A Nostr Blogging Contest

Let's start with the anniversary#

Nostr.build turned 1 year old a few days ago and a lot has happened in the last year. From a few hundred media uploads to 2500+ a day, now hosting over 1 million unique media items. From a simple, free UI, to advanced personal accounts, NIP98 and NIP96 integration, CDN, redundant load balanced servers with all media backed-up on multiple locations, full integration and automatic uploads with apps like NoStrudel, Damus, Snort.Social, Amethyst, Coracle.Social, Iris.to and more. And of course, none of this is even remotely possible without partnering with a world-class developer, Fishcake.

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But it's the people that are making this journey special. Everyone with their own unique story. Everyone supporting nostr, supporting each other, helping to build something we all know is special. The amount of support nostr.build has received is unbelievable. From donations to account purchases, troubleshooting and code contributions, I never knew people could be so generous. The generosity amazed me so much, I wrote a blog about it, here!

To hear some of these stories, to drive creativity and use other apps on nostr, to give back a little, we thought to hold a nostr blogging contest, so here it goes!

How it Works#

On January 1st, 2024 we will post a note calling for blog entries. Contestants will need to respond to the note adding a link to their blog. The blog with the most legitimate 'likes' will be the winner. Rules are below:

• The blog must be written in a nostr blogging app (ex. yakihonne.com, habla.news, blogstack.io, flycat.club)
• It must contain media (images, gifs, videos). It can be 1-2 images, or 99% mixed media. It does NOT need to be hosted on nostr.build
• It needs to be a new blog, can't be something from before the contest
• Anyone can participate

Prizes#

• 1st Prize will be a Bitcoin hardware wallet of your choice (ex. Coldcard, BitKey, Passport, Jade, Trezor)
• 2nd Prize will be nostr.build Creators accounts given to two people. If you already have an account, you will get a renewal for the next year.
• 3rd Prize will be a Bitcoin / Financial / Art book given to three people (ex. Bread, Bitcoin Standard, Broken Money, Fourth Turning)

In total there are 6 prizes.

The Goal#

There are a few things we wish to accomplish:

• Drive adoption of more nostr apps, and the nostr blogging apps are really good
• Share your stories so we all can hear them. Find out more about what interests people, and to bring out everyone's creative side
• Drive Bitcoin self custody and cold storage

That is it! That's the contest. Remember, it can be about anything.

Have fun and 'may the odds be ever in your favor'!