Tim Bouma on Nostr: ‘Have your npub DM my npub’ is functionally equivalent to secure authentication. ...
‘Have your npub DM my npub’ is functionally equivalent to secure authentication.
The inherent cryptographic property of any npub to mutually authenticate with any other npub does away with all those infrastructure requirements needed for authentication. That means (over time), goodbye to Google/Apple/Facebook/Microsoft/Government Sign-In.
An npub is all you need.
The inherent cryptographic property of any npub to mutually authenticate with any other npub does away with all those infrastructure requirements needed for authentication. That means (over time), goodbye to Google/Apple/Facebook/Microsoft/Government Sign-In.
An npub is all you need.