Oh no, this is more like being on the internet the period before 2005; i think we just crossed the period even before that last year.
Hopefully @nprofile1q... improves so you can start automating! Come to think of it, you should get an nsite! Its a regular webpage, that automatically is populated with your Nostr posts. I never put much effort in mine, but as an example https://constant.npub.pro/ , it shows the articles ive written. No idea what the best way to go about it is these days, maybe @nprofile1q... knows, or knows to point you in the right direction.
Do you have a link to the tarot app?
Im tempted to give you an introduction explanation of how public/private keys work now. Ok super short (spoiler, not as short as i hoped):
You (your computer) picked a large random number (its superduperextraturbo big...no really, its huge), and kept is secret (i hope👀). That large random number, is your private key (nsec, i.e. Nostr Secret (key) ). Then you (again that helpful computer) did some cryptomathmagic on that secret number, and created a derivative large number. That is your public key (npub, i.e. Nostr Public (key) ).
How Nostr works, is that you create what is called a signature underneath all your posts, using your secret key; and then the outside world can verify that signature using your public key.
So your npub is your cryptographic ''name''; and your nsec is what you use to create signatures that belong to that ''name''; because only the person that holds that secret is able to produce those signatures.
So...its just a number, you (your computer) made up out of thin air. You could also roll dice if you want to produce that number, just make sure its ''random'' such that other people can't trivially guess it. You never had to ask anyone permission to create it, and you can always create other keypairs if you are so inclined whenever, and whereever you want.
So its not a password in the sense that it gives you access to something by convincing some else to give you entree; but functions like a password by being a secret that allows you to proof to others that you know a secret (without revealing the secret).
It all relies on the number being superdupermegaultra large, so to give you somewhat of an idea, watch this video. Its 5 minutes long, but you can ignore the first 30 second and last 1,5 minute, so the actual relevant part is the 3 minutes in the middle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9JGmA5_unY
Hopefully @nprofile1q... improves so you can start automating! Come to think of it, you should get an nsite! Its a regular webpage, that automatically is populated with your Nostr posts. I never put much effort in mine, but as an example https://constant.npub.pro/ , it shows the articles ive written. No idea what the best way to go about it is these days, maybe @nprofile1q... knows, or knows to point you in the right direction.
Do you have a link to the tarot app?
Im tempted to give you an introduction explanation of how public/private keys work now. Ok super short (spoiler, not as short as i hoped):
You (your computer) picked a large random number (its superduperextraturbo big...no really, its huge), and kept is secret (i hope👀). That large random number, is your private key (nsec, i.e. Nostr Secret (key) ). Then you (again that helpful computer) did some cryptomathmagic on that secret number, and created a derivative large number. That is your public key (npub, i.e. Nostr Public (key) ).
How Nostr works, is that you create what is called a signature underneath all your posts, using your secret key; and then the outside world can verify that signature using your public key.
So your npub is your cryptographic ''name''; and your nsec is what you use to create signatures that belong to that ''name''; because only the person that holds that secret is able to produce those signatures.
So...its just a number, you (your computer) made up out of thin air. You could also roll dice if you want to produce that number, just make sure its ''random'' such that other people can't trivially guess it. You never had to ask anyone permission to create it, and you can always create other keypairs if you are so inclined whenever, and whereever you want.
So its not a password in the sense that it gives you access to something by convincing some else to give you entree; but functions like a password by being a secret that allows you to proof to others that you know a secret (without revealing the secret).
It all relies on the number being superdupermegaultra large, so to give you somewhat of an idea, watch this video. Its 5 minutes long, but you can ignore the first 30 second and last 1,5 minute, so the actual relevant part is the 3 minutes in the middle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9JGmA5_unY