That’s not true though. Outbox is a convenience thing, not proper authentication.
The closest thing to what I’m talking about is https://nips.nostr.com/70 . That’s more like how ActivityPub works, for example. But NIP-70 is also unenforceable and more of a suggestion in Nostr.
npub12a…rrdyd
2026-06-08 13:59:14 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…9tej
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npub12a77qmwwzc9qx7gk8f9m0d5qhclq5rsudr0xu6agcqgnfdzqvnwsfrrdydPublished at
2026-06-08 13:59:14 UTCEvent JSON
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