I don't think they are that different. Both strings are using URI schemes and share many of the same arguments. It's just a matter of who initiates the authentication flow.
If everyone runs something like NIP-46 (including client sites) then it essentially becomes sessions + permissions managment for peers, with the connect strings as an out-of-band way to initiate the session. It can be bidirectional.
Once a session is established, the methods available can be anything. I'm planning to add bitcoin and lightning methods.
cmd /
npub1gg…lulq3
2025-06-05 18:57:54
in reply to nevent1q…whl7
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npub1gg5uy8cpqx4u8wj9yvlpwm5ht757vudmrzn8y27lwunt5f2ytlusklulq3Published at
2025-06-05 18:57:54Event JSON
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