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nip05 badges are probably a mistake. One of the most common questions I get is “how do I get verified” and “please verify me”. Very rarely will nip05 badges mean anything close to verification. Maybe for rare cases like mine where my domain is the same as my username, but most of the time it just means “some random domain points to my pubkey”.

Thinking I should remove the badge altogether.
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Nice and Kind Vic · 147w
Would be interesting if clients provided an indication as to the number of pubkeys a domain is mapping in that nostr.json file. To me, If it's thousands, it carries far less weight then one only serving for say, a dozen or so. Right now I just consider well known ones (nostrplebs, nostrverified, i...
johnny · 147w
Wouldn’t it be better not to have something like “I’m verified” and for everyone to be free to decide whether to do it or not? The idea in #nostr of your being able to communicate anon but that there is something that guarantees others that you are human writing and not a bot is wonderful. ...
𝖋𝖎𝖆𝖙𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖎𝖊𝖗 (¯`◕‿◕´¯) · 147w
Just limit it to your own domain. If someone is willing to do the work to pay for a domain name so he won’t get impersonated, I don’t think he should get penalized.
streetyogi · 147w
It could have some meaning for organizations, public figures, influencers and celebrities
𝖋𝖎𝖆𝖙𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖎𝖊𝖗 (¯`◕‿◕´¯) · 147w
How about you make it so that it points to something that has to be verified by signing with your private key?
Scott · 147w
can you just remove the symbol and keep the link? then maybe it can still be used for authentication without people treating it as a status symbol.
Government of Ameristralia · 147w
Reading this, there are some great comments on NIP badges use cases, such as verify owning a domain and other badges, like NIP-58 as community badges. I like the concept of verifying domain ownership and affiliation to a domain owned verified account. Similar to uses by agencies or individuals a...
StackSats.IO · 146w
Hope you will hold-off and let it rather play out. This is a new space in identity with how it’s separated in #nostr. NIP05 has utility, it already helped form tribes and connections for new users. It helped launch nostrplebs and thus nests. Saylor just made all microstrategy email addresses Li...