NIP-A1: Add testimonials protocol for user endorsements via gift-wrapped signed events

[Anderson-Juhasc]

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[staab]

Not a bad idea, but I don't think the wrapping accomplishes anything. People can still publish their own testimonials, and recipients are still in control of whether they are approved. Clients can choose to respect recipients' preferences or not in any case.

[Anderson-Juhasc]

Do you have any ideas on how to improve this?

[staab]

Something like the NIP 58 badges spec might work, minus the "badge definition" event. Very similar to this one, minus the encryption stuff.

[fiatjaf]

@Anderson-Juhasc seems to be getting ready to recreate Orkut on Nostr.

This looks pretty good. The gift-wraps are good as they give the receiver the option to publish or not publish, it's a nice flow. Very well-thought design I think. Let's do it (but pick a hex number for the NIP, please).

@staab it's similar to badges, but it's not the same thing. I think it's worth having a dedicated kind for it. And I think the gift-wrapping does accomplish stuff, as it may be in the interest of both the sender and the receiver that the contents of such stuff aren't published before both parties agree.

[Anderson-Juhasc]

I might try to build that. Following what you asked, I changed it to NIP-A1. Closes #1675