Jul 9, 2023

Nostr Report Weekend Highlights

Highlights for the week ending, 8 July 2023

🚨 Headline Nostr News 🚨

  • Nostr Report launched a new publication schedule. Daily reports are now published in the mornings (US time zones), which is midday (UTC).
  • Last week saw a large influx of new & returning users from Twitter as the platform added strict limits on how many tweets users could view, and further limited access to content unless you have an account. Nostr.build, Nostrplebs, Damus, and others reported seeing a surge in downloads, registration, and other user activity.
  • announced the new Money Matters podcast, kicking things off with the first episode featuring
  • created Zapple Pay, which links nostr reactions on notes (kind-7) to a zapping tool using NWC, allowing users to #zap notes in clients that don't support note zaps.
  • Live streaming on Nostr took off as Zap.stream site launched with support for mobile and desktop, and includes zaps and setting zap goals on streams. Amethyst also shows live streams in-app now.
  • publishes NIP draft for a Data Vending Machine β€” a marketplace for data processing on #nostr.
  • Primal web app has been open sourced.

πŸ’» nostr Tech πŸ’»

  • Two more iOS apps, Nostur and Plebstr, have been contacted by Apple about removing note #zaps.
  • released a Highlighter.com extension for Chrome.
  • Nostr.kiwi released full PWA experience and support for nsecBunker sign in.
  • nsecBunker adds feature to DM admin when bunker is restarted.
  • shares a "side project" desktop client he's working on
  • releases v1.1.0 of Lume, a desktop client for Nostr.

⚑ nostr Business ⚑

  • Wallet of Satoshi celebrated processing 10 million lightning transactions by giving away 10 million sats, 1 million to 10 winners. Announced winners on Nostr and Twitter.
  • Learn how #Greenlight is enabling developers to integrate non-custodial & #UnfairlyCheap Lightning payments into apps.
  • Cash App is working on support for LNURL, including addresses to receive #zaps to your account and more.

πŸ—£οΈ Featured Content πŸ—£οΈ

  • The latest installment of the #MarceFiles featuring 's interview with .
  • B4B Issue 3: Whose Channel Is It Anyway, by , answers a question about the safety of sats in a lightning channel vs. sats on an exchange.
  • Chapter 11 of 's book, 24, is out now.
  • The latest #Plebchain Radio with and featuring is available now on Fountain.fm.