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The blockchain validators (nodes) can check that the signer is the controller of those CAs on the blockchain. | The blockchain validators (nodes) can check that the signer is the controller of those CAs on the blockchain. | ||
''Source - A treasurer's guide to opening a crypto wallet - ACT - May 2023 - p20.'' | ''Source - A treasurer's guide to opening a crypto wallet - ACT - May 2023 - p20 - member-only resource.'' | ||
Revision as of 09:17, 23 June 2023
Cryptography - crytpo-assets (CAs).
Public keys are derived from private keys and this enables verification of transactions because of this public-private key pairing.
The blockchain validators (nodes) can check that the signer is the controller of those CAs on the blockchain.
Source - A treasurer's guide to opening a crypto wallet - ACT - May 2023 - p20 - member-only resource.
See also
- Altcoin
- Bitcoin
- Blockchain
- Crypto-assets
- Crypto wallet
- Cryptography
- Cybersecurity
- Dual key
- Encryption
- Information technology
- Key
- Private key
- Public
- Public key encryption
- Public key infrastructure
- Quantum computing
- RSA encryption
- Validating node
- Wallet
