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Make it clear that NIP-05 Keys should be in Hex

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There has been some confusion about whether npub keys are supported by this spec. According to @fiatjaf only Hex keys are supported. https://twitter.com/fiatjaf/status/1608606752987316224?s=20&t=6fJLD3077byuoTm96kva1g
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Lyle Pratt 2022-12-29 17:38:14 -06:00 committed by fiatjaf
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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ On events of kind `0` (`set_metadata`) one can specify the key `"nip05"` with an
Upon seeing that, the client splits the identifier into `<local-part>` and `<domain>` and use these values to make a GET request to `https://<domain>/.well-known/nostr.json?name=<local-part>`.
The result should be a JSON document object with a key `"names"` that should then be a mapping of names to public keys. If the public key for the given `<name>` matches the `pubkey` from the `set_metadata` event, the client then concludes that the given pubkey can indeed be referenced by its identifier.
The result should be a JSON document object with a key `"names"` that should then be a mapping of names to hex formatted public keys. If the public key for the given `<name>` matches the `pubkey` from the `set_metadata` event, the client then concludes that the given pubkey can indeed be referenced by its identifier.
### Example
@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ A client may implement support for finding users' public keys from _internet ide
For example, if after finding that `bob@bob.com` has the public key `abc...def`, the user clicks a button to follow that profile, the client must keep a primary reference to `abc...def`, not `bob@bob.com`. If, for any reason, the address `https://bob.com/.well-known/nostr.json?name=bob` starts returning the public key `1d2...e3f` at any time in the future, the client must not replace `abc...def` in his list of followed profiles for the user (but it should stop displaying "bob@bob.com" for that user, as that will have become an invalid `"nip05"` property).
### Public keys must be in Hex format
Keys must be returned in Hex format. Keys returned in npub format are not supported by this spec.
### User Discovery implementation suggestion
A client can also use this to allow users to search other profiles. If a client has a search box or something like that, a user may be able to type "bob@example.com" there and the client would recognize that and do the proper queries to obtain a pubkey and suggest that to the user.