SimplestBitcoinBook on Nostr: Can someone help clarify, how NIP05 verifications work to 'prove identity'? Since ...
Can someone help clarify, how NIP05 verifications work to 'prove identity'? Since anyone can take anyone's name and create a NIP05 by using a different domain, how will others know which is the real you?
Think I must be missing something here?
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2023-01-07 17:09:36Event JSON
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