A complete guide to the Nostrverse

___work in progress___

Useful resources to grow your knowledge about Nostr:

This is the summary of all the topics I would like to explain on this page for people who are having a first look at Nostr.

What is Nostr?
- https://njump.me/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzqfnf8su5kntap0re6arw4kj6xvswm6uhsmatnlfvjp0pzhkzhcjlqqfx6mt6xdurqcmndf38scnzdcuhgvrrqzql8x
A keypair
Content wrapped in events
Every piece of data that is being transmitted between clients and relays are called events. These events are easy to read JSON formatted blobs.
Relays
Apps / clients
- Web
- iOS mobile
- Android mobile
- Desktop
Funding & business models
- https://www.hivemind.vc/writings/nostr
- https://opensats.org
- https://hrf.org
Your identity & your profile
- https://www.hivemind.vc/identity
Feeds & algorithms
Search & discovery
- https://npub.world/
- https://brainstorm.world
- https://ants.sh/
Your social graph
Best practices for developers working with the protocol
E-Commerce
- https://conduit.market/
Payments
Value-4-value
Privacy
Moderation, trust & safety
Security
Analytics & metrics
- https://stats.andotherstuff.org
- https://nostrarchives.com
- https://ditto-metrics.shakespeare.wtf
- https://npub.world/stats
- https://dev.nostrolo.gy
Collectives for profit and non-profit
- And Other Stuff
- Open Privacy Foundation
- Web of Trust Foundation
- nostrdev.com
- Open Cash
- Soapbox
- Primal
- Sovereign Engineering
- Nosfabrica
- Verse Communications PBC
Events & conferences
- https://nostr.world
Governance
Issues: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/issues
Merge requests: https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pulls
NIPS
Nostr Implementation Possibilities
- https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips
- https://nips.nostr.com/
- https://nostr.dev
- https://nostrbook.dev/kinds/
- https://nostrhub.io
Follow the latest developments
- https://nostrcompass.org
- Weekly Nostr Recap
Books
- https://building-nostr.coracle.social/
Missing features
- A single point of truth (this is not a bug, but a feature)
- Key rotation / identity recovery
- Private group chats / communities
- Relationships (2-way opt-in relationships)
  https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/761
  https://vocab.org/relationship/
Nostr compared to other open protocols
- https://rights.social/platform-comparison
- https://soapbox.pub/blog/comparing-protocols
- https://hackmd.io/@rlifchitz/nostr-vs-mastodon
- https://jumble.social/notes/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq8zl7092ekzzcqwu4rehsgcmzesh29kjznd8t3aw4wlfu8h7ns8kqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qyd8wumn8ghj7urewfsk66ty9enxjct5dfskvtnrdakj7qpqs0amqgutyh269cl3wf77trxg62atjx3nr3atqpy6cdwkdnw50pcq4jczcy
Other features & tools
- Long-form content / publishing
  - https://thenostrobserver.vercel.app/
  - https://decentnewsroom.com/
- Search
  - NIP-50
- Web of Trust
- Livestreams
  - https://shosho.live/
  - https://zap.stream/
- Calendar events
- Communities
- Forums
- Git
- Hosting data with Blossom
  - https://nsite.run
  - https://napplet.run/
- Encrypted data with MLS
- Web bookmarks & highlights
- Gaming
- Attestations
- E-mail
- Networking
  - FIPS - https://fips.network
Other resources
- Decentralized Social Media - Nostr (2026-05)
- Your Guide To Nostr, The Decentralized Network For Everything (2024-07)
- Exploring the Nostr Ecosystem: A Study of Decentralization and Resilience (02-2024)
- https://trbouma.substack.com/
- https://newsletter.squishy.computer/p/natures-many-attempts-to-evolve-a (2024-10)