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Why does nip19 use bech32, and not bech32m?

Is the checksum bug not relevant?
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Carman 2y ago

Not really, things are pretty much fixed in length so not a big deal. Also the worst case is tagging the wrong person, not losing money.

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Max 2y ago

nprofiles can get quite large I think, but yeah, it's not as critical software.

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Sjors Provoost 2y ago

Still, why use an outdated standard with a known bug for something invented in 2023? It's a trivial fix.

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Carman 2y ago

Nostr was created in 2021

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James 2y ago

Really? Did not know that

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Max 2y ago

But the bech32 flaw was discovered before 2021 anyhow, right?