Oddbean new post about login | logout Well on Nostr a lot of user data is public. I'm also not sure web3 auth adoption wasn't happening (was it not?) due to the lack of business model for apps. Maybe web3 is too focused on blockchains/shitcoins. We'll see where it goes with nostr.
I just call them web3 authenticators, best word I can think of to describe authenticating. That can be Alby or Metamask or any other kind of signer. Also the perception of web3 representing shitcoins or blockchains (decentralised ledger technologies [insert unicorn poo]) is something I'd credit to the most recent years. Hardly anyone spoke about web3-anything before 2020 when it became popular through ETH and Metamask.