Oddbean new post about login | logout normalize sharing nostr addresses instead of npubs
npubs are cooler though
Ah yes “The magic string” effect. @Rabble
Is this something from the nostriga talk? I've not watched yet. But yeah there is a a certain mystique to the npub. Also signals 'something else'... Something...other. #xenostr 🥲
Rabble was using in the context of putting your magic nsec into other clients and having all your data appear, but there is a certain aesthetic of a magic npub string for referencing users. I still think nostr addresses and less magical and thats probably a good thing when referring to people.
shoulda been bech32m like taproot ... maybe we should just ignore the suffix ... is it used anywhere for anything ever? low-res qr codes?
We decided against it because it would have been a massive headache and the issue bech32m fixed was pretty minor
I get that. What im askign is the "checksum" itself actually ever used. If not, then it might not matter.
which one is the nostr address? newb here
You can associate your npub with a domain, jb55@jb55.com is an example. If you search this in clients you can get my npub.
What’s the most user-friendly guide to get this set up on a domain you own?
https://jb55.com/.well-known/nostr.json
you can use https://damus.io/key/ to convert your npub to hex
you mean one could use his own domains? that would be nice, especially since we consider to use Nostr as 3rd platform to use
yes, I did it with my own domain.
you don't have one! it's a nip05 verification. there are plenty of free and paid services out there. if you wanna use mine (nostrich.cc) then just send me a DM and I explain more..
I did send you a PM, also @Nostrich.cc did (which is my service for nip05 identifiers).
sharing npubs might be freaking awesome but for some NPC adoption we should start share our NIP05s . mine is hodladi@nostrich.cc nostr:note19g4c8gmnvmggw99s9d4tua0vy8qff98cms5pyx2mnq93w4nagg3q5kuket
what are nostr addresses?
You’ll see mine on my profile realjode@nostriches.net Some #nostr clients allow you to sign in with this format
oh, nip-05 yes, definitely seems like a good idea although in theory you can have multiple web addresses
* profiles. npubs are insufficient from a sharing standpoint.
why?
No relay hints. The app must find where posts from the key can be found. nProfiles include relay hints on them.
why append only logs like hypercore or repos make life easier
I'll normalize something else, along with it, when i get to it
Send nsec
I agree but I like the domain instead of user at domain. But we render it shit work _@nos.social or _@rabble.nos.social vs nos.social / @nos.social & rabble.nos.social / @rabble.nos.social The username@nip05.server looks like an email. If we did username.nip05.server it could both be a web view profile and a nostr name. Anyway I think nostr names / addresses is way better than npub / nprofile sharing.
interesting idea
What happen if I follow myself? https://image.nostr.build/bceb3cd415a8dbcdbe1fef22250783082e9ac61a0cd22d4bd085f9aa561e16da.jpg
If we forbid dots on nip05 usernames, we enable @username.subdomain.domain.tld
npub . pro does this right? It's great
npub.pro does the web hosting, yea! But as far as I know nobody’s connected npub.pro with nip-05 hosting.
So it allows me to add the domain as my NIP05 identifier, if that's what you mean. That is, people can search for sachin.npub.pro like they would my NIP05 handle on Nostr clients and find me
You can put _@sachin.npub.pro into your NIP05 and it will look like "sachin.npub.pro" nip05 in most clients, but whether they would find you with just a domain name is not certain, depends on the client.
I wonder if people in this thread including me understand 🤔 https://x.com/LawrenceLepard/status/1828367826484089188?t=-HgHEqszxi_reiHiF_yzaw&s=19
No. We want less dependence on DNS and certificate authorities. If an npub under determines discovery, then include an IP address of a trusted relay
What's a nostr address?
nip05 in nerd speak
Conn@BitcoinNostr.com like this 👆
Is there a normie guide/video for how to set this up ?
Try this guide 👇 https://nostr.how/en/guides/get-verified
