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maybe the public key should be called a lock.. lock and key makes sense to me

• jessaustin 13y ago
  Except in other contexts, the use of the public and private keys is reversed. I use my private key to generate signatures: does it aid understanding to tell someone to use my "lock" to verify such signatures?
  • milfot 13y ago
    good point but maybe this is a different thing conceptually i think i would call that a stamp or a seal ..sort of like a wax imprint of a key
  • ippisl 13y ago
    Just tell the user he can't sign things without a profile, and make keys with each profile.