on my Ubuntu 22.0 and 24.0 the ed25519 host public key is not in PEM but in the <type> <key> format (no <comment> section).
What distro uses PEM? I can try to convert it to the type-format and see if the daemon blindly accepts it.
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npub1a0…sdmkd
2025-12-16 14:32:31 UTC
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Author Public Key
npub1a0syl0wxctexh7u3m0ek4ycsuaktwfjnynjrzn9zyjjv4hn0eknqasdmkdSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2025-12-16 14:32:31 UTCEvent JSON
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