Web of trust.
For instance, if more people I follow and people they follow are already following ODELL (nprofile…p7e2) instead of ODELL (nprofile…acus), then I can be reasonably certain the first is legit and the second is an impersonator.
Start building your web of trust from people you know outside of Nostr and it won't take long to distinguish between most folks that anyone would try impersonating.
Dikaios1517
npub1ku…v3lhe
2024-09-28 20:12:38
in reply to nevent1q…8k2l
Author Public Key
npub1kun5628raxpm7usdkj62z2337hr77f3ryrg9cf0vjpyf4jvk9r9smv3lhePublished at
2024-09-28 20:12:38Event JSON
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"content": "Web of trust.\n\nFor instance, if more people I follow and people they follow are already following nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgpz4mhxue69uhkummnw3ex2mrfw3jhxtn0wfnszynhwden5te0wahhgtn4w3ux7tn0dejszxthwden5te0wdjkuerfwshxummnvekxzun99e3k7mgrcp7e2 instead of nostr:nprofile1qqspvxckleleljlh96s2j7nmsxxecwlutwpgqpztclp7z22k8jwqedcprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0glacus, then I can be reasonably certain the first is legit and the second is an impersonator.\n\nStart building your web of trust from people you know outside of Nostr and it won't take long to distinguish between most folks that anyone would try impersonating.",
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