The first thing you're gonna want to do is get your NIP-05 and your lightning address setup. Your NIP-05 is your Nostr address in the format of an email address. There are lots of NIP-05 providers, and some are even integrated into lightning wallet provider so you kill two birds with one stone. For newcomers, I recommend Coinos.io It's a lightning wallet and address provider, completely free. Head over there and setup your account. Then plug your @coinos.io address into your profile for NIP-05 and lightning. That will allow people to find you using yout address instead of your long-ass npub, and enable you to send and receive zaps. Lemme know when you got that going and I'll help you test it out and make sure you're all good. After that, sky's the limit. You'll be an old pro in no time!
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Thank you so much! Ill head over and do that right now. Just the fact that you are eager and willing to help a new user out such as myself speaks volume’s. Yes, I will certainly notify you when I have that done. Thanks you for your willingness to help and to provide input
on this process! nostr:npub1vkgj57k30l2u7wave6t4nua75wjylx3nju6qu4vu7pneghwx8zlsf7q4uq, you’re awesome man!
Okay nostr:npub1vkgj57k30l2u7wave6t4nua75wjylx3nju6qu4vu7pneghwx8zlsf7q4uq, I’ve done the deed over at coinos.io, and that was a piece of cake, now what is my next step that I’ll need to take to be able to send and receive zaps?
So you got your @coinos.io lightning address? You'll want to add that to your profile. Not sure what client you're using, but you should see a function to edit your profile. That's where you enter the name you want for yourself, your bio, and other stuff like that. You want to plug that @coinos.io address in the NIP-05 field (it may be called something else depending on your client), and your lightning address field (sometimes referred to as an LNURL). Save your profile, and you'll see the changes reflected. If you take a look at mine, you'll see slcw@rocky.nostr1.com, which is my NIP-05, and slcw@zaps.lol which is my lightning address. You should have something similar on your own profile. Let me know when you have that finished, and I'll try zapping you.
