Just set up my Nostr identity on a second client, for the first time. Boy was that painful. Let's compare;

Fediverse:

1) enter account address

2) enter passphrase

3) click 'Sign in' (or whatever the enter button says)

4) When you're redirected to your server's website, give permission for the app to access your account as you

Done. That's me breaking it down to as many discrete steps as possible. Normie's already find this hard to understand.

Here's the process of setting up an existing Nostr ID in Gossip, simplified into a few steps. Most of which are really multiple steps.

Nostr:

1) Safely export a copy of your private key from your existing client

2) Safely transport a copy of your private key to the client you're setting up

3) Paste a copy of your private key into the client you're setting up

4) Add a passphrase.

5) Add relays

I got there. But as I suspected, this is *way* more hassle than normies can deal with.

Worse, this is a burner ID for tire-kicking purposes. So I didn't have to worry too much about the security of my private key. If it was an ID I was really invested in, and I had to investigate and quantify the security risks of the available key management methods, I'd be at it for days.

Matrix does the equivalent thing with QR codes. Could Nostr apps do the same?

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