Public key

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.

See also

• Altcoin
• Bitcoin
• Blockchain
• Crypto-assets
• Crypto wallet
• Cryptography
• Cybersecurity
• Dual key
• Encryption
• Information technology
• Private key
• Public
• Public key encryption
• Public key infrastructure
• Quantum computing
• RSA encryption
• Validating node
• Wallet