A Scientist on Nostr: I don't know how familiar you are with public key cryptography but it can be tempting ...
I don't know how familiar you are with public key cryptography but it can be tempting to think about your private key like a password, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT.
It's actually more like your entire identity because if someone else gets control of it, there is no "authority" to appeal to to regain control of your "account". In fact, you have no account - just the identity conferred by that private key.
You are going to be a target, so before you build a big following which would be painful to have to rebuild from scratch, if you are not an opsec person you might want to get some basic security tips from someone you know who knows their way around (maybe @jack or Ed Snowden).
It's actually more like your entire identity because if someone else gets control of it, there is no "authority" to appeal to to regain control of your "account". In fact, you have no account - just the identity conferred by that private key.
You are going to be a target, so before you build a big following which would be painful to have to rebuild from scratch, if you are not an opsec person you might want to get some basic security tips from someone you know who knows their way around (maybe @jack or Ed Snowden).