What is Nostr?
Brisket
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2025-02-23 21:34:36
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Brisket on Nostr: What is an identity other than a recognisable set of attributes? Your private key is ...

What is an identity other than a recognisable set of attributes?

Your private key is a way of generating messages attached to an identity. It's a unique way to build an identity since it doesn't require a third party to verify. Up until Nostr there was no easy way to maintain an identity without a third party.

There are many people in meat space that know me as Brisket.

People conflate their legal name as their real identity.

All your identities are false but some of them are useful.
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