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NIP5 is a great solution to prevent being scammed by fake accounts.

Especially if the only way to verify pubkeys is to find it on a centralized and competing app.

I like that domains are being used as a tool for verification on bluesky too.
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jack 2y ago

It still has a dependency on ICANN

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elsat 2y ago

Any thoughts on nip-05 substitute for those without a twitter who join nostr?

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jack 2y ago

I don’t have a great idea unfortunately. Considering.

Built reputation is king ultimately tho.

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ben 2y ago

damn near everything has a dependency on ICANN if its on the Internet because they control the DNS.

I do think NIP-05 can provide value for individuals but I agree it’s fundamentally broken.

what are your thoughts on some of the emerging web of trust experiments on nostr? could this be a viable solution?

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Gregor 2y ago

In a decentralized network all users need to have a fair, straightforward way to keep their own credentials. Delegating credentials arguably got us in the current structural messes in the first place.

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Gregor 2y ago

If it contains an “@“, it has to go.

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elidy 2y ago

Let’s try this again.

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Noah Pederson 2y ago

There are fully decentralized DNS systems. Or have a reputation system + BitTorrent for KV of plaintext name + pubkey

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Brooks Modesitt 2y ago

Maybe Handshake could fix this

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𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚔𝚞𝚗 2y ago

Yeah, I kinda don't see the point given I'm pretty much just copypasting npubs anyway to add folks. Never used NIP5 once TBH. Yoinked mine with a temp NIP26 dummy entry point to my cracked/vanity future NIP.