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 pretend im a dumb guy named derek. please explain how i use this new nsec spec? what do i use to encrypt my private key? 
 It seems not much client support encrypt your nsec with password yet, but you can use nostr-tools to encrypt it https://github.com/nbd-wtf/nostr-tools/blob/master/nip49.ts

then use *encrypted* nsec to login to which client support it, like amethyst 
 Thanks! 
 There is a new ncryptsec1... Key that has the key but it's encrypted with a password, similar to an encrypted ZIP file. If you paste that on Amethyst's login, it asks you for the password and decrypts to get your nsec and then uses that to login.  
 How does one set the password for their encrypted key? Or where in my settings do I go to set that up? 
 Go to backup keys in the left menu 
 Got that but how do I assign a password to it that I can then use to login into other Nostr apps? All I see is copying my original nsec key. 
 Nevermind, I am sorry, I am dumb. Thought I updated to the latest version but was not. 
 Tested and it works. Thanks for the explainatut. 
 What's the point? 
 Security. 
 I'm guessing, it's security if I want to use more Nostr apps other than Amethyst that support this. Is that all?