Nostr Biweekly Review ( 1-14 Mar 2026)

GM, Nostriches! The Nostr Review is a biweekly newsletter focused on protocol updates, exciting programs, the long-form content ecosystem, and key events happening in the Nostr-verse. If you’re interested, join me in covering updates from the Nostr ecosystem!

Quick review: In the past two weeks, daily active pubkeys dropped to 112,065. New user growth decreased, while profiles with bios increased by over 296.51%. Events totaled 1.27million and zap volume decreased to 10.22 million sats. Additionally, 7 pull requests were submitted to the Nostr protocol, with 3 merged. A total of 101 Nostr projects were tracked, with 14 releasing product updates. During this period, 2 notable events took place, and 3 significant events are upcoming.

Nostr Statistics#

Based on user activity, the total daily active pubkeys reached 112,065, reflecting a decrease of 0.99% compared to the previous period's 113,187. The highest daily activity was recorded on March 14th, 2026, with 10,328 active users, representing a 20.81% increase compared to the previous record of 8,549.

The number of new users overall showed mixed trends from the last period. In particular, the number of profiles with bios rose significantly to 86,214, marking a massive increase of about 296.51% compared to the previous record of 21,743. However, the number of new profiles with contact lists fell to 96,225, a 13.27% decrease from 110,949. Meanwhile, pubkeys writing events increased to 57,598 within this period, representing a 9.03% rise from the previous 52,826.

In terms of content publishing, approximately 1,272,513 total events were published during this period, representing an increase of about 1.15% compared to the 1,258,101 from the previous cycle. Among them, Reposts reached a total of 46,438 within this period, marking a 21.80% increase compared to the previous 38,127.

For zap activity, the total zap amount is about 10.22 million, showing a decrease of over 10.35% compared to the previous period.

Data source: https://npub.world/stats , https://stats.andotherstuff.org/

NIPs#

Add section on deletion #2260 staab

⁠hodlbod

This proposal introduces a standardized way to create and manage "Groups" on Nostr where a group has an owner (or admins) who can control membership and moderate content. This is a significant shift from the standard "global feed" or "relay-wide" experience, moving toward a community structure similar to Subreddits, Discord servers, or Telegram groups.

Add NIP-AA: Autonomous Agents on Nostr #2259 Yadunandan Batchu This proposal aims to establish a standardized framework for AI agents to operate as "self-sovereign" participants within the Nostr ecosystem, moving beyond simple scripts to entities with verifiable identity and economic agency.

nip70: reposts that embed protected events must be rejected fiatjaf

⁠fiatjaf

The PR clarifies the behavior of relays when handling reposts (Kind 6 or Kind 16) that contain protected events (events with a - tag as defined in NIP-70). The Rule: If a user attempts to publish a repost event that embeds the full content of a protected event, the relay must reject that repost. The Reason: NIP-70 is designed to prevent the unauthorized distribution of content that a user has marked as "protected." If a relay allowed a repost to embed the content of a protected event, it would bypass the protection mechanism by making the private/protected content available to everyone who sees the repost.

Source: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pulls

Notable Projects#

YakiHonne

⁠YakiHonne

Rolling out a new update for Yakihonne across web and mobile, with a strong focus on creator workflows, discovery, and everyday usability. This release introduces Starter Packs and Media Packs (NIP-51), improves onboarding, and adds one of the most requested features by users: scheduled notes.

Scheduled Notes

You can now write notes ahead of time and schedule them to be published automatically. This is a must-have feature for many users and creators, especially for:

Planning content in advance
Coordinating announcements and campaigns
Posting at the right time across different time zones
Maintaining a consistent publishing schedule without being online

Scheduled notes are available on Web and mobile and represent a major step toward professional-grade publishing tools on Nostr.

Starter Packs and Media Packs (NIP-51)

Starter Packs and Media Packs introduce a new way to discover people and content more easily:

Starter Packs help new users follow recommended accounts, relays, and feeds from day one
Media Packs curate themed or topical media collections for easier exploration

These packs are based on NIP-51, making them shareable and interoperable across compatible Nostr apps.

Web Update (v5.7.0)

Scheduled notes support added
New Explore page featuring media packs and starter packs
Custom feed support for media and starter packs
Recommended starter packs shown during onboarding
Enhanced message options with single and multi deletion and copy text
Fixed nSec login and event signing issues in Nostr tools
Fixed web worker loading issues
Resolved issue where new NWC wallets were not appearing
Fixed Lightning invoice generation display
Added hotkeys for publishing comments and replies (Cmd/Ctrl + Enter)
Added hotkeys for browsing image galleries in notes (arrow keys)
Added relay suggestions when inbox has no relays set
Fixed notifications not opening due to storage limitations
Added quick actions in the “Add New” button for media creation and uploads
Fixed tag display issues for Greek language
Optimized notification hints on the sidebar
Added Trending Notes feed for discovering popular content
General bug fixes and optimizations across the app

Mobile Update (v2.0.2)

Starter packs support
Media packs support
Relay-based trending notes
Non-blocking message sending with queueing
Message deletion (single and multiple)
Note and reply rendering inside messages
Ability to enable or disable action popups
Fixed eCash wallet creation
Fixed sharing issues on iOS 26
Fixed relay duplication when adding relays to lists
Fixed currencies update issue
Fixed Greek hashtags not being recognized
Fixed note text display issues (unsupported fonts)
Improved muted thread experience by adding a message box
Other bug fixes and performance improvements

Why This Update Matters

Scheduled notes unlock reliable content planning, one of the most requested features by users
Packs make onboarding and discovery faster and more intuitive
Trending feeds surface popular content across relays
Overall improvements make Yakihonne faster, more reliable, and easier to use

Manent - v1.0.1 - New Tool

⁠daniele

Manent is a private, encrypted space for storing notes and files on the Nostr network, giving users full control over their personal data. This release includes a small maintenance update that changes the fallback Blossom server, helping ensure more reliable file storage and access.

Amber - v4.1.3-pre2

⁠greenart7c3

Amber is a Nostr event signer for Android that securely signs events for Nostr apps on your device. This pre-release improves relay management, updates default profile relays, and enhances notification text and UI elements. It also refines the backup screen, adds clearer signing information, and introduces a bottom-sheet interface for requests. Additional fixes improve relay connections, device compatibility, and overall stability.

Oxchat App - v1.5.4

⁠water783

0xchat is a secure messaging app built on the Nostr protocol, designed for private and decentralized communication. This release fixes multiple Linux and app issues, including UI freezes, image display problems, emoji reactions, logout behavior, and relay management bugs. It also improves media handling with video volume controls and enhanced voice playback (scrolling and 2× speed) and adds new relays such as nostr.data.haus and relay.mostr.pub, improving reliability and usability across platforms.

White Noise - v2026.3.5

White Noise is a secure, private, and decentralized chat app that uses the Marmot protocol with MLS and Nostr to enable encrypted messaging. This release focuses on stability and usability improvements, fixing issues with onboarding text, message reactions, media previews, chat UI elements, and translations. It also introduces reply improvements, a media-only chat summary, delivery status indicators, and various performance and build pipeline optimizations, making the app more reliable for secure messaging.

Nymchat - v3.40.155

⁠Luxas

Nymchat is a lightweight, ephemeral chat client built on the Nostr protocol and bridged with Bitchat for anonymous, temporary messaging. This release introduces a hotfix that enhances the quick react popup, improving the speed and usability of emoji reactions in chats. This was the latest release, and there were a lot more releases last week.

NosCall - v0.5.1

Noscall is a secure audio and video calling app built on the Nostr protocol, designed for private and decentralized communication. This release adds voice message support, optimizes the desktop experience, introduces contact favorites and notes, improves settings organization, enhances themes and accessibility, and includes data export, cleanup, and general bug fixes for a smoother, more reliable experience.

Nostur (A Nostr client for iOS) - v1.26.1

⁠Fabian

Nostur is a social media–oriented client for Nostr, focusing on feeds, messaging, and multimedia content. This release fixes issues with voice message playback, resolves scrolling problems in direct messages, reduces timeout notification spam, and addresses a GIF search bug to improve overall app usability and responsiveness.

Angor - v0.2.6

⁠dangershony

Angor is a decentralized P2P funding protocol built on Bitcoin and Nostr, enabling users to invest in and fund projects directly. This release adds Boltz integration, 1-click investing, and fully functional invest/fund project flows (tested on testnet). The UI is about 70% complete, with updates including Find Projects, Project Details, My Projects, and Funders views, as well as a new Create/Import Wallet flow. Several fixes, validations, and backend connections were also added to improve user experience and ensure smoother investment operations. This release is still not considered stable, with a beta-ready version expected in the next update.

Divine - 1.0.6

⁠rabble

Divine is a decentralized short-form video sharing app built on the Nostr protocol, inspired by the creativity and simplicity of Vine. This release improves feed speed and playback stability, enhances search and discovery with a new Explore categories tab, and introduces stronger identity features like multi-account support and improved NIP-05 verification. It also upgrades the camera and video editor tools, adds real-time comments and better sharing options, and includes platform improvements with macOS support and experimental Linux builds.

Wisp - 0.5.1-beta

⁠utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻🍁

Wisp is a minimal and performance-focused Android client for the Nostr protocol. This release adds relay hints to e-tags to improve event discovery and enhances profile fetching, helping the app retrieve user data more reliably while maintaining its lightweight and fast experience. This was the latest release, and there were multiple more releases last week.

Relayer - v2.2.8

⁠mattn

Relayer is a Nostr relay framework for developers, used to build and run custom Nostr relays. This release fixes a context leak in the event processing loop and reduces the lock scope for clientsMu, improving stability and performance when handling events.

NDK (Nostr Development Kit) - v0.7.1

⁠leo

NDK is a Dart library that simplifies building applications on the Nostr protocol. The v0.7.1 release introduces NIP-42 multi-account authentication, improved relay handling, and new caching and broadcast features. It also adds utilities like fetching NIP-05 data without a pubkey, improves database performance, and includes numerous bug fixes and stability improvements for Flutter and Dart-based Nostr apps.

SNSTR (Secure Nostr Software Toolkit for Renegades) - v0.3.3

⁠bitcoinplebdev

SNSTR is a lightweight TypeScript library for interacting with the Nostr protocol, designed to help developers build secure Nostr-based applications. This release strengthens relay authentication, publishing, and timeout handling for better reliability. It also adds helpers for NIP-42 authentication, NIP-29 group management, NIP-56 and NIP-70 moderation, and NIP-86 relay management, along with shared signer abstractions for local keys, NIP-07, and remote signers. These improvements make SNSTR more robust and developer-friendly for building Nostr integrations. This was the latest, and there was also the release of v0.3.2 last week.

Long-Form Content Eco#

In the past two weeks, approximately 26,597 kind 30023 events have been tracked (long-form articles), with over 45% being Bitcoin related articles and 55% related to Nostr and other topics across the Nostr Ecosystem.

The core discussion around decentralized technologies still revovles from theoretical utility to the urgent pursuit of systemic Peace. We are witnessing a definitive move away from the fragile, centralized Banking system toward resilient, user-driven financial models. While Bitcoin price volatility occasionally generates noise, the core community remains focused on the signal: a borderless, decentralized network that offers an escape from legacy banking failures and a peaceful pathway to true financial sovereignty.

Nostr Education and Grassroots Growth As the ecosystem expands, the focus has pivoted from chaotic development to structured Nostr Education. With a massive influx of new users stepping away from traditional platforms, the challenge is filtering out the noise and providing clear, foundational guidance.

The Role of Meetups Summaries: Detailed Meetups summaries have become critical tools for this educational push. By distilling complex cryptographic and networking concepts into accessible, shared knowledge, these summaries ensure that growing communities truly understand the underlying protocols rather than just skimming the surface.

Building Resilient Communities: This grassroots approach to teaching lowers the barrier to entry while maintaining the critical thinking required to navigate decentralized spaces safely.

Talks of WW3: Directing at Iran, it's neigbouring countries and the US.

Decentralizing Art: Redefining Music Value To support this cultural shift, the infrastructure is evolving beyond text to protect and monetize Music value. Decentralized networks and value-for-value (V4V) models are solving the traditional distribution problem, allowing artists to share their work directly with listeners. By bypassing traditional Banking gatekeepers and corporate streaming monopolies, creators ensure their music retains its true worth, blending digital sovereignty with pure artistic expression.

Thank you, ⁠Alan Watts Being in the Way

and others, for your work. Enriching Nostr’s long-form content ecosystem is crucial.

Nostriches Global Meet Ups#

Recently, five (2) Notable Nostr and Bitcoin events have been hosted.

March 1, 2026: Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin (Colorado Springs, CO) - A meetup at Jives Coffee Lounge (16 Colbrunn Ct) focused on Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr.

⁠fractalchris

Nostr Hack & Design Week (March 10–24, 2026): A global, online hackathon focusing on building applications, tools, and design projects for the decentralized social web. “Ongoing”

Here are the upcoming Nostr and Bitcoin events that you might want to check out.

SXWorldwide - A Variety Extravaganza - March 2026: Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026 - Sunday, March 15, 2026. SXWorldwide is a four-night live-stream variety show extravaganza - a bold collision of music, panels, interviews, and the unexpected, streamed from around the world to our secret warehouse location at SXSW, beamed directly to a screen near you.
RUNSTR: DISTRICT 5k — March 2026: Date: Sunday, March 15, 2026. Get ready to lace up your running shoes for the exhilarating Runstr 5K, taking place on Sunday, March 15, 2026, in the heart of Washington, District of Columbia!
Nostr Atlanta #11 - Lunch & Learn - Secret Handshake - March 2026: Date -Wednesday, March 18, 2026. A decentralized web tech meetup focusing on Nostr, organized by Club Orange at 684 John Wesley Dobbs Ave NE. ⁠Club Orange
Digital Freedom with Nostr & Bitcoin - April 2026: Sunday, April 05, 2026 (Colorado Springs, CO) - A meetup at Jives Coffee Lounge (16 Colbrunn Ct) focused on Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr.