ok I see now. Your contact list is corrupted, you logged into some client with this key that added npubs instead of hex keys to your contact list. <contacts.json jq -rc '.[2].tags[][1]' | grep ^npub npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6