John John would be fun to say  

 It's a simple name, but it's my name. 

 Wayyyyy to technical for me 

 also what if i have my dns pointed to my website? 

 As someone who has had a rocky relationship with dns over the years… 🤣 I’m not the right one to ask. 

I have, like, Google knowledge. I will
Google how to do it and struggle bus through it but I don’t get it and I know it, so I can’t explain to others 🤷‍♀️ 

This is why I write about what devs do. Not a dev. 

 Depends on what your website is hosted on. Many servers let you have access to all files, but some do not.

Avoid webhost providers like Wix and Squarespace.

If your domain is already pointing to your website, then you want to make a file at the path /.well-known/nostr.json 

 Do not get some started on how I hate Squarespace. 

Not sure I know how to make a file… doesn’t compute for me. 

But to back up, why is this better than having nostrplebs or whatever? 

 Because you dont control nostrplebs, or nostrpIebs. Or nostrverified or primal or alby etc.

If an imposter comes along and registers their pubkey with username on different domains, how are people to know which is the real account? 

This is of course most practical if one already has a web presence, and essential if one is an influencer of sorts that would be a target of impersonators.

 

 But do people know what a nip-05
Is? We are still so highly technical and this isn’t practical for the majority we hope to onboard someday. 

And for me, tbh, I’d need hours to figure this out. 

I get that I don’t own or control it, but paying for a service that saves me time works for me. 

 Your website appears to be using ghost. I dont use it, but I know thats a fairly popular platform. The following might be applicable

https://orange.surf/nip05-with-ghost/ 

 I’ll have to check it out in the spirit of testing…when I get some time 

 Yeah, big fan of Ghost. Wish they’d stop with their activity pub project though 

 I don't see this as very important.

Anyone can buy a domain and point their NIP5 to it. Someone can buy a variation of my name and do this. Most domain registration information is hidden from the public. Using a domain provides no greater security or verification.

Anyone can change their NIP5 nearly instantaneously. I'm currently sitting at nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vfwde3x7tnpdenkzmnf9e3k75xqss4 while I wait for nostr:nprofile1qqsw5t3us9xs3gmclzjm37hvk2yy6pv9t96utjjttsj794hexc5x79qppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qrmlyn to update BTCPayserver. Once that update hits, I'll self-host again. No one will notice.

It may help if you use your domain for other uses, giving it more validity, but even that can be copied and duped.

In my opinion, NIP5 is just an easy way to find your account rather than using an npub. Nothing more, nothing less.

It's the WoT, not the NIP5, that helps me know which accounts are legit and which are scams.

nostr:nevent1qqsd8jdhspa5jdl2wqeygdvxwx6yyr378xe5phhmlthd8l2pwqlj7kcpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsygppksv3qtdgls96jpyy4mynf064k74u7a0wmvu3yn5dwhjfraq6tcpsgqqqqqqsml9zg6 

 This was supposed to be a reply to this post:

https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg7c2muh04evtsg5tmf4la503pauzjygru0tqklln2qq2pa2s7txqpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wchsygppksv3qtdgls96jpyy4mynf064k74u7a0wmvu3yn5dwhjfraq6tcpsgqqqqqqs0ztxgj