Relays are dumb. Your private messages are encrypted with your private key. They should not be able to open them.

I think my pi4 with 1TB will melt right away lol

So some clients also pickup the npub without the @ making it confusing, let me explain it simple here:

'npvb1mhamq6nj9egex0xn0e8vmv...ctrpj0ychehddadsketjlwl3eg7ztqrv9a4h' is made easy to 'MessageMeForAFreeVerification@

Nostr-Check.com'

I'm handing out free NIP05 verifications? But what is it?! Read more here!

NIP is short for 'Nostr Implementation Possibilities', so really a suggestion for something clients can implement into Nostr.

NIP05 (https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/05.md) was suggested as an easier way to read the long and confusing npub by using a domain.

Anyone can make a new account with your profile picture and information making it hard to see if it is really you are an imposter.

Lets take my npub for example, it's 'npub1mhamq6nj9egex0xn0e8vmvctrpj0ychehddadsketjlwl3eg7ztqrv9a4h', but you are not gonna read out my whole npub each to make sure it is really me, right?

Heres where NIP05 comes in handy! It links your npub (converted to HEX) to an easy to read 'email-like' handle. Because it is linked to your npub, it will only be valid on your account. Using it on another account with a different npub will make it invalid.

This makes NIP05 an easy way to verify the account you are chatting with is really the person you think it is.

It's not flawless. For started it still makes you somewhat dependant on the NIP05 provider, it may delete your entry and make you invalid. Secondly you need to trust the domain is safe and secure and thirdly, even domains can be faked; User@N0str-Check.com <-- spotted the zero? (I also own N0str-Check.com so dont bother ;)

It isnt hard to setup your own domain and NIP05, and if you really want to you could look into 'PoW keys', like Snowden had. He put a lot of work in making his npubkey so that it starts with 'Sn0wden'. This is also a cool way to make sure it is really him!

I assume no RBF? ;)

For me more then 7 just made things (wayyyy) slower. Got the sweetspot now with 3 paid relays and 3 fast public ones!

Hey, I replied to your message!

After adding #[1] and now i'm at..

**136** free NIP05's on my domain!

I screwed up big time pasting the wrong npub to my website so had many, many messages on another account I did not check for days! Think I got in contact with all of them now and the list just keeps on growing!

Thanks all for joining Nostr! Love all the messages and questions. Amazing to see how enthusiastic all are about Nostr!

I'll try to answer all your questions and sometimes post useful stuff!

Hey! What name would you like? Braga@Nostr-Check.com?

My current setup:

4 fast relays (3 paid) on READ

4 more relays on WRITE only

You can change the read/write on snort.social, just click the little boxes.

Having 7+ relays on READ pretty much broke all clients for me.

You can also enable/disable read and write on relays on Snort.social! #[1]

https://www.colorhexa.com/663399

Might be useful if there's no scheme yet

I hope it's color hex #663399

Not more then 5 really is my experience

My cheat code at the moment is:

2/3 paid relays which filter bots set to 'read' and 'write' + 4/5 fast/wide used relays set to 'write' only.

I just passed 100 verifications when adding #[0] !

Thank you everyone for the messages, using my humble service, being on Nostr and all the positive vibes!

Doing this manually isnt the fastest but it's great to message with all of the users!

Onwards to the next 100!

Interesting! It says invalid for you, mine still shows valid and really long lol:

Does it break some clients? Snort is getting weird now

Testing the length of a NIP05, Is there even a max?!