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#Asknostr can I get a more in depth but understandable explanation of pub/private key pairs?

The public key is derived from the private key and creates messages that the private key signs correct?
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Low Information Voter 2y ago

Cloudflare has a decent one-pager:

https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/ssl/how-does-public-key-encryption-work/

Wikipedia has a pretty good in-depth article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

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Trevor Bello 2y ago

Thank you sir