diff --git a/src/utils/utils.ts b/src/utils/utils.ts
index 5f75773..6936df9 100644
--- a/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -273,3 +273,9 @@ export const normalizeUserSearchString = (str: string): string => {
   str = removeAccents(str)
   return str
 }
+
+export const truncate = (npub: string): string => {
+  const start = npub.substring(0, 4)
+  const end = npub.substring(npub.length - 4, npub.length)
+  return start + '…' + end
+}