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signal_and_rizz | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 it’s the same with bitcoin

keys jingle, they’re not a long string of numbers and characters
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Karnage | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 would it be so wrong to call them username / password ?
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signal_and_rizz | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 👀 @la__cuen
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la__cuen | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I love calling it forever username/password, reminding newbies they can never reset this pairing yet can think of keys just like their bank login. 🧠
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Zach⚡️ | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Why hasn’t anyone done a bip39 for nsecs yet?

I use the term seed phrase for Bitcoin but that doesn’t really apply to Nostr.
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Duncan Cary Palmer | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What a very interesting idea.🙏😀😄😆
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nobody | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Username and password has a very specific UX for people now. I think this would confuse people because keys should not just be put into a website like basic auth creds.
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Karnage | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 yeah but how else can we make it more clear "it acts as your username" "it acts as your password" ?
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nobody | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I may not be the best person to ask, truly. I don't think public/private keys are all that difficult of a concept.

"Here's a number that is so unimaginably large that no one could possibly ever guess it. So don't tell people the number, kay?"