Oddbean new post about login | logout PSA: you don’t need to get “verified” on nostr. If anyone says otherwise and shares a link or asks for money - it’s a scam. You CAN purchase a neat vanity nostr address but it’s totally optional. You can also get one for free - optional as well. There’s no significant benefit to it other than sharing a shorter address with people - easier to find. It can help identify real person from impersonator but mostly only if you’re well known already and tend to get impersonated often. Cheers and GN! 👋 😴
And we have a bot spamming every new person about this. Ugh.
Goodnight brother.
That's why people think you can't use Nostr without being a bitcoiner. First thing they see is some joker spamming them for sats.
GN Ser
Karnage is absolutely 100% correct here and I say this as the very first person to setup a Nostr address service probit in December 2022. You don't need a Nostr address. You don't need to purchase one from me or any other provider. Though, Nostr addresses are nice to help you be found and identified in a human readable format. (I'll help you setup your own if you have a domain and website! DM me!) nostr:nevent1qqs2g3ydd9njh9cyd9q4xd4umctgza333cxwvmgesmkx99gyqp5emvqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsph3c2q9yt8uckmgelu0yf7glruudvfluesqn7cuftjpwdynm2gygrqsqqqqqpwj34tz
https://image.nostr.build/cff275ad7872b61c55828914e5109f16b28661adbf36c783dad0578ec73e07e7.gif nostr:nevent1qqs2g3ydd9njh9cyd9q4xd4umctgza333cxwvmgesmkx99gyqp5emvqpzdmhxue69uhk7enxvd5xz6tw9ec82c30qgsph3c2q9yt8uckmgelu0yf7glruudvfluesqn7cuftjpwdynm2gygrqsqqqqqpkqxegt
how to verify nostr ?
You don’t need to. But if you insist, there are some services there. I think NostrCheck is free by @quentin (if not mistaken)
I agree but I feel that we are in need of some form or voluntary market based verification service. Bla bla bla all you want about WOT but I don't see it working. Not yet anyway. nostr:note153zg66t89wtsg62p2vmtehsks9mrrrsvuek3nphvv22sgqrfnkcq4zm5er
There should be a way to lock a nsec to a username to discourage impersonation
I use vanity npubs for all my accounts. Private relays where applicable. Nostr is a BEAST! nostr:nevent1qqs2g3ydd9njh9cyd9q4xd4umctgza333cxwvmgesmkx99gyqp5emvqpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsph3c2q9yt8uckmgelu0yf7glruudvfluesqn7cuftjpwdynm2gygrqsqqqqqpa9dv4s
How about entering your nsec into other clients? Does one have to do that to use all the features in the client?
Yes you need to enter your nsec to get full features of the clients. Many of the mobile app and desktop clients use the on device keychain to store your nsec. This means when you enter it into the app it goes into your private on device keychain rather into the app. Nos.social does this and I’m pretty sure the other major apps do this as well.
Where do you get vanity addresses? Thank you
This is how NIP-05 is supposed to work. At least that's how I've always understood how it works and what it's suppose to represent. It supposed to be a domain you either directly control or directly represent. None of this twitter-handle-esque nonsense. That's what display names are for. That and verifying the npub.
