Needs more mobile client options.
Say hello to Nstart, Nostr's onbarding tool!
Nstart aims to guide new users to Nostr offering a easy and no-nonsense onboarding wizard, with useful hints about the protocol and some really exclusive features:
- Easy local backup of your nsec or ncryptsec
- Email yourself your ncryptsec, as additional backup location
- Create a multi-signer bunker URL for Nostr Connect (more info below)
- Auto follow the contacts list of some old and trusted Nostr users
- Customize of contact suggestions, useful for onboarding friends & family
Try Nstart live at https://start.njump.me or watch the video below to understand how it works.
A note about the multi-signer bunker. This is really cool stuff made by nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6, that uses FROST to split your nsec in 3 (or more) and distribute each shard to an independent trusted remote signer. This will give you a bunker code that you can use to log in to many web, mobile and desktop apps without exposing your nsec. If you ever lose your bunker code, if the signers vanish from Earth, and it stops working, or if it gets stolen by a malware virus, you can use your nsec to create a new one and invalidate the old one.
More info and source code: https://github.com/dtonon/nstart
Enjoy it and send back any feedback!
https://chronicle.dtonon.com/77b9a397cbbcd63f3bfc78ff2b2c0607e4ffa698a1fad33ab4736593c8ad4f90.mp4
Discussion
Do you mean at the end? They will be added as soon they support the multi-signature bunker.
Of course you can always use the nsec/ncryptsec with all clients.
Yes at the end.
Why are clients being forced to support multi sig? Thought this was for new users, not privacy and security OGs?
Had a buddy totally new through it and he's not a fan.
He'd like to just be able to use nostr, not go through a bunch what he calls "unnecessary steps that make no sense to him".
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We ended up just installing amethyst and minibits after.
These bunkers are not for OGs, they are first of all for casual users that need a way to use Nostr without accidentally burn their nsec.
At the same time they also protects from buggy software and malware.
So in this first phase I'm specifically promoting apps that support this connection method.
If your friend doesn't need these onboarding features he did very well to download his favorite client and create his account there.
Remember him to backup his nsec.
It doesn't matter why your doing it. It's counter productive for onboarding new people to nostr.
New users backing up(saving) their nsec(password in layman's terms) is enough.
If the common social media user doesn't know how to protect and save their passwords for social accounts, thats on them.
Running in with an extra step to play hero for their nsec(password) is not the way to get new users.
Please read on Wisdom of Crowds.
Basic nsec(password) backup and entry for log in and security is the median.
Options above this should be sold separately for those who find value in it.
Options below this and you wouldn't even have a nostr account.
Thank you for sharing your point of view.