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possibly sunsetting npub checksums #1461

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melvincarvalho opened this issue Aug 30, 2024 · 0 comments

melvincarvalho commented Aug 30, 2024 •

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npub checksums add high complexity to implementing the npub display names

are the npub checksums ever used or checked?

if not, we should consider sunsetting them to make implementations simpler and also compatible with bech32m which powers taproot

the only thing i can think of is if someone writes down an npub on paper and gets a character wrong, but I dont think anyone does this?

we could gracefully allow software to be more tolerant, and eventually turn the checksum from a MUST into a SHOULD

also are npubs used for anything other than display on the clients -- hex pubkeys are better to use in general as they are canonical on the back end

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