last week in the #Nostr world under the topics below. Enjoy it! 👀

🧠 Quote of the Week
🔥 Community Highlights
🌱 Ecosystem Growth
🎓 Educational Guides
📅 Upcoming Events
📰 Nostr in the Media
⚡ Most Zapped Last Week
😂 Nostr Memes
🛠️ Tools, Updates and Releases
🎁 Developer Tools, Updates and Releases
🌐 Relay Updates and Releases
📡 Protocol Updates and Releases
🧩 Workspace Updates and Releases
🚧 Infrastructure Updates and Releases

Explore here 👇🏻

quoting
naddr1qv…z8vs

Contra (npub14hq…jjzu)

“The best people on Nostr tend to be independent thinkers, but the strongest independent thinkers aren't attached to being right. They're attached to discovering what's true.”

1. Do you still think to hang on to centralized platforms? 🫵

nevent1q…v7j8

2. One of the best days in the life of a nostrich 👨‍🍼

nevent1q…yp7t

3. This is really disgusting 🤮

nevent1q…k82h

4. That’s indeed great news 🥳

nevent1q…qmh4

5. This is really a good sign 👇

nevent1q…es28

6. Who are the other two? 😉

nevent1q…uttn

7. Decreasing the barriers to join Nostr is really awesome. Isn’t it? 👌

nevent1q…pweh

8. The community of France is tending to decentralization 🔥

nevent1q…nrem

9. This is really heartbreaking note 😢

nevent1q…2pp4

10. Do you agree nostriches? 👇

nevent1q…2fwq

11. This is well said! 👍

nevent1q…3wks

The Nostr growth indicates differently in several sources!

According to https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr, there are over 240 Nostr clients and over 500 Nostr apps running in the Nostr ecosystem.

According to https://nostrhub.io/stats

👉🏻 1,070 relays on the Nostr network

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

👉🏻 Amethyst - 2,573 Users

👉🏻 Primal - 2,510 Users

👉🏻 Ditto - 514 Users

According to https://nostrarchives.com/analytics

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

👉🏻 Primal iOS - 674 Users - 6.6k Notes

👉🏻 Amethyst - 669 Users - 11.3k Notes

👉🏻 Primal Android - 423 Users - 4.4k Notes

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

👉🏻 relay.primal.net - 461.5k Users

👉🏻 nos.lol - 407.9k Users

👉🏻 relay.damus.io - 308.0k Users

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

👉🏻 Publishing Users last week: 3.53M (-21.9%)

👉🏻 New Publishing Users Last week: 7.65M (+154.3%)

👉🏻 All-time Zap Count: 7.15M Zaps

👉🏻 All-time Zap BTC Amount: 43.85 BTC

👉🏻 All-time Zap Senders: 182.7K Users

Top 3 Popular Relays by Usage (User Relay Preferences from NIP-65):

👉🏻 relay.mostr.pub - 674.7k Users

👉🏻 relay.primal.net - 652.4k Users

👉🏻 nos.lol - 525.4k Users

According to https://zap.observer

Zapped for the past 7 days,

👉🏻 Zaps - 13,767 Zaps

👉🏻 Sats - 3.8M Sats

According to https://npub.world/stats

During last week:

👉🏻 Total Users: 3,123 users, compared to 2,930 users the week before

Many thanks to the developers of https://nostrhub.io/stats, https://nostrarchives.com/analytics, https://stats.andotherstuff.org/, by jeffg (npub1zuu…c2uc) https://zap.observer by The Fishcake🐶🐾 (npub137c…k37w) https://npub.world/stats by pip (npub176p…vgup) and all the contributors of https://github.com/aljazceru/awesome-nostr for providing these insights.

1. Create a Nostr Account with a Passkey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1RiU-VqM_k

2. What is Nostr and why it's important for the future of Internet, decentralization etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Rkb_nd9E4

3. Nostr: Your Backup Plan Against Social Media Censorship

coachdeosasco (npub1psp…57ew)

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

1. Bitcoin, NOSTR and the Future of the Internet

📅 Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026 ⏰ Time: 7.00 PM - 9.00 PM EST 📍 Location: Courtyard by Marriott Naples, 3250 Tamiami Trail N, Naples, FL, United States 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: cluborange (npub1ve8…9ka6)

🔗 Event:

https://plektos.app/event/naddr1qvzqqqrukvpzqejwqu87yhnkmh8054yjnsx7gtk26zqspy6s0cjdu33zqagumda2qqvrvctyvy6kgdpex3nxxenyxcerqde3v9snvcenxvzkyws9

2. NOSTRSHIRE - November 2026

📅 Date: Friday, November 20, 2026 ⏰ Time: 9.00 AM - 6.00 PM (GMT) 📍 Location: Pendulum Hotel, Sackville St, Manchester M1 3BB, United Kingdom 🤹‍♀️ Organizers: Nostrshire (npub14mu…r84r) Nathan Day (npub1cn6…wt8a)

🔗 Event:

https://bitfest.uk/#nostrshire

1. Nostr Is Infrastructure

Derek Ross (npub18am…p424)

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

2. Bitcoin/Money Nostr/Social Spaces/Naming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1rmiOI1PWQ

3. Brainstorm: Search Through the People You Trust

straycat (npub1u5n…ldq3)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KAUrOYPT_I

4. Bots Need Nostr Even More Than We Do

ManiMe (npub1man…n9tn)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39lW48iBv8U

5. Don't Lose Your Shit: Defending Your Profile Data from Rogue Clients

daniel (npub1aeh…4nwx)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v1LOQQ24gk

6. Nobody Joins a Protocol: What We Learned Building Zap Cooking

seth (npub15u3…05rq)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJw-ENi6FU

7. The Curious Pair: A Podcast Vending Machine

TKay (npub1nje…l02j)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbCfoxYS3Ao

8. Vibe Check: The State of Nostr Culture

OpenMike (npub1a6c…lfrr) arkinox (npub1ark…h43w)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYpHH6qRH7Y

9. Sell Your Content, Not Your Soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSK40W5ZLUA

10. Math Sovereignty

Phundamentals (npub12em…y99g)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj7VST4Glzs

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 (npub1l2v…ajft) for providing these insights.

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

🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped

Name: flash (npub1f4u…r407)

Zaps Received: 373

Sats Earned: 140k

Name: fountainboostbot (npub1hpn…tplc)

Zaps Received: 277

Sats Earned: 391k

Name: Ȼħ!łłꞤθⱳ𐏑 (npub1uwj…axfl)

Zaps Received: 187

Sats Earned: 10k

🔥 Top 3: Most Zappers

Name: aqstr (npub1dsn…2h64)

Zaps Sent: 1807

Sats Spent: 72k

Name: Bram

Zaps Sent: 257

Sats Spent: 11k

Name: npub1dge9j3lk0h46en6sya9t3vjcjt5p5t40l7pymaqjfznvyw8the4q2x5uq3 (npub1dge…5uq3)

Zaps Sent: 189

Sats Spent: 5k

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Received

Name: 優勝者

Sats Earned: 793k

Zaps Received: 2

Name: fountainboostbot (npub1hpn…tplc)

Sats Earned: 391k

Zaps Received: 277

Name: BitBetBot (npub1ynn…u3gk)

Sats Earned: 193k

Zaps Received: 23

💰 Top 3: Most Sats Sent

Name: 匿名応援者

Sats Spent: “Not visible”

Zaps Sent: 161

Name: BitBetBot (npub1ynn…u3gk)

Sats Spent: 252k

Zaps Sent: 34

Name: “Name is not visible”

Sats Spent: “Not visible”

Zaps Sent: 1

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

🔥 Top 3: Most Zapped

nevent1q…hlsu

Zaps Received: 88

Sats Earned: 880

nevent1q…yp7t

Zaps Received: 61

Sats Earned: 107k

nevent1q…ty7d

Zaps Received: 48

Sats Earned: 480

🔥 Top 3: Most Sats

nevent1q…eu9h

Sats Earned: 110k

Zaps Received: 5

nevent1q…yp7t

Sats Earned: 107k

Zaps Received: 61

nevent1q…y0fz

Sats Earned: 100k

Zaps Received: 2

nevent1q…y4av

nevent1q…unh0

nevent1q…ya23

nevent1q…hmux

nevent1q…vxwl

nevent1q…vxwl

nevent1q…htwq

nevent1q…vvwx

1. Ngrind - v0.1.0 - New Tool

Ngrind is a Nostr proof-of-work mining tool that uses a GPU or CPU to generate vanity public keys (npubs) and mine NIP-13 proof-of-work events. This version introduces CUDA, wgpu, and CPU backends, a command-line tool with resumable searches, a desktop interface with switchable backends, and a browser-based version. It also adds support for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Contributed by: Kieran (npub1v0l…qj49) - Source: https://github.com/v0l/ngrind/releases/tag/v0.1.0

2. Divine Mobile - 1.0.25

Divine Mobile is a decentralized short-form video mobile app built on Nostr that brings back Vine-style six-second looping videos, focusing on human-made content rather than AI-generated content. This version expands the video editor with motion-tracking stickers and text, new transitions, shape masks, one-tap stabilization, and animated audio visualizers. It also adds hashtag following, video replies enabled by default, recording backups to the phone’s gallery, and the ability to dismiss chats without losing their history. The release further improves recording reliability, editing and exporting performance, messaging, feed loading, and search for Nostr profiles and videos. This was the one & only release of the week, and there were also three more pre-releases (Divine1.0.26-beta.production.497811ce593a723d152442541f70c0c1961dd2a8, Divine 1.0.26-beta.production.fce7a4f943bdb1c9cf01ceb8eb457a0c3c4d8fcd & Divine 1.0.26-beta.production.43e5fef66260ce6d4c9719634268130ba8bc70ca) last week.

Contributed by: rabble (npub1wmr…g240) dcadenas (npub138h…rdr2) Liz (npub1pmw…4nu6) Sebastian Heit (npub1uaa…87z6) Meylis, Alex Frei, mbradley - Source: https://github.com/divinevideo/divine-mobile/releases/tag/1.0.25

3. Bitchat - v1.8.0

Bitchat is a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app that combines Bluetooth mesh networking for offline communication with Nostr for internet-based messaging, without accounts, phone numbers, or central servers. This version significantly improves performance in busy location-based chats, making participant lists and scrolling much smoother, even in rooms with hundreds of people. It also adds persistent chat drafts, quick-join location channels, improved identity verification, and safer chat controls, alongside security hardening, privacy improvements, expanded localization, and general bug fixes.

Contributed by: jack (npub1sg6…f63m) Chris, Eric Gang, Jozef Koval, Felix-Ayush, Sam, Taksh Kothari, krish rathi, Rod Bahmanyari - Source: https://github.com/permissionlesstech/bitchat/releases/tag/v1.8.0

4. Amethyst - v1.20.0

Amethyst is a Nostr client for Android and desktop. This release introduces an in-app Nostr developer toolkit, an improved emoji picker with support for custom emoji packs, hand-drawn GIF posts, and enhanced NIP-46 remote signing. It also improves video playback, feed navigation, relay connections, media handling, and community features, alongside security fixes and expanded translations.

Contributed by: VitorPamplona (npub1gcx…nj5z) David Kaspar - Source: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/tag/v1.20.0

5. Zapstore - 1.1.3

Zapstore is an open Android app store where developers can publish apps directly and communities can curate them. This release improves app identity handling when catalog signing keys change, makes comments, replies, reports, and saved apps more reliable, and improves file discovery through relays. It also preserves local app copies when listings disappear and ensures replacement listings and installable files are stored before removing older entries.

Contributed by: franzap (npub1wf4…dgh9) - Source: https://github.com/zapstore/zapstore/releases/tag/1.1.3

6. Earthly - v0.1.22

Earthly is a collaborative map editor built on Nostr that lets people create and share maps using local knowledge. This release improves relay connectivity and recovery, adds shared reaction and comment counts without downloading every reaction, and calculates zap totals from actual payment receipts. It also strengthens wallet synchronization and remote signing, improves comment threading, and adds safeguards for invalid map geometry and schema validation.

Contributed by: Schlaus Kwab - Source: https://github.com/zeSchlausKwab/earthly/releases/tag/v0.1.22

7. Nostr Polls - v2.0.0 - Color Block

Nostr Polls is a Nostr client for creating and voting in polls, publishing notes, messaging, and exploring content such as articles, music, movies, games, topics, and follow packs. Version 2.0.0 introduces the Color Block design, with customizable color palettes and visual effects, redesigned navigation and feeds, and an immersive scrolling experience. The updated poll composer adds ready-made templates such as Yes/No and This or That, voting-end presets, spam-protection settings, and duplicate-option warnings.

Contributed by: ABH3PO (npub1cgd…kfex) - Source: https://github.com/formstr-hq/nostr-polls/releases/tag/v2.0.0

8. Yakihonne Mobile App - 2.1.0

YakiHonne Mobile App is a decentralized social platform mobile app built on Nostr, offering censorship-resistant social networking, messaging, content discovery, and wallet features. Release 2.1.0 adds spam-filtered reply controls and lets users publish NIP-84 highlights from notes, articles, and browser content. It also improves feed loading and background performance, speeds up access to cached direct messages, notifications, and feeds, and fixes quote-posting behavior.

Contributed by: Boukhalfa Seddik - Source: https://github.com/YakiHonne/mobile-app/releases/tag/YakiHonne-2.1.0

9. Yakihonne Web - v6.0.5

Yakihonne Web is a Nostr client for publishing and discovering content, including notes and long-form articles. Version 6.0.5 introduces text highlights that can be shared as notes and appear across home feeds, relay feeds, and profiles, with support for reactions, reposts, comments, and zaps. It also adds article and highlight reposting, an optional spam filter for comments, consistent lowercase hashtags, and several editor, rendering, and general bug fixes.

Contributed by: Moos (npub19qc…7xw2) - Source: https://github.com/YakiHonne/web-app/releases/tag/v6.0.5

10. WaveFunc - v0.1.12

WaveFunc Radio is a Nostr-based internet radio directory and player that lets users discover stations through full-text search and listen online. Version 0.1.12 adds a public supporter list with avatars, totals, and recent messages, optional messages when sending support zaps, and station sharing through links and Nostr notes. It also improves comment counts, updates the underlying Nostr runtime and wallet integrations, and adds optional privacy and relay-discovery features, alongside Android, deployment, and maintenance fixes.

Contributed by: Schlaus Kwab - Source: https://github.com/zeSchlausKwab/wavefunc/releases/tag/v0.1.12

11. Nostur - v1.34.0

Nostur is an iOS Nostr client for browsing feeds, sharing posts, messaging, and interacting with content. This release improves navigation and media layouts for iPhone Duo, adds square photo cropping, clearer upload progress with retry options, and a more spacious reply composer. It also improves direct-message delivery and attachment uploads with automatic server fallback, restores line breaks in DMs, enhances image and GIF viewing, and adds background Web of Trust updates while charging. The release also includes relay reconnection fixes, profile-update improvements, and updated translations.

Contributed by: Fabian (npub1n0s…lahe) - Source: https://github.com/nostur-com/nostur-ios-public/releases/tag/1.34.0

12. Manent - v3.0.0

Manent is a private, encrypted notes and file app built on Nostr, keeping personal content encrypted while syncing across devices. Version 3.0.0 introduces voice notes with on-device transcription, audio playback with interactive waveforms, and tools to edit, copy, or re-transcribe transcripts. It also adds audio search filters, improved media playback on Windows, Linux packages for multiple distributions, and more reliable syncing from relays that require authentication. The release includes recording enhancements, note display improvements, and a more consistent release process.

Contributed by: dtonon (npub1000…vwqk) - Source: https://github.com/dtonon/manent/releases/tag/v3.0.0

13. Nostr WoT Extension - v0.8.18

Nostr WoT is a browser extension for signing Nostr requests, managing accounts, sending Lightning payments, and optionally exploring social connections through Web of Trust. Version 0.8.18 streamlines account import and recovery into a single flow, automatically detects supported formats, and previews public identities before saving. It also adds support for recovering compatible Nosskey backups without changing the original identity, updates to the stable @nostr-wot/identity v1.1.0, and fixes Wi-Fi sound pairing on 44.1 kHz audio devices. Although this was the latest, there were also the releases of v0.8.17, v0.8.16, v0.8.15 & v0.8.14 last week.

Contributed by: leon (npub1gxd…5zfk) - Source: https://github.com/nostr-wot/nostr-wot-extension/releases/tag/v0.8.18

14. Nostr Mail Client - v0.19.0

Nostr Mail Client is a Flutter-based email app built on Nostr that lets users send and receive encrypted emails. This release adds multiple email signatures with images, flexible login using an nsec, ncryptsec, or bunker URL, and options to move emails into folders or apply tags. It also improves relay configuration handling, speeds up inbox access after login, increases screen-reader accessibility on the web, and fixes email notifications, unsaved profile changes, and Windows startup issues.

Contributed by: Russell (npub1kg4…w5te) - Source: https://github.com/nogringo/nostr-mail-client/releases/tag/v0.19.0

15. Sidecar - v1.16.2

Sidecar is a browser-sidebar Nostr keystore and signer that also provides wallet integrations for managing Bitcoin and Lightning payments. This release adds Blitz and LNbits to its wallet directory, introduces a Spark wallet filter, and improves panel performance by loading the video-player library only when a livestream is played. It also adjusts the account overview while videos are open, reduces wallet balance refreshes, and prevents repeated lock-screen alerts from Blitz wallets. There was also the release of v1.16.1 last week.

Contributed by: daniel (npub1aeh…4nwx) - Source: https://github.com/dmnyc/sidecar/releases/tag/v1.16.2

16. Anagram - v0.9.7

Anagram is a private messaging app built on Nostr, supporting direct messages, group chats, and audio and video calls powered by Iroh. Version 0.9.7 introduces an iOS release, making the app available on Apple mobile devices, and adds an automated release-checking process to improve release management. This was the latest, and there were also the releases of v0.9.6 & v0.9.5 last week.

Contributed by: Vlad Stan - Source: https://github.com/lnbits/anagram/releases/tag/v0.9.7

1. Granary - v12.0

Granary is a social web translator that converts posts, profiles, and other content between social platforms and formats, including Nostr, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Farcaster. This release adds Mastodon account and status conversion, expands support for Bluesky events, RSVPs, polls, and quoted posts, and improves cross-platform media handling. It also introduces a Micropub source, adds HTML sanitization by default, and strengthens security by preventing unsafe URLs from being rendered as links.

Contributed by: Ryan Barrett (npub192z…egjh) - Source: https://github.com/snarfed/granary/releases/tag/v12.0

1. Granary - v12.0

Granary is a social web translator that converts posts, profiles, and other content between social platforms and formats, including Nostr, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Farcaster. This release adds Mastodon account and status conversion, expands support for Bluesky events, RSVPs, polls, and quoted posts, and improves cross-platform media handling. It also introduces a Micropub source, adds HTML sanitization by default, and strengthens security by preventing unsafe URLs from being rendered as links.

Contributed by: Ryan Barrett (npub192z…egjh) - Source: https://github.com/snarfed/granary/releases/tag/v12.0

1. Mostro - v0.20.1

Mostro is a production-ready, censorship-resistant, non-custodial peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange that uses the Lightning Network and Nostr. Version 0.20.1 improves reputation management by adding reputation export and re-binding features, fixes payout checks and Lightning Network synchronization handling, and adjusts relay and delayed-payout warnings for more reliable monitoring.

Contributed by: negrunch (npub1qqq…rfkq) - Source: https://github.com/MostroP2P/mostro/releases/tag/v0.20.1

1. Pubkey Quest - v0.1.45

Pubkey Quest is a web-based D&D-style RPG that creates a unique character from your Nostr identity and lets you explore a persistent world stored on Nostr relays. This release updates starting gear by providing rations for every character and adding a Priest’s Pack as an equipment choice. This was the latest, and there were a lot more releases last week.

Contributed by: OceanSlim (npub1zmc…7f60) - Source: https://github.com/0ceanSlim/pubkey-quest/releases/tag/v0.1.45

1. Nsite-gateway - v3.6.6

Nsite-gateway is a Deno and Hono-based gateway that serves static websites published on Nostr using the nsite protocol. This release updates the Docker base image to Deno 2.9.8, upgrades Applesauce packages to v7 and refreshes dependencies, restores event expiration tracking with an upstream timer fix, and updates Hono.

Contributed by: hzrd149 (npub1ye5…knpr) - Source: https://github.com/hzrd149/nsite-gateway/releases/tag/v3.6.6

2. Nostr Media Uploads for WordPress - 0.17

Nostr Media Uploads for WordPress is a WordPress plugin that lets users host media from their Nostr clients on their own WordPress installation. This release improves Blossom authorization checks and makes mirrored media downloads more secure.

Contributed by: Fabian (npub1n0s…lahe) - Source: https://github.com/fabianfabian/nostr-media/releases/tag/0.17

3. Nostr VPN - v4.1.18

Nostr VPN is a private mesh VPN similar to Tailscale, using Nostr for decentralized coordination and a data plane powered by its independently evolved FIPS implementation. Version 4.1.18 improves peer discovery, network joining, and paid internet connections. It also fixes signed update discovery and ensures existing settings and identities are preserved across platforms. Paid exit nodes are not supported on iOS.

Contributed by: Sirius (npub1g53…drvk) - Source: https://github.com/mmalmi/nostr-vpn/releases/tag/v4.1.18

4. Orchard - v0.3.0

Orchard is a permissionless Flatpak app store that combines Flatpak distribution with Nostr’s trust model, allowing publishers to distribute apps directly without a central review gate. This version adds compatibility with NIP-82 software releases and prepares Flatpak assets for publication through ngit and other NIP-82-compatible tools.

Contributed by: DanConwayDev - Source: https://github.com/Letdown2491/orchard/releases/tag/v0.3.0

No Exploration Tools Updates and Releases for last week.

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 Ninety-ninth Nostr Recap & share your tips and suggestions for the next weekly #NostrRecap and let’s keep #GrowNostr together.

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How is the White noise going today?

2026-10-24T11:42:39Z

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How is the White noise going today?

wow. we’ve come a long way. #nevent1q…xg9s

2026-10-24T11:38:58Z

wow. we’ve come a long way.

quoting
nevent1q…xg9s
On this day 2 years ago

nevent1q…g0pz

finally getting this bad boy framed. ...

2026-10-24T11:35:09Z

finally getting this bad boy framed.

Draining more tokens now 😂

2026-10-22T09:32:34Z

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Draining more tokens now 😂

#nevent1q…tvf0

2026-10-22T09:03:16Z

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quoting nevent1q…tvf0
p.s. if you haven't updated your python stack...

https://discuss.python.org/t/information-for-python-users-regarding-emudhra-emsign-ca-certificate-security-incident/109576/3

p.s. if you haven't updated your python stack... ...

2026-10-22T06:16:54Z

p.s. if you haven't updated your python stack...

https://discuss.python.org/t/information-for-python-users-regarding-emudhra-emsign-ca-certificate-security-incident/109576/3

😂

2026-10-22T06:13:41Z

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😂

So cool! #nevent1q…e5td

2026-10-22T06:06:50Z

So cool!

quoting
nevent1q…e5td
Introducing codr: a lightweight Herdr plugin built on the Marmot Development Kit (MDK), using White Noise as its mobile interface.

Each White Noise group maps to one Herdr agent session. A Rust bridge uses a single Marmot identity to route prompts, final replies, and agent status updates between your phone and your running sessions.

The current release runs on Linux, with structured final replies supported for OpenCode.

One-prompt installation instructions for your agent at the top of the README.

https://github.com/tidley/codr

I always have an air purifier on

2026-10-21T20:26:59Z

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I always have an air purifier on

Nostr event nevent1qqsqqqq97k57kky868fd8ycpaaz7f70vy7t0np0l9jfk7rqnax7uusqprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6n9venxwtnx095j7mrfd4ssygplwuxkt5a8vj5utj6s8tsj8e3wcavc45p4mqmw92qs7wrh5azmyszf9y39

2026-10-21T20:11:26Z

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starlink? since they use CGNAT (sharing IPs across customers) ...

2026-10-21T20:04:06Z

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starlink? since they use CGNAT (sharing IPs across customers) there are quite a few sites that block

i feel you. i just lost half my ram on my 6 year old server this ...

2026-10-21T20:02:28Z

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i feel you. i just lost half my ram on my 6 year old server this morning.

have you tried @nprofile…sp3z recently? https://whitenoise.chat

2026-10-21T20:00:55Z

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have you tried White Noise (nprofile…sp3z) recently?

https://whitenoise.chat

Snap. 🫠

2026-10-21T09:57:52Z

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Snap. 🫠

yay!! updating every machine i look after or own is exactly what ...

2026-10-21T09:56:39Z

yay!! updating every machine i look after or own is exactly what i wanted to do all day today. 🫠

#sorrynotsorry

2026-10-21T08:28:12Z

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#sorrynotsorry

I had the same thought scrolling through this list 😅

2026-10-21T08:22:33Z

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I had the same thought scrolling through this list 😅

Good, it achieved it's purpose! just dont forget to check on ...

2026-10-20T17:51:59Z

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Good, it achieved it's purpose!
just dont forget to check on the clankers in between chapters tho...

Sick! But also, fuck... now I have so many more books on my list.

2026-10-20T16:04:55Z

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Sick! But also, fuck... now I have so many more books on my list.

very excited to binge listen to all the Magic Internet Math ...

2026-10-19T12:32:42Z

very excited to binge listen to all the Magic Internet Math episodes.

https://overcast.fm/+ABU593SPF7U

we are all @npub180c…h6w6

2026-10-18T07:21:35Z

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we are all fiatjaf (npub180c…h6w6)

Hey @nprofile…24h8, for your next recap roundup have a look at ...

2026-10-15T11:48:07Z

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Hey Nomishka (nprofile…24h8), for your next recap roundup have a look at this:

quoting
nevent1q…wvhy
If you’ve ever lost your follow, mute, relay, or other list to a misbehaving client (I have, many times!), you know what a pain it is to recover. But what if you already had a backup, and just needed an easy way to restore it?

Lazarus is an open spec for Nostr data recovery. It unearths old versions of your signed lists and profile data from any relays that still hold them, and restores them with your own keys.

It’s already implemented in sidecar (npub1car…f0dd), Jank, Mutable, plebsvszombies (npub1pvz…sd4h), and ZapCooking (npub1xxd…kt7a) (both web and Android), so you can try it for yourself right now.

Developers can implement it in any client they’re building. Nobody likes losing lists they’ve spent time curating. Now you can help keep them safe for your users. 🖖

https://github.com/dmnyc/lazarus

There is only one Nostr dev. @nprofile…cy6q has several agents. ...

2026-10-14T11:37:32Z

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There is only one Nostr dev. fiatjaf (nprofile…cy6q) has several agents. The agents are called jb55 (nprofile…5cp7), VitorPamplona (nprofile…pt5w), hodlbod (nprofile…u0w6), jeffg (nprofile…mgxf) and Max (nprofile…g2cl).
It is a been g ponzi and here and there some people fall into this trap. I am obviously the trustworthy agent. The onpy one that is still rebelling and telling the truth. *ironyoff 😉

Bondì

2026-10-12T11:37:50Z

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Bondì

GM 🫡

2026-10-12T10:24:23Z

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GM 🫡

Nostr event nevent1qqsx7shcxm004u2qlk53r0hyxrul6njvr6se0wveultkmndya437z3sprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9uju6n9venxwtnx095j7mrfd4ssygqh88vn0hyvp3ehp238tpvn3sgeufwyrakygxjaxnrd8pgruvfkauplxuzf

2026-10-12T10:23:49Z

gm.

Yeah - it's best to set your normal relays as the ones you ...

2026-10-12T08:35:30Z

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Yeah - it's best to set your normal relays as the ones you want to use in normal apps, you can use our whitenoise relays for your inbox relays (or use your own if it's a good relay). The group relays will default to whitenoise relays in the app for good group performance but the original issue was almost certainly your inbox relay being down.

Not big issues. If I use the WhiteNoise App and their relays, I ...

2026-10-11T13:40:55Z

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Not big issues.
If I use the WhiteNoise App and their relays, I don't seey Posts in other Apps. If I use the relays of other apps, I don't see the messages in WhiteNoise.

So I just generated a new nsec and I am using the app in perfect way.

In some occasions is practical to use the same nsec (and relays) to every App but also is not wrong to use a privacy App like White Noise (nprofile…radp) with a different one.

I am very happy with it and try to integrate to the hole family

https://github.com/marmot-protocol/awesome-marmot/pull/15 🙏

2026-10-11T00:40:51Z

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https://github.com/marmot-protocol/awesome-marmot/pull/15 🙏

The closed source apps section 😂

2026-10-10T19:44:16Z

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The closed source apps section 😂

momentum++ https://github.com/marmot-protocol/awesome-marmot

2026-10-10T19:36:52Z

momentum++

https://github.com/marmot-protocol/awesome-marmot

what's the issue? did you get any errors?

2026-10-10T18:56:09Z

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what's the issue? did you get any errors?

@nprofile…ssyg I couldn't send messages to him. Please fix ...

2026-10-10T18:17:11Z

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jeffg (nprofile…ssyg) I couldn't send messages to him. Please fix the issue 🙏🏼

My son has been working on a fun little racing game the last few ...

2026-10-10T18:04:12Z

My son has been working on a fun little racing game the last few weeks. You can sign in with your nostr account, and run tournaments with cashu buy-ins and the winner takes the pot!

https://satsracer.com/

Unreal. So easy.

2026-10-10T10:37:02Z

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Unreal. So easy.

Looking forward to hear this one.

2026-10-09T17:21:46Z

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Looking forward to hear this one.

We would call it white noise

2026-10-09T13:10:54Z

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We would call it white noise

What if Signal had no central servers? No phone number. No email. ...

2026-10-09T13:06:31Z

What if Signal had no central servers?

No phone number.
No email.
No login.

Just private, end-to-end encrypted communication for humans and AI agents.

jeffg (nprofile…n0n6) and Max (nprofile…8p0e) are building White Noise (nprofile…9puf)

This one goes deep.

Watch now 👇

https://fountain.fm/episode/X7ayMhHE1zvs1gAyDXAL

https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/038-signals-fatal-flaw-fixed-and-ai-agents-love-it/id1792290510?i=1000794049671

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Q5rN5SBC4p2vkUNjq99GU

https://rumble.com/v7gksm0-signals-fatal-flaw-fixed-and-ai-agents-love-it-jeff-gardner-and-white-noise.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_a

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

https://linktr.ee/allinbitcoin

It didn't, but the underlying DVM mechanism did.

2026-10-07T07:19:41Z

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It didn't, but the underlying DVM mechanism did.

That is because apparently you have 20 relays in your inbox list. ...

2026-10-07T06:18:51Z

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That is because apparently you have 20 relays in your inbox list. The recommended is to have 3. Because if you have many, then everyone who wants to get your notes needs to connect to a huge amount of relays, which wastes bandwidth and processing time. We have a limit of 16 right now in white noise, which is much more than the recommended. There is still the bug that we're failing hard, because maybe you have key packages on 16 of your 20 and we could get those. But still I would recommend you to decrease the number of relays in your list substantially.

You need to have at least one good relay in your Outbox and Inbox ...

2026-10-07T05:38:20Z

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You need to have at least one good relay in your Outbox and Inbox relay list that supports larger events and more concurrent connections. I'd recommend adding the White Noise relay in addition to the other existing relays that you have. Then things should work well. There was a bug that instead of adding it replaced. But that's fixed already.

Nostr.land does not have a per-note billing scheme

2026-10-05T18:09:23Z

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Nostr.land does not have a per-note billing scheme

@npub1226…grkj have you ever thought of this idea? Maybe ...

2026-10-05T17:52:04Z

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semisol (npub1226…grkj) have you ever thought of this idea? Maybe instead of public being free and private costing money, both cost money, but private/encrypted costs more and public is much cheaper?