I'm using nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqgzn9kpsmllqnsf7wh5tz3wgy4cclsftqqplv8tpayrhwgw8llunevgnmdf3 on Win10, trying to use it on Android, but somehow I can't sync my accounts?
Does Primal only accept a pasted nsec for account? I can get my nsec from nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0s0pfy4z , which I use to login on Win10, but it doesn't work pasting into Primal Android. Alby forced me to link the nostr:nprofile1qqsqtxasg0gqw3gtgc8wlzdkts0y8e257rt8agrpcj6qgwhzmf5xfwg7h8g4w wallet in order to zap, and the npub from that will login on Primal Android, but I can't seem to be my nsec from CoinOS or Primal web so that I can fully login to Primal Android.
Can someone please help me untangle this? (Gee, I wonder why we don't have more people joining Nostr...)
#asknostr
Replies (4)
You shouldn't paste your nsec into clients. You should be using amber on Android. But also, what do you mean your accounts won't "sync". There is no syncing. If you log in with your nsec, that is the same account. If you're not seeing all the stuff on primal after login, then it just hasn't gotten stuff from your relays. Also, primal kinda sucks and is barely a nostr client imo.
It sounds like you have more than one nsec. Likely the one in Alby is auto-generated. You can use it, but it's not connected to your same identity. It would be separate.
If your nsec is being stored in Coinos, there is a chance that it has been compromised:
nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpw5qnyrxdmctda962pvng7ltzvjzjg09ge57dqqxfjn42ft2rcaxqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnrda5kummn9e5k7tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsqgycyrlr7zl7x9grdazwmjfp63q4l26pk5s7w2l8fej44xctyva69ya29zq7
Confirm that the nsec stored in Coinos is your correct nsec by putting it into Amber and using Amber to log into any Nostr app. If your correct "account" comes up, then Coinos had your nsec stored on their servers and it should be considered compromised.
Are you logged in on Primal right now? iOS? Android? Web?
If you can't get Coinos to display an nsec, you may not have given them your nsec at all, so that's good.
If you are logged into Primal on mobile, go to Settings > Keys > Copy private key, and then save it somewhere safe.
If you are logged in on web, I would be very surprised if Primal isn't using Alby to log in. In that case, are you SURE your Alby nsec isn't correct? What public key does Alby show for you? Go to your Alby extension, to the interface that shows your balance and transaction history, and click on the purple ostrich. That will copy your npub, which is safe to share. Paste it here.
Thanks I am working my way around to taking a stab at this. Saving up the brain juice.
