#WelcometoNostr Day 2
What are private keys, npubs, nsecs, and what's my password?
Nostr is built upon incredibly cool cryptography. There's no username and password combo that a central authority keeps for you and can potentially leak in a data breach.
Instead, your "account" on Nostr has a public key (looks like a long string of jumbled numbers and letters). That public key is what identifies you on the the Nostr network and not a username.
Depending on the client you use, you'll find your public key under your public profile name and is displayed to all users.
The only way to make a post to the "account" that your public key represents is with your private key.
Cryptography makes it so only your private key can post (or "sign") a note as valid to be posted to the “account” with your public key.
Public Key = Everyone can see, and is how you're found.
Private Key = Keep secret. Someone gets your private key, they can post to your account.
You can save your private key in a password manager like 1Password or Bitwarden. Other than that, don't post/display the private key anywhere.
For ease of use, some clients display a version of your keys with prefixes:
"npub" which represents your Nostr Public Key
"nsec" which represents your Nostr Secrect/Private Key
There are no passwords on Nostr, just Public and Private key pairs that work through cryptography. The benefit is that you're not tied to any one client, your account is extremely secure, and each message is cryptographically validated that it's you (or the one holding your private key) that posted the note.
Hope that helps for a little primer. I'm not the best at concise explanations. Anyone else want to chime in, feel free! We're all learning. Welcome to Nostr, it's a beautiful place!
Nostr is awesome.
Each note a beautiful blossom.
…a tiny exaggeration, maybe, but the general idea holds.
I remember it like it was yesterday…
#[0] was zapping left and right. Notifications went bananas. People were so happy.
Those were the days.
That’s hilarious. “Global” is certainly is better since the latest update to #[2]
Beautifully said!
The Midjourney command to switch from priority processing to slow is /relax
Wish I could do that for my mind.
...faint words of a wise wizard/jedi/monk/mentor echo: "It's called meditation! Close your eyes and breathe!"
/relax
Same thing happened at my university. It’s like we’re living the good ol’ days all over again, except my knees hurt more now.
Communities on Nostr are awesome!
Reach out. Post about your interests. We're all wonderfully weird in our own ways.
#WelcometoNostr
The march begins
#MarchOffTwitter
Good thing there's a welcoming place to go.
#WelcometoNostr
Going to post welcomes, insights, and howto's this month to help welcome newbies.
Nice to see our little nostrich getting out there!
Marketplace on Nostr and call it Shopstr?
Love it. 💜⚡️
All this incredible work on nostr and there’s no token, no nostr-coin.
Proof of work ethic on display.
#nostr
Kids, sit down, and let me tell you about the day that #[0] went zaphappy and showed how sound money could travel at the speed of light. It was beautiful.
All these zaps…must…resist…urge to dance the electric slide.
⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
Let’s do this.
