we need better tools for non technical folks

primal is close but more work to be done

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This might be totally against the nostr ethos but I feel like many people (non technical folks) need a layer equivalent to a bitcoin exchange. Somewhere that they can log in and use wth a username and password before they are ready to self custody their keys.

People crave the familiar.

i think the answer is multsig with social recovery

basically collaborative custody of nostr keys rather than custodial

Isn’t open secrets, the old Mutiny team, working on something like that?

from experience trying to onboard...

- nsec/npub, it scares people. it's psychological. long strings of text and numbers, overwhelms them. the tech savvy will laugh, but it's true.

- maybe, there's a way to make it more human readable. npub - nostr address. nsec, a password. that's what they are, but something that makes it familiar to the UX.

I genuinely cannot comprehend why any client even mentions the word nsec/npub or shows you yours when onboarding. The white noise app is perfect for this. Just generate it automatically and throw it in the settings somewhere. Have a login button in the corner somewhere for those with a nostr already.