Identity and NIP-05
Your keys, your readable name, your portable social graph. Everything about owning a Nostr identity that no platform can take away.
10 articles
Verification on Nostr is NIP-05, not Twitter Blue. What it means, how to get the check, and what the verification actually proves (and does not).
6 min readOne and two-letter Nostr identifiers exist, they cost more for a reason, and owning one is a specific identity statement. What premium names cost.
7 min readHost your own NIP-05 on a domain you control. Why you might want to, how to set it up in minutes, and what it gives you that a managed service does not.
6 min readUnlike any centralized platform, your Nostr identity moves with you across clients, relays, and services. What portability means in practice.
7 min readYour Nostr username is yours forever once claimed. How to pick one that is findable, memorable, on-brand, and does not fight search engines.
6 min readStep-by-step guide to claiming a readable Nostr identifier. The fastest managed option, the fully self-hosted setup, costs, and verification.
7 min readConcrete backup options for your Nostr private key, ranked by safety. What works, what does not, and the mistakes that turn a backup into account loss.
7 min readThe two prefixes every Nostr user sees. One is your public identity. The other is a secret that owns your account. How to tell them apart.
6 min readEvery Nostr account is a pair of keys. One you share, one you guard. What they are, what they do, how they are encoded, and how not to lose them.
8 min readNIP-05 is the email-shaped identifier you use on Nostr: alice@nostr.blog. What it actually does, what it does not, and how to get one.
7 min read