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nostr:pubkey

Kind specification, version v1.0.0

Summary

nostr:pubkey identifies a Nostr account by its public key.

Subject

subject MUST be of type schnorr_pubkey.

Motivation

Nostr pubkeys are long-lived public identities. nostr:pubkey makes it possible to judge a pubkey more broadly than any one specific event.

Clients may use it to distinguish accounts that appear trustworthy, useful, misleading, abusive, or consistently valuable in the Nostr context.