Yeah there is a smart contract because OTS + nostr alone would leave the system vulnerable to some attack scenarios. I won’t pretend to understand why that is the case but nothing seems to prevent us from deploying the contract on Rootstock instead. nostr:naddr1qq5xxmmvvskhxar0wfskwefdd9jx2mn5d96...

You need a blockchain with certain completeness properties. It's just a technical requirement, not some partiality towards Ethereum in particular. The gas fees required for an identity creation are tiny, I think it was maybe $0.20 or so the last time I did it. I'm happy to take care of the tiny ga...