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mike 6mo ago

This is why NIP-05 is so important and a powerful tool.

nostr:npub1pd4djv2jmgm8r4uu8m4eu0xlr9eu0vxflamvv5aapjep67s0qq7q8wvu6l sent me a DM asking if I'd be interested in advocating

https://bittensor.com/

for them.

I asked them to verify their NOSTR account either with a domain hosted NIP-05, which I describe how to setup here:

https://habla.news/u/mhardcastle@nostrplebs.com/1727086778883

Or verify by email from their official domain.

They fabricated an email and tried to pass it off as genuine šŸ˜‚

This is the original DM and the mail header which contains the

https://emkei.cz/

fake mail header service:

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mike 6mo ago

An interesting ethical dilemma.

I posted yesterday about a scam account that made contact with me:

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp6pmv65w6tfhcp73404xuxcqpg24f8rf2z86f3v824td22c9ymptqqsq5rfgv4yg3uujy6gd0td8tasgm8cn9qap5lpqf9a50nekadhcz4cenezh3

I noticed the account is still posting today.

If this were a centralised platform, I would report the account and forget about it. But on NOSTR there is no central authority. I am tempted to post replies to each message they post linking to my scam alert post, but this would be nearly impossible to maintain in the long term.

I took the time and effort, and have the technical capabilities to verify a person, but not everybody does. In this decentralised world, scammers are free to scam unimpeded, bar the few kickbacks they get from people like me.

I was theoretically comfortable with this concept until this event.

Now Iā€™m not sure how I feel?