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< h1 > Nostr< a class = "headerlink" href = "#nostr" title = "Permalink to this heading" > #< / a > < / h1 >
< p > Again, though we have a general distrust of the anarcho-capitalists, it’ < / p >
< p > Nostr is an extremely minimal protocol: < a class = "reference external" href = "https://nostr.com/the-protocol" > https://nostr.com/the-protocol< / a > . There just isn’ < / p >
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< h2 > DNS identity< a class = "headerlink" href = "#dns-identity" title = "Permalink to this heading" > #< / a > < / h2 >
< p > Like < a class = "reference internal" href = "at_protocol.html" > < span class = "doc std std-doc" > AT Protocol< / span > < / a > , there is a NIP (noster implementation possibility) for using < span class = "target" id = "index-0" > < / span > DNS to map keys: < a class = "reference external" href = "https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/05.md" > https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/05.md< / a > < / p >
< p > It seems to be Webfinger-like, using a .json file under a < code class = "docutils literal notranslate" > < span class = "pre" > .well-known< / span > < / code > path on a domain. An identity issues an event indicating a < code class = "docutils literal notranslate" > < span class = "pre" > nip05< / span > < / code > type:< / p >
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< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > " pubkey" < / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "s2" > " b0635d6a9851d3aed0cd6c495b282167acf761729078d975fc341b22650b07b9" < / span > < span class = "p" > ,< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > " kind" < / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "mi" > 0< / span > < span class = "p" > ,< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > " content" < / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "s2" > " {\" name\" : \" bob\" , \" nip05\" : \" bob@example.com\" }" < / span >
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< p > and then does a GET to < code class = "docutils literal notranslate" > < span class = "pre" > https://example.com/.well-known/nostr.json?name=bob< / span > < / code > . If the response looks like this:< / p >
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< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > " names" < / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "p" > {< / span >
< span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "nt" > " bob" < / span > < span class = "p" > :< / span > < span class = "w" > < / span > < span class = "s2" > " b0635d6a9851d3aed0cd6c495b282167acf761729078d975fc341b22650b07b9" < / span >
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< p > then the identity is considered verified.< / p >
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< h2 > Petnames< a class = "headerlink" href = "#petnames" title = "Permalink to this heading" > #< / a > < / h2 >
< p > And a notion of < span class = "target" id = "index-1" > < / span > Petnames: < a class = "reference external" href = "https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/02.md" > https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/02.md< / a > < / p >
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< li > < p > Just a client-server architecture: clients must talk to relays, relays do not talk to one another.< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > Very very little in the way of a formalized spec for relays< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > Made by a bunch of bitcoin guys< / p > < / li >
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