I think it’s definitely a caching issue. Decentralization is hard. It’s a million times easier when you can just query a centralized database.
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Building an API just for dealing with Nostr profiles seems like a business opportunity
Would be nice if something as basic as tagging another user worked consistently
There a meme here somewhere I can feel it…
unfortunately my API idea would create a central point of failure
Trusted nip05 provider seems like a no-brainer to me.