TheGuySwann on Nostr: I say this because I just went to desktop to post a video and realized I wasn’t ...

I say this because I just went to desktop to post a video and realized I wasn’t signed in and then decided it wasn’t worth it and went on to other work.

I don’t have my nsec just lying around because I value the account and network… but because of that using this on all of my devices is both a pain and also unsafe to break out my private keys and copy paste them in a bunch of apps and web browsers.

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Not being able to quickly and safely sign into another client or device is such a friction with Nostr. I really think it’s the most important problem to solve in the short and medium term. And I do *not* think remote signing with another device or running nsecbunker or having your phone find some trick to stay alive in the background to be a signer is the solution. They are clever and useful for some, but ultimately only a tiny, tiny minority will deal with those things.

I’ve thought for years we just need a key signing delegation. It’s the equivalent of session cookies online. The problem simply requires a robust and decentralized way to sync and share active “session keys” that can be safely and quickly revoked when needed.

I’m also not saying that’s an easy problem either. I’m simply saying I don’t see anyway we get the “web experience” but also the security of signed messages and not needing to trust the host or relay without it. I’d love to hear other ideas for it though. I’m working on what I described above right now though.