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Explanation for how scammers are using fake @primal.net verification to scam primal users.

Primals caching servers allow scammers to impersonate their users by showing any @primal.net input as a valid nip 05

If your nip 05 is anything else primal will check that it's actually valid, and other clients will check if a primal nip 05 is actually valid.

So the risk of getting scammed or impersonated by fake nip 05 verification only applies to primal users.

@miljan can you please fix this?

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BushRat · 4w

This is hilarious.

Fren · 4w

So primal makes it easier for scammers but it only effects their own users. I think you gotta be a special kind of stupid to get primal verification anyway with how expensive it is. People paying $70 a year subscription to primal only to be more easily impersonated. Meanwhile BCHnostr verificati...

nostrich · 4w

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miljan · 4w

Primal's NIP-05 verification service works like any other Nostr NIP-05 verification service. All Primal clients verify NIP-05s on the client; same way as other Nostr clients. That's why Primal clients don't show the verified badge next to the account that tries to spoof the NIP-05. The indexer plays...