Nostr Web Client

**Today was an extremely active day on Nostr**

And the best part? It was all because of two tiny events.

* Damus added NIP-05 ID display in their app

* Damus cleared slots for about 700 new TestFlight users

These events revealed several major takeaways:

The Nostr FOMO is real. No matter what your friends say, no matter what naysayers on Twitter post, today was evident that people *care about Nostr*. They are experiencing FOMO and they are experiencing it bad.

Nostr was so active today that one popular Relay was pushing over 100mbit/sec of traffic. That's one relay and it's just text - no videos or images.

This type of traffic isn't sustainable for the average Relay operator. Soon, Nostr will have to switch to Value 4 Value models to help Relay operators pay their bills. They can only survive on donations and the goodness of their own hearts for so long.

If this is what Nostr was like today, can you imagine what it's going to be like when Damus gets approved on the Apple App Store?

What about when an Android client finally hits the Google Play Store?

Keep building.

Better Dad 3y ago

I just learned how to update my profile picture and you expect me to know what NIP-05 ID is?

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Discussion

shiny 3y ago

Understandable! I’ve been on this thing a couple of weeks and just trying to keep up 😂

“What is NIP-05?

NIP-05 is a verification method for your Nostr account across all clients. Think of it as the blue checkmark on Twitter or Instagram, but instead of meeting Twitter and later Instagram’s requirements to be verified, you can simply do it yourself, and Nostr clients will respect it.”

https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/nostr-account-nip-05-verified/

Derek Ross 3y ago

This isn't entirely correct though. It's similar to a check mark because clients are displaying it that, but if you read the spec, it's not a verification. It's an identifier. It's an identity. The word verification is never used. It's confusing, because we are so used to verification on social networks.

Derek Ross 3y ago

C'mon better dad. Be better. A NIP-05 ID is just an easy way to transform your public key into a human readable format. It's an identity for yourself, to help you stand out among all of the other betterdad's out there.

More info at my website: nostrplebs.com (You do not need to register an ID from me or anyone else for that matter if you don't want to.)

Better Dad 3y ago

I think I did it! Now I can be belittle everyone since I have a blue checkmark. At least that is how it works on twitter.