verbiricha on Nostr: the nostr DM situation always reminds me of this xkcd ...
the nostr DM situation always reminds me of this xkcd
https://xkcd.com/927/ Perhaps we can summarize it this way:
Old Nostr DM (NIP-4) integrates four capabilities into a single Nostr key—it serves as an ID, an encryption key, a receiving address, and a sending address.
New Nostr DM (NIP-17) integrates three capabilities into a single Nostr key—it serves as an ID, an encryption key, and a receiving address.
Newest Nostr DM (NIP-17e) integrates two capabilities into a single Nostr key—it serves as an ID and a receiving address.
I’m not sure whether the receiving address of NIP-17e messages is the ID key or the encrypiton key.
Published at
2026-03-11 08:34:43 UTCEvent JSON
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"id": "850e8ab9a5264650415675bec4ed826fa07bc2a2af29281ac04d6f7c494596c9",
"pubkey": "7fa56f5d6962ab1e3cd424e758c3002b8665f7b0d8dcee9fe9e288d7751ac194",
"created_at": 1773218083,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"q",
"0531f30807370e13bc4c6f21dfb37deecf2e1a96c98ee4be8c36778588758b8b",
"wss://nos.lol/",
"bbf923aa9246065f88c40c7d9bf61cccc0ff3fcff065a8cb2ff4cfbb62088f1e"
],
[
"client",
"grimoire",
"31990:7fa56f5d6962ab1e3cd424e758c3002b8665f7b0d8dcee9fe9e288d7751ac194:k50nvf8d85"
]
],
"content": "the nostr DM situation always reminds me of this xkcd\n\nhttps://xkcd.com/927/\n \nnostr:nevent1qgsth7fr42fyvpjl3rzqclvm7cwves8l8l8lqedgevhlfnamvgyg78sppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghx6mmd9uqzqpf37vyqwdcwzw7ycmepm7ehmmk09cdfdjvwujlgcdnhsky8tzutwna3q6",
"sig": "d67d6e5277e4db75c1eea171f9da19241a9b6d899a3a83ffdb6d0d032112a661aaaac58109080cb150d56a98adcd9382e28bd6b13c8562d8285d73ece3acfd34"
}
