Nostr Web Client

Day 4 of going all-Nostr for #nostrvember

Set up my own NIP05 identifier, hosted on my own domain. Now my nostr account checkmark verification is controlled solely by me. 👍🏼

How to do it:

https://nostr.how/en/guides/get-verified

Landy 2y ago

Nice 👌

When I started out on the self-hosted NIP05 journey, I had trouble because I wasn’t techie enough. If anyone is having trouble hopefully this helps:

.well-known/nostr.json is a file (nostr.json) containing the code in the guide

This nostr.json file goes in a folder named .well-known, which in turn goes in the public_html folder you will find on your website’s file manager (either through your host or on Wordpress directly using a plugin, if you’re using Wordpress)

Maybe this is obvious but it took me a while to figure out 😂

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Discussion

akbfu 2y ago

Why do i need it? Hq.

Brian Lockhart 2y ago

You don’t “need” to be verified, it’s just nice to be able to prove you’re a real account vs one controlled by an impersonator, bot, etc.

akbfu 2y ago

Ok. Got that. Why doesn't do PGP the job?

Landy 2y ago

This is a Nostr specific verification and will show in clients

Brian Lockhart 2y ago

As with nearly all things PGP, nobody bothers to use it. Plus, PGP verification isn’t part of any nostr account verification mechanism I’m aware of? See the NIP05 link I posted, good jumping off point to learn more about the protocol.

Landy 2y ago

To be clear, my comment refers to NIP5 and not PGP. I’ve never used PGP and just barely know what it is 😅

I’m pretty sure it has no Nostr relevance

akbfu 2y ago

But "nobody bothers to use it" is NOT true imo.

akbfu 2y ago

Landy 2y ago

This is also why self hosting the NIP5 is important if you’re a public figure. If you have a website that people know is in your control, then it makes sense to use it for your Nostr address

But no, it’s not “needed” per se

I just did it as a learning exercise