Earlier this month nostr:npub1pu3vqm4vzqpxsnhuc684dp2qaq6z69sf65yte4p39spcucv5lzmqswtfch released in app NIP05 creation. If you dont have one definitely check it out!

During the development we had a long debate about the display of NIP05’s in app. Presently Nostr defaults to making them appear like email addresses with [name] @ [domain].

This presents challenges in the UX of how people interact with these handles.

- some apps send people to the website host of the nip

- some apps treat the nip as an email address

- what happens when there’s actually an email address vs a NIP05

- nostr already supports an @ ux pattern for Npubs and by extension n profile which renders as @ display name

Is there a reason NIP05’s dont follow the same @ pattern? I’m curious what problem are we solving for users of Nostr with the current format?

#asknostr