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Valentino Giudice aspie96@Nostr-Check.com 1 year ago
So, now I too have the "verified" badge, on clients that support NIP-05, thanks to @Nostr-Check.com (huge props and kudos!). I think it's important to note what it actually means. When a profile has a "verified" badge, it does NOT mean the user is genuine. It does NOT mean it's not a (spam)bot. It does NOT mean it's not an impostor. The only thing it means is that the user has a (currently) valid NIP-05 internet identifier which can (currently) be used as a mnemonic shorthand to their public key. It's all it means, there is nothing else to it. Whether an account has or doesn't have an identifier says nothing good or bad about it. My NIP-05 identifier is now "aspie96@Nostr-Check.com" (in the future it might be tied to my own domain). It's all the badge means.

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Valentino Giudice aspie96@Nostr-Check.com 1 year ago
Hello there. I'm not really new to Nostr, I just didn't have a NIP-05 identifier before. I'm aware of the possibility of adding a LN address and I have no intention of doing so. I'm here for freedom of speech and fundamental human rights, not money, and I think monetary incentives tend to be more detrimental than helpful for the microblogging experience. I'm uninterested in everything that relates to, at once, Nostr and Bitcoin (or any other payment system).
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Valentino Giudice aspie96@Nostr-Check.com 1 year ago
NIP-05 doesn't prove an account is "legit", nor was it ever meant to. It's not intended as a form of verification and it's a shame clients may imply that it is. Please, see this:
NIP-05 is not Verification - HedgeDoc
 Or this: View article → Anyone can buy a domain name, therefore anyone can get a NIP-05 identifier. Just setting up a NIP-05 identifier does not prove an account is "legit". Setting up, specifically, an identity associated with a domain name which is known to be legit may prove it, however, as long as the user actually verifies the domain (rather than relying on the useless and misleading "verified" sign that some clients may display). See, also:
Valentino Giudice
So, now I too have the "verified" badge, on clients that support NIP-05, thanks to @Nostr-Check.com (huge props and kudos!). I think it's important to note what it actually means. When a profile has a "verified" badge, it does NOT mean the user is genuine. It does NOT mean it's not a (spam)bot. It does NOT mean it's not an impostor. The only thing it means is that the user has a (currently) valid NIP-05 internet identifier which can (currently) be used as a mnemonic shorthand to their public key. It's all it means, there is nothing else to it. Whether an account has or doesn't have an identifier says nothing good or bad about it. My NIP-05 identifier is now "aspie96@Nostr-Check.com" (in the future it might be tied to my own domain). It's all the badge means.
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