Shopstr
Global, permissionless Nostr marketplace for Bitcoin commerce.
How it started
Launched
· the team announced on Nostr that Shopstr had 'recently launched' and was usable as a work in progress, as reported by No Bullshit Bitcoin on 2023-10-07 · Source (opens in a new tab)
Why it was built
The team's own hackathon write-up: the idea came from the founder's father asking what Bitcoin was good for if he could not buy things with it. 'Commerce on the internet can be freed with the capabilities that Bitcoin and Nostr provide, and this is what Shopstr was made for.' · Source (opens in a new tab)
Milestones
Won the Marketplaces and Value4Value track at the Nostrasia 2023 hackathon · Source (opens in a new tab)
Received an OpenSats grant in the fifth wave of Nostr grants · Source (opens in a new tab)
Release history
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Status evidence
Checked 2026-10-04: the repository is not archived and its most recent public push was 2026-10-01. No published GitHub release was found; repository activity is the only development evidence recorded here. Active describes observed development, not availability, stability or security. The project website answered with HTTP 200 at this check. No founder, maintainer or creator is attributed: person-level role evidence was not verified for this record.
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