Nostr statistics (July 2024)

Looking at primal statistics the figures are:

Global Overview: 

    1,652,323 users
    38,385,828 public keys
    3,330,307 zaps
    19.16099363 btc zapped

Looking at nostr band statistics (stats.nostr.band) 2 or 6 months period: 

 2 month overview:

    Pubkeys: 33,398,599
    Users: 991,064
    Trusted users: 162,784
    Events: 272,346,539
    Posts: 88,342,896
    Zaps: 296,0441
    Zap amount: 1,631,822,155 satochis (1,050,355 USD)
    Relays: 2,469

Recap:

Pubkeys: 33,398,599 (vs 38,385,828 public keys from Primal)
Users: 991,064 (vs 1,652,323 users from Primal)
Trusted users: 162,784
Events: 272,346,539
Posts: 88,342,896
Zaps: 296,0441 (3,330,307 zaps from Primal)
Zap amount: 1,631,822,155 satochis (1,050,355 USD or 16.32 BTC) vs 19.1 btc zapped from Primal
Relays: 2,469 (no data)

Artbreeder Director

For people still wanting to try generating images, and wanting to have a different experience from the usual prompt and setup ; there is a feature within Artbreeder called 'Director' which is very friendly, the way it works is very intuitive and user will get immediate feedback along the way.

https://www.artbreeder.com/create/director

Here is an example of an image generated with the Director

https://www.artbreeder.com/image/682613a8460a69bf1bbe36f9a7cc

Using this prompt:

a muscular female warrior with platinum blonde hair in a mohawk style, captivating big anime eyes, beautiful face, scars on face, serious expression, futuristic sci-fi armor showing shoulder and cleavage, adorned with a huge red star, apocalyptic settings with red rock planet background, spaceship hovering behind, in artgerm drawing style, very detailed face, digital illustration, character design, artstation

Nostr and Mastodon (Fediverse)

The Fediverse is a network of interconnected servers (instances) that use decentralized protocols for communication. It encompasses various social media platforms and services, each running on its own server but able to interact with users on other servers. The key concept here is federation, where users from different instances can communicate with each other seamlessly.

It is basically like emails, there are plenty of providers out there (yahoo.com, gmail.com, hotmail.com etc ...) but they all manage to send each other messages.

Mastodon is one of the most popular platforms in the Fediverse. It's a decentralized microblogging platform (similar to Twitter/X). Users in the Fediverse can post short messages (toots), follow others, and engage in conversations. Mastodon instances are independent servers, each with its own rules and community, but users can interact with people on other instances.

Nostr is another (more recent) decentralized social platform, (similar to Mastodon) but with some differences in architecture and design. It uses a new protocol for transmitting data between servers (relays), making it lightweight and efficient. Nostr focuses on decentralization, privacy, and censorship resistance, allowing users to communicate without relying on a central authority.

Compared to mastodon, you do not need to signup when connecting to another server (instance/relay) ; the same nsec key is shared on all relays, making a smooth transition between all services. And second big change is the micro-payment (zap) featured in Nostr, which can serve as incentive to be active on the platform.