We need better methods than NIP05.
Want your own NIP05 address?
For about 20000 sats per year you can cover the cost of your own domain name and use free hosting providers like github to serve up the file for NIP05 using easy to follow guides.
NIP05 is not verification. Its a cross check from a nostr client to a website that presumably the referenced user controls. Unfortunately, most users do not self manage their own NIP05. Having someone else provide your NIP05 domain puts them in custodial control.
This is very low hanging fruit for people to do themself and can be a fun weekend project.
Here is an easy step by step guide written by nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8
Discussion
What do you have in mind?
Nothing.
NIP05 might make sense to go together with clients subscriptions but idk
But then it's behind a paywall and some users can't afford the monthly subscription costs, I don't known. 🤔
And it’s also a centralized point of failure ! So I have no idea yet what the best verification way is on nostr! But it’s definitely not the NIP05
Yeah, I'm all for implementing the best verification method we can. But this is why I am doing the free verification at Plebed is so people who don't want to/ can't run their own have access to one.
NIP-05 is pretty great IMO. What do you think would be better?
NIP05 is kind of a self certification of pubkey tied to traditional DNS.
So something better may be a form of peer attestation of your pubkey.
1. Using strictly NIP05 semantics, this could be a change to the NIP (or really another NIP) that allows specifying multiple NIP05s for one pubkey. This can of course be gamed by a single entity representing as multiple domains for that pubkey.
2. Another possibility is local labeling of accounts backed by in person verification. Kind of like trust levels for pgp.
3. Or perhaps a web of trust scoring algorithm from your account perspective to others based on how many people you follow also follow an account, activity levels etc.
Every type has pros/cons