> - how can one identify legit accounts of popular Nostr users? Right now I'm going based on highest follower count among the various impersonator accounts
NIP-05. Also called Vanity Addresses.
On my profile you see below my name mananguri@onlynostr.club. That's a NIP-05 address. Anyone can call themselves Mananguri, but only I have access to the mananguri@onlynostr.club registration PIN.
I can also use that NIP-05 address as my lightning wallet address too. You just point the address to your own lightning wallet. It's really simple to setup. Check it out.
onlynostr.club
Manánguri
npub1gx…cwdkf
2024-09-04 01:03:57
in reply to nevent1q…lh46
Author Public Key
npub1gxqd5cu2y4uu2xrmuhfp98xjl546vfz23705mkvsj26ys7euz3lqncwdkfPublished at
2024-09-04 01:03:57Event JSON
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"content": "\u003e - how can one identify legit accounts of popular Nostr users? Right now I'm going based on highest follower count among the various impersonator accounts \n\nNIP-05. Also called Vanity Addresses. \n\nOn my profile you see below my name mananguri@onlynostr.club. That's a NIP-05 address. Anyone can call themselves Mananguri, but only I have access to the mananguri@onlynostr.club registration PIN.\n\nI can also use that NIP-05 address as my lightning wallet address too. You just point the address to your own lightning wallet. It's really simple to setup. Check it out. \n\nonlynostr.club",
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