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.
jb55 / Will
npub1xt…vkk5s
2023-04-25 12:46:24
Author Public Key
npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5sPublished at
2023-04-25 12:46:24Event JSON
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"pubkey": "32e1827635450ebb3c5a7d12c1f8e7b2b514439ac10a67eef3d9fd9c5c68e245",
"created_at": 1682419584,
"kind": 1,
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"content": "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”.\n\nThinking I should remove the badge altogether. ",
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}