jurjendevries on Nostr: Technically linking it well is on the protocol level. Operating systems can use a ...

Technically linking it well is on the protocol level. Operating systems can use a protocol handler. For email it's mailto: , for web http: etc. for Nostr it's nostr:npub... . And in the operating system you decide which client you will use by which protocol.

Now the issue is that Nostr is not mainstream yet so there are no default client apps at the operating system, so when linking to nostr:npub... , most devices can't handle it.

So in the time between before it might get mainstream we need to help the user by using another protocol to bridge to the link. http is very popular and common, so njump.me and nosta.me are client independent solutions that help with onboarding and showing a profile. Personally I prefer nosta.me

More background by https://thebitcoinmanual.com/articles/nostr-url-handler/