diff --git a/src/features/nostr/hooks/useNostrReq.ts b/src/features/nostr/hooks/useNostrReq.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..654c814f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/nostr/hooks/useNostrReq.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter } from '@soapbox/nspec';
+import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { useNostr } from 'soapbox/contexts/nostr-context';
+
+/** Streams events from the relay for the given filters. */
+export function useNostrReq(filters: NostrFilter[]): { events: NostrEvent[]; eose: boolean; closed: boolean } {
+  const { relay } = useNostr();
+
+  const [events, setEvents] = useState<NostrEvent[]>([]);
+  const [closed, setClosed] = useState(false);
+  const [eose, setEose] = useState(false);
+
+  const controller = useRef<AbortController>(new AbortController());
+  const signal = controller.current.signal;
+  const value = useValue(filters);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (relay && value.length) {
+      (async () => {
+        for await (const msg of relay.req(value, { signal })) {
+          if (msg[0] === 'EVENT') {
+            setEvents((prev) => [msg[2], ...prev]);
+          } else if (msg[0] === 'EOSE') {
+            setEose(true);
+          } else if (msg[0] === 'CLOSED') {
+            setClosed(true);
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+      })();
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      controller.current.abort();
+      controller.current = new AbortController();
+      setEose(false);
+      setClosed(false);
+    };
+  }, [relay, value]);
+
+  return {
+    events,
+    eose,
+    closed,
+  };
+}
+
+/** Preserves the memory reference of a value across re-renders. */
+function useValue<T>(value: T): T {
+  const ref = useRef<T>(value);
+
+  if (!isEqual(ref.current, value)) {
+    ref.current = value;
+  }
+
+  return ref.current;
+}
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diff --git a/src/features/ui/components/modals/nostr-signin-modal/DittoSignup.ts b/src/features/ui/components/modals/nostr-signin-modal/DittoSignup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efe4f46f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/ui/components/modals/nostr-signin-modal/DittoSignup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { NRelay, NostrEvent, NostrSigner } from '@soapbox/nspec';
+
+interface DittoSignupRequestOpts {
+  dvm: string;
+  url: string;
+  relay: NRelay;
+  signer: NostrSigner;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+}
+
+export class DittoSignup {
+
+  static async request(opts: DittoSignupRequestOpts): Promise<NostrEvent> {
+    const { dvm, url, relay, signer, signal } = opts;
+
+    const pubkey = await signer.getPublicKey();
+    const event = await signer.signEvent({
+      kind: 5951,
+      content: '',
+      tags: [
+        ['i', url, 'text'],
+        ['p', dvm],
+      ],
+      created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+    });
+
+    const subscription = relay.req(
+      [{ kinds: [7000, 6951], authors: [dvm], '#p': [pubkey], '#e': [event.id] }],
+      { signal },
+    );
+
+    await relay.event(event, { signal });
+
+    for await (const msg of subscription) {
+      if (msg[0] === 'EVENT') {
+        return msg[2];
+      }
+    }
+
+    throw new Error('DittoSignup: no response');
+  }
+
+  static async check(opts: Omit<DittoSignupRequestOpts, 'url'>): Promise<NostrEvent | undefined> {
+    const { dvm, relay, signer, signal } = opts;
+
+    const pubkey = await signer.getPublicKey();
+    const [event] = await relay.query(
+      [{ kinds: [7000, 6951], authors: [dvm], '#p': [pubkey] }],
+      { signal },
+    );
+
+    return event;
+  }
+
+}
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diff --git a/src/features/ui/components/modals/nostr-signin-modal/steps/account-step.tsx b/src/features/ui/components/modals/nostr-signin-modal/steps/account-step.tsx
index 712e8911a..3dd9d1457 100644
--- a/src/features/ui/components/modals/nostr-signin-modal/steps/account-step.tsx
+++ b/src/features/ui/components/modals/nostr-signin-modal/steps/account-step.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { NSchema as n } from '@soapbox/nspec';
-import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
+import React, { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 
 import { useAccount } from 'soapbox/api/hooks';
 import { Avatar, Text, Stack, Emoji, Button, Tooltip, Modal } from 'soapbox/components/ui';
+import { useNostr } from 'soapbox/contexts/nostr-context';
+import { useNostrReq } from 'soapbox/features/nostr/hooks/useNostrReq';
 import ModalLoading from 'soapbox/features/ui/components/modal-loading';
 import { useInstance } from 'soapbox/hooks';
 
@@ -16,9 +18,41 @@ interface IAccountStep {
 }
 
 const AccountStep: React.FC<IAccountStep> = ({ accountId, setStep, onClose }) => {
+  const { relay, signer } = useNostr();
   const { account } = useAccount(accountId);
+  const [submitting, setSubmitting] = useState(false);
+  const [submitted, setSubmitted] = useState(false);
   const instance = useInstance();
 
+  const { events } = useNostrReq((instance.nostr && account?.nostr) ? [{
+    kinds: [7000, 6951],
+    authors: [instance.nostr.pubkey],
+    '#p': [account.nostr.pubkey],
+  }] : []);
+
+  const success = events.find((event) => event.kind === 6951);
+  const feedback = events.find((event) => event.kind === 7000);
+
+  const handleJoin = async () => {
+    if (!relay || !signer || !instance.nostr) return;
+    setSubmitting(true);
+
+    const event = await signer.signEvent({
+      kind: 5951,
+      content: '',
+      tags: [
+        ['i', instance.nostr.relay, 'text'],
+        ['p', instance.nostr.pubkey, 'text'],
+      ],
+      created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+    });
+
+    await relay.event(event);
+
+    setSubmitting(false);
+    setSubmitted(true);
+  };
+
   const username = useMemo(
     () => n.bech32().safeParse(account?.acct).success ? account?.acct.slice(0, 13) : account?.acct,
     [account?.acct],
@@ -63,11 +97,23 @@ const AccountStep: React.FC<IAccountStep> = ({ accountId, setStep, onClose }) =>
               <Emoji className='h-16 w-16' emoji='🫂' />
 
               <Text align='center' className='max-w-72'>
-                You need an account on {instance.title} to continue.
+                {(success || feedback) ? (
+                  JSON.stringify(success || feedback, null, 2)
+                ) : (
+                  <>You need an account on {instance.title} to continue.</>
+                )}
               </Text>
             </Stack>
 
-            <Button theme='accent' size='lg' block>Join</Button>
+            <Button
+              theme='accent'
+              size='lg'
+              onClick={handleJoin}
+              disabled={submitting || submitted}
+              block
+            >
+              Join
+            </Button>
           </Stack>
         )}
       </Stack>