“Users understand the power of a magic string (nsec). Public/private cryptographers don’t or are just too scared of the risks.”

Paraphrasing nostr:npub1wmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqhjg240 on his most recent #nostriga talk. He is so right in that regard, that the users understand the power of the magic string while we get hung up in all of downside of the technical details.

The simple fact that they can be ‘free’ of any one platform or app, massively outweighs the downsides, which will be addressed eventually.

#magicstring