Nostr Web Client

Thinking about locking 1 BTC in my nsec as a proof of key safety. If somebody gets my key, they can steal the 1BTC. And if they do, I will know my key has leaked.

On Nostr, unless you monitor your own posts VERY closely, you never know if your key has leaked or not. That creates lots of liabilities for businesses and some risks for users. Adding a value that is appropriate to the size of the account could work as attack notifier. And business might even be able to insure that amount with cyber insurance. 🤔

Dan 1y ago

If your nsec leaks, what can be done about it?

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Vitor Pamplona 1y ago

Nothing. You lost everything. None of your posts can be trusted because you won't know which ones were made by you or by the attacker, since the attacker can make 1000s of posts in the past and future as you.

Just create a new one.

Peter Todd 1y ago

Timestamps fix this problem. Posts proven to be well before the coins were taken can be reasonably assumed to be valid.

Vitor Pamplona 1y ago

We could just have a bot time-stamping every post.