Yep this is the answer! .onion is its own internet effectively, much the same as #nostr is it’s own network
Discussion
It feels like nostr is still based too much on the clearnet's centralized DNS system
Centralized is not the first word that comes to mind if I think about DNS, having some options over tor would be nice though
nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft and I discussed ways around this a few months ago. He’s working on every layer to make #nostr successful
Pablo, can you elaborate on how we can avoid DNS/Domains being a choke point?
Reminding you of how you clone your websites to run anywhere that we discussed