Nostr

I think it’s not only incorrect, it’s also confusing. “Why is my username so weird? And why was it chosen for me? How do I change it to something sane?”

npub is a username strictly only in the sense of being a unique identifier, but is neither the value people use to locate/refer to users nor is it human readable.

Eventually npubs will probably be abstracted away.

HoloKat 2y ago

I’m not sure if it is confusing. I guess one way would be to actually test on someone.

Give helper labels that assist in understanding without changing the definition of an npub;

And as a secondary experiment remove the signup step entirely and just generate keys for user, then explain what just happened.

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Blake 2y ago

Maybe ‘shareable identifier’ for npub.

And optionally if they want a Nostr Username, let them setup a NIP-05. It’s literally just a username in all aspects (I think) - login, sharing, search, comparing accounts if identical other info, auto-complete, etc. ability to setup a username later.

And then secret/recovery/master private key (or similar) for nsec. Ideally nsec backup is an in-app action after initial setup - “keep your account safe, sync to cloud, save to password manager, write down seed words”. Setup 100% complete.