Nostr Web Client

What client are you using?

1. You have a name, but you haven't got a "nostr address" yet.

An address is a verifiable identity. For example, it could be "elon@tesla.com". Nostr clients will go to tesla.com and search for a proof that "Elon" is registered on it and compare the npub against yours. If that passes, we can be pretty damn sure that someone who has access to tesla.com attests that your account is the real "Elon".

If your address was "craig@nostr-check.com", well nostr-check.com is one of many nostr identity sites, so it is a first come first serve type deal, like usernames on any other platform.

You can then say "hey, I am craig777@nostr-check.com on nostr" and people can find you by that.

Disclaimer: Since you don't own nostr-check.com, the owner of the domain could remove you, like how Elon took the @music username from someone on X when he took it over. If you have a website, I can help you register your own name on your own website. Then you don't have this risk.

2. You don't have a lightning address set up. This is how people can tip you bitcoin for your posts. I recommend using the minibits wallet. You can get a lightning address from there, it is quick to setup and you can start collecting internet points and even zap others back.

Use your client, edit your profile and set up those two things.

Craig Lively 11mo ago

Wow! Thats a lot to absorb at once. 😅 So, I did sign up on the nostr website and received codes. After that I signed up on the Primal client and got more codes. I'm just never sure what to do with them, so I've held off so far

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Big Barry Bitcoin 11mo ago

Sorry, I'm one of those technical ones, so I might be giving TMI. With more people joining I will learn how best to greet people and we in general will get better at explaining this stuff to each other.

What nostr website? Was it https://nostr.com/ ?

Big Barry Bitcoin 11mo ago

If you use primal, go to edit your profile, it is the last two fields I was talking about.

https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/0d97beae567fcec9c6574f1c6ef6126ea969d4992c3198e51c0fac52c5274a14/2811dee366409bd46470869f9807b63d995ceefc7491970568cfbc712277cf74.webp

Start with the last one, get yourself a NIP-05 aka Nostr address.

I just realised that the one I used requires talking directly to the operator nostr:nprofile1qqsdm7asdfezu5vn8nfhunkdkv93se8jvtumkk7kctv4e0h0cu50p9sprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezu6rpdej8j6n4de4hjtnrdakszenhwden5te0ve5kcar9wghxummnw3ezuamfdejj7mnsw43rzcmvdvm8vcee0p5x5upcwy6kxamnxgmryam4vcex26p50f6hvam4wpn8gvpndpungar5w9ckumfhv5cx5un3xd6hqats8ylkyun0v9jxxctnws7hgun4v5q3kamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjvaexzurg9ehx2ap0nl6gw6, if you don't want that, I can see that you can buy one at https://my.nostr.com/ too.