Public Key

A Public Key is one half of a cryptographic pair, openly shared to enable secure communication. It allows anyone to Encrypt a message intended for its owner, or to verify a Digital Signature created by the owner's corresponding private key.

See also

Linked from: Asymmetric Cryptography, Asymmetric Key, Certificate Authority, Diffie Hellman, Digital Certificate, Ecc, Hardware Wallet, Integer Factorization, Key Exchange, Key Identifier, Key Management, Key Pair, Pki, Private Key, Symmetric Key
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