draft optional
This NIP offers a Nostr-native way to request a complete reset of a key's fingerprint on the web. This procedure is legally binding in some jurisdictions, and thus, supporters of this NIP should truly delete events from their database.
Kind 62 requests a specific relay to delete everything, including NIP-09 Deletion Events, from the .pubkey until its .created_at.
{
"kind": 62,
"pubkey": <32-byte hex-encoded public key of the event creator>,
"tags": [
["relay", "<relay url>"]
],
"content": "<reason or note>",
//...other fields
}The tag list MUST include at least one relay value.
Content MAY include a reason or a legal notice to the relay operator.
Relays MUST fully delete any events from the .pubkey if their service URL is tagged in the event.
Relays SHOULD delete all NIP-59 Gift Wraps that p-tagged the .pubkey if their service URL is tagged in the event, deleting all DMs to the pubkey.
Relays MUST ensure the deleted events cannot be re-broadcasted into the relay.
Relays MAY store the signed request to vanish for bookkeeping.
Paid relays or relays that restrict who can post MUST also follow the request to vanish regardless of the user's status.
Publishing a deletion request event (Kind 5) against a request to vanish has no effect. Clients and relays are not obliged to support "unrequest vanish" functionality.
Clients SHOULD send this event to the target relays only.
To request ALL relays to delete everything, the event MUST include a relay tag with the value ALL_RELAYS in uppercase.
{
"kind": 62,
"pubkey": <32-byte hex-encoded public key of the event creator>,
"tags": [
["relay", "ALL_RELAYS"]
],
"content": "<reason>",
//...other fields
}Clients SHOULD broadcast this event to as many relays as possible.