Nosta is now listed in the Nostr App Manager. This is a new system for recommending apps. Adding apps to your profile helps others find out in which parts of the ecosystem you are active - great for discovery. Nosta profiles will also soon show your app recommendations. See the Nosta app listing here: https://nostrapp.link/a/naddr1qqxnzd3cxc6n2d33xymrvwpeqgsp9z7qt2n06ssaqrpuxwyn98eeelr4pvp4mdkd45htp7vrhl6k98crqsqqql8kc4575h

Profile editing on Nosta works now. Some refinements are still to come, like addressing both "name" and "display name", better validation, and tips for potentially confusing fields. Another important feature is indicating when there multiple profile versions were found on relays, letting you pick which one you want to use moving forward, and then updating all relays accordingly. There's always more to do, but the basics should be there now. If you try it, please share your feedback.

The icon for handles (NIP-05) was changed. It was a check, indicating that some type of account verification had happened. That's not accurate though. Handles are just human-readable shortcuts, often provided by third-party providers, without any sort of identification process. The new icon is more general and avoids that association. Based on this conversation on Stacker News:

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NIP-05 is not Verification \ stacker news

What is NIP-05 really? If you look at the spec, it's a way to map Nostr public keys to DNS-based internet identifiers, such as name@example.com. If...

Nosta profiles now show stalls and products (NIP-15). For example:

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Nostr profiles. Nice and easy.

You can now see files (NIP-94) on Nosta profiles. Just basic support for now, showing images. We'll keep iterating on this. Here's an example:

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Nostr profiles. Nice and easy.