NIP5 is a great solution to prevent being scammed by fake accounts.
Especially if the only way to verify pubkeys is to find it on a centralized and competing app.
I like that domains are being used as a tool for verification on bluesky too.
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It still has a dependency on ICANN
Any thoughts on nip-05 substitute for those without a twitter who join nostr?
I don’t have a great idea unfortunately. Considering.
Built reputation is king ultimately tho.
damn near everything has a dependency on ICANN if its on the Internet because they control the DNS.
I do think NIP-05 can provide value for individuals but I agree it’s fundamentally broken.
what are your thoughts on some of the emerging web of trust experiments on nostr? could this be a viable solution?
In a decentralized network all users need to have a fair, straightforward way to keep their own credentials. Delegating credentials arguably got us in the current structural messes in the first place.
If it contains an “@“, it has to go.
There are fully decentralized DNS systems. Or have a reputation system + BitTorrent for KV of plaintext name + pubkey
Maybe Handshake could fix this
Yeah, I kinda don't see the point given I'm pretty much just copypasting npubs anyway to add folks. Never used NIP5 once TBH. Yoinked mine with a temp NIP26 dummy entry point to my cracked/vanity future NIP.
