Shortening could be done by e.g.:
/e/ for nevent, /p/ for nprofile, etc
Followed by just enough first letters that it's unique.
This works especially well for self hosting because the number of events would be limited (e.g. a whitelist of npubs of yourself and some alt accounts).
A public service could offer this as a SAAS: you get a short URL and (static) server side rendered page for any event/profile you visit, with a cookie to track your balance, NWC or something nuts.
provoost / Sjors Provoost
npub1s6…dwk4c
2024-10-19 08:26:29
in reply to nevent1q…57ft
Author Public Key
npub1s6z7hmmx2vud66f3utxd70qem8cwtggx0jgc7gh8pqwz2k8cltuqrdwk4cPublished at
2024-10-19 08:26:29Event JSON
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"content": "Shortening could be done by e.g.:\n/e/ for nevent, /p/ for nprofile, etc\nFollowed by just enough first letters that it's unique.\n\nThis works especially well for self hosting because the number of events would be limited (e.g. a whitelist of npubs of yourself and some alt accounts).\n\nA public service could offer this as a SAAS: you get a short URL and (static) server side rendered page for any event/profile you visit, with a cookie to track your balance, NWC or something nuts.",
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}