"The USB-C of Bitcoin wallets and apps" is not stopping at all! Nostr Wallet Connect just got expanded from lightning to Ark (Bark), integrated in new p2p exchanges, music and podcast apps, VPN/eSIM services, hardware and tons of AI and developer tooling!

Let's take a look 👀

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We start with exciting news from @Second who provided us with a Rust daemon that bridges Bark wallets to any NWC enabled app

Bark wallet devs can now enable their users use their wallets in dozens of NWC apps ✨

https://gitlab.com/ark-bitcoin/labs/bark-nwc



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Non-custodial, non-KYC, p2p exchange @Mostro integrated NWC to allow automated payments


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BitBlik — an app allowing you to pay with bitcoin anywhere Poland's BLIK fast payment system is accepted, now let's you connect your NWC wallets for even smoother experience 🇵🇱

https://bitblik.app


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Tanzania's M-PESA mobile payment system is now plugged in to NWC as well, thanks to @Chapsmart integration 🇹🇿



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Two incredible music & podcasting apps allow you to use you wallet to tip & donate your favourite creators and podcasters. Welcome to NWC family @Fountain and Castamatic

https://www.fountain.fm/
https://castamatic.com/

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Looking for non-KYC VPN, SMS or eSIM services? Check out @nadanada.me - eSIM | - Numbers | VPN or https://shop.zap.best/ — both now NWC enabled





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Try to zap people on @Wisp — a new, sleek Android Nostr client

https://wisp.mobile



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Non-custodial and open source PoS & crypto payments requests tool @bitrequest - Accept crypto anywhere integrated NWC for the smoothest, automated lightning payment experience



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And one of our favourites - BTClock, an open source, e-paper clock not only lets you display Bitcoin price or blockheight, but also your NWC wallet balance or incoming payments!

https://btclock.dev


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A ton of AI tools for both casual users and developers were shipped lately by @Alby. Check out their Bitcoin payments & builder MCPs and skills, as well a tool to monetize your MCP or a skill for agentic use of their flagship NWC wallet Alby Hub

https://getalby.com/ai

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More tools for devs:

Agent Wallet NWC bridge — a bridge letting your moneydevkit
agent connect to NWC apps https://github.com/RTBC-SIA/agent-wallet-nwc-bridge

@grimoire — a neat tool for all-things Nostr protocol, including comprehensive documentation and protocol explorer

nostr-core — Extensive Nostr toolkit including NWC, eCash, BOLT-11, Blossom, RSS, and 40+ NIPs for JavaScript & TypeScript https://nostr-core.netlify.app/

nwc-ruby — Ruby client for NWC by @Megalithic.me https://github.com/MegalithicBTC/nwc-ruby

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See full and ever-growing list of all NWC wallets, apps and tools at Awesome NWC github repo:

https://github.com/getAlby/awesome-nwc