Nostr Web Client

Well I tried for 3 weeks to reach out to someone on Nostr to pay them back for a beer, they never responded. I thought i had the wrong profile so I messaged another profile that appeared to be his also and the other profile responded (making me think I had the correct profile) I then paid this profile 8 bucks for a beer that I owed the original person only to find out i paid an imposter. No to jazzed about Nostr right now.

Totally feel ripped off and not really into Nostr at this point.

Dikaios1517 8mo ago

Case in point for adding npub.world search to more #Nostr clients.

nostr:nevent1qqsfh8ekpndsfpra8c43hgxjplgd4qj3g7l86dv40g5dfma9cs00yscpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7q3q7vc2mgnua79tzl6t7ujjtdjg7q53wvnck6l9dc778sf0drxzka5qxpqqqqqqzw6k05p

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Mephi 8mo ago

Verify, don't trust.

Dikaios1517 8mo ago

Yes, and clients should have the tools for verifying built into them, if at all possible.

Mephi 8mo ago

Nip05 is pretty good

Dikaios1517 8mo ago

Not really. Anyone can get a NIP-05 from several free services or create their own NIP-05 registry for their impostor npubs.

You have to know what someone's NIP-05 SHOULD be before it can help you distinguish a legitimate npub from an impostor.

Mephi 8mo ago

I guess I use NIP05 differently.

On the accounts I want to be verifiable, I use my own well known domains.

Dikaios1517 8mo ago

Sure, but the average user probably doesn't have their own domain, let alone know how to set up their well known to verify their npub.

Also, someone looking at a NIP-05 that has @nostrcheck.me vs another NIP-05 that has @yourdomain.com, and both appear to be valid NIP-05s, isn't going to know which is correct, unless they somehow already know that domain belongs to you.