Arcstrad on Nostr: I genuinely think the singular, unchangeable "private key" model is a serious problem ...

I genuinely think the singular, unchangeable "private key" model is a serious problem for Nostr’s future.

It is one thing to ask bitcoiners to use private key, they basically just need to hold it, and switching accounts or keys has no major downside. But #Nostr is a social space where you often need to carry your login across devices and across apps, and being a social space, your social history matters a lot and has to be carried along with you.

Unlike Bitcoin, you can’t just rotate your private key and start fresh. Doing so means abandoning your followers and your entire identity tied to the old account.

So all it takes is one random hack, or one mistake from you, and all the social capital and work you've built under that one Nostr "private key" is gone? What a terrible model.