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#WelcometoNostr Glad you're here! Day 8 of #MarchOffTwitter

If user/display names aren't unique how can you trust who is who?

Centralized platforms haven't been able to prevent from scammers/jokesters from pretending to be big name accounts.

Nostr takes a different approach.

On Nostr, we verify ourselves. Thank you very much.

That's where the purple check (as displayed on many clients) comes in.

Think of checkmark as being verified by a domain like an email. There can be thousands of emails with the username prefix Jack, but only one Jack@protonmail.com for example.

A NIP-05 Verification is basically a domain saying that it will vouch for your account.

You can have your own domain give your account the check by adding a simple file and a little configuration tweak.

Or you can have a service like NostrVerified check your Nostr Identity against your Twitter Account. Other NIP-05 verifiers will give the badge for a small fee. It can be any domain in theory.

I really like the ability to verify through your own domain/website if you have one. You're not reliant on someone else to verify. I found the Bitcoin Manual article about NIP-05 when I started, and it helped me. Hopefully helpful to you too.

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