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@ Alex Gleason
2024-06-15 19:08:00Uh-oh, you just followed someone on a new Nostr client, and it wiped your entire follow list!
Let's use nak to check if an older version of your follow list still exists somewhere on the network:
sh nak req -k 3 -a YOUR_PUBKEY wss://relay.example.com- Replace
YOUR_PUBKEYwith your hex pubkey (runnak decode <npub>to get it). - Replace
wss://relay.example.comwith a real relay. Keep trying different relays until you find it. - If you've set up NosDrive, make sure to check there too, as it backs up all versions of your replaceable events.
Once you've found your follow list on a relay, let's sign a new event and republish it:
sh nak req -k 3 -a YOUR_PUBKEY wss://relay.old.com | jq -c '{kind, content, tags}' | nak event --sec YOUR_SECKEY wss://relay.new.com- Replace
YOUR_PUBKEYwith your hex pubkey. - Replace
YOUR_SECKEYwith your hex secret key (runnak decode <nsec>to get it). - Replace
wss://relay.old.comwith the relay where you found your follow list. - Replace
wss://relay.new.comwith any relay where you want to create your new follow list.
If this succeeded, go ahead and run
history -cto clear your terminal history, since you copied your private key into the terminal session.Now you can copy the new follow list to any additional relays:
sh nak req -k 3 -a YOUR_PUBKEY wss://relay.new.com | nak event wss://relay.other.comRun this any number of times, replacing
wss://relay.other.comeach time.That's it! 🎉
If you couldn't find your event, you may be out of luck.
To learn more about syncing data with nak, read Sync your data between relays with nak.
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