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@ Ross
2025-06-13 13:50:16
💯 people are so used to email as auth that fighting it at this point feels counterproductive. Trying to explain you don’t have a password, you have a private key, but it’s like a password, but you can’t change it, or reset it, or lose it.
Maybe we focus on bridging legacy oAuth with keys and just riding the semi-custodial rails for now. What’s the Venn diagram of Christians or Farmers and people who understand the importance of open internet standards?
A community needs quality content first, nobody arrives for the protocol (unless the community focus is the protocol - IE current nostr active users) Hardcore nostr folks who understand identity get frustrated and think everyone would just get it if you explain it properly, but the reality is very few will even listen. Do it for them, and then offer it up later should they need it.
Also, to pre-empt any “your key is not your identity” comments. Without a key, it’s just anonymous json. The entire concept of portability dissolves without the identifier. Nostr is an identity system with a collection of semi-documented schemas.