2025 was a blast for NWC ecosystem: dozens of wallets and apps integrated the USB-C of Bitcoin wallets and apps. In the first update of 2026, we bring you 1 new wallet, 9 new products with NWC support, 4 new dev tools and 1 new NWC-adjacent protocol! Let's dive in 🤿 --- With the latest release, finally allows you to connect your wallet to any NWC app. For a while now you can also connect any other NWC wallet or node to Zeus. It really became an NWC powerhouse! --- We've got 3 new wallet interfaces for your NWC wallets: - that let's you connect your wallet to BOLT card, - app combines NWC with Nostr identity - Tides, new Nostr messanger browser extension https://github.com/arbadacarbaYK/Tides --- We got another exchange with NWC intergation! , US & Canada exchange, allows you now to seamlessly withdraw your purchased bitcoin straight into your NWC wallets https://youtu.be/zuiFRa1k8eU --- Now this one is exciting: , bitcoin payment infrastructure provider, allows merchants to accept bitcoin in-store and online payments directly to connected NWC wallets. --- Bitinfrashop, winner of NWC hackathon, allows for automated recurring Bitcoin subscriptions between shop owners and BTCPay Server admins powered by NWC. Think Stripe Subscriptions, but Bitcoin and Nostr-native. https://github.com/NodeDiver/bitinfrashop --- helps you take control of your finances by giving every satoshi a specific purpose before you spend it. It's the ultimate bitcoin budgeting app. Give it a try with your NWC wallet! --- We also got a new social media app: is a platform for sharing images, built on the Nostr protocol --- Another NWC hackathon submission was Ricochet: a tool that helps drives meaningful engagement on Nostr by allowing you to create promotional campaigns for Nostr notes that reward engagement and conversations. https://github.com/steliosrammos/ricochet --- Now let's see 4 new dev tools: - Nostr PHP client implementation https://github.com/dsbaars/nostr-php-nwc - NWC Faucet for creating test wallets / dummy NWC connections for rapid app development and testing https://faucet.nwc.dev - NWC Playground to connect and test Nostr Wallet Connect commands https://nwc-playground.vercel.app - Portal SDK - Nostr-based authentication and payment SDK allowing applications to authenticate users and process payments through Nostr and Lightning Network https://github.com/PortalTechnologiesInc/lib --- Last but not least, we got Cashu Wallet Connect, an NWC protocol extension that supports wallets. It maintains NWC compatibility while adding native Cashu token operations, multi-mint support, and NUT-18 payment requests. https://github.com/Origami74/wally/blob/master/SPECIFICATION.md --- We just can't imagine how NWC landscape will look like at the beginning on next year. See all list of NWC wallet, products and tools on Awesome NWC repo: https://github.com/getAlby/awesome-nwc
