Welcome to **Nostr new folks**! Around these parts, we call ourselves **Nostriches**. Why? Well, it's an interesting and random story. It involves an AI bot, a bad joke, #[0] and #[1].

If you're looking to get a NIP-05 ID for your brand new Nostr public key, I can help with that. A NIP-05 ID is a human readable format for your public key. It's an identifier. It allows you to easily be identified and searched for across the Nostr protocol. It's also part of the shiny check mark that you'll see beside some people's names. How this is displayed varies a bit from client to client.

I run a service called **Nostr Plebs**. We were the first or one of the first NIP-05 ID providers here on Nostr. We'll host and run your ID for you and provide you with several other services for a small payment in **bitcoin** over the **Lightning network**. Over the past month, we've registered well over 1,000 IDs for people, provided Lightning address forwarding services, directory services, and plenty of tech support. We have additional services coming soon, some exciting ones are even in beta right now!