Some nostriches have abandoned their NIP-05s including #[0]. Verification not that important?
Discussion
He posted a note about why he’s not a fan of NIP-05 before. Doubt I’ll manage to find it though ..
It’s not really verification. I could register @davies on any site. It should be called an “alias” as opposed to verification.
It really only works as verification if you own the domain that issues the verification.
We’ve pretty much settled on calling in a Nostr address.
Normies are gonna go nuts seeing an email, LN and Nostr address together 😂
It’s all good though as all of these will eventually merge into a single one
Yeah the only real verification is if you own the domain. I tried with my own domain but my host doesn’t allow it
Tbh, the thing that gave nip05 importance is the fact that you can pay for it, meaning that would differentiate you from a bot to a degree because a bot who wants to spam will nit pay for an nip05. But the problem is that there’s a lot of free nip05 verifications now, meaning the nip05 verification has lost most of its value unfortunately 😶
I never verified my account because I think the function is useless.
You can verify a name in different domains.
Anyone can create a profile with my name and pic but uses a different domain. All profiles then have a verification but you can not tell which account is the real one.
A verification which doesn’t include a KYC process can never gain trust in my eyes.
If you own your own domain that works better. Particularly if it’s a domain you’re associated with. E.g. it’s your company, blog etc