Turns out @Ben Arc owns nostr.com (and nostr.org?) and he's not obligated to follow the "ethos" of #Nostr as users are not obligated to get a NIP-05 from nostr.com So, he's free to charge $5 a year for NIP-05s...

@Kieran A nostr.com Nostr address is 5 bucks and you have to create an account. WTF Please pretty please give me a free snort.social Nostr address 🙏…...

This is against the very ethos of #Nostr Dafuq…...

Wow! You can buy a nostr.com NIP-05 for 5 bucks Didn't know #grownostr #plebchain…...

Make an app called "Keyring" that creates and stores #Nostr keys Then you can access and #Nostr-based app #grownostr #plebchain…...

Think of it You just need a cryptographic keypair to access the #Nostr protocol And you control that keypair No one can de-protocol you So clean and beautiful #grownostr #plebchain…...