Public Keys
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
In public-key cryptography - one of the basis of cryptocurrency, digital keys are generated from a large random number through a cryptograhic key generation program to produce a private key and public key. In such a system, anyone can encrypt a message using the receiver's public key, but that encrypted message can only be decrypted with the receiver's private key.
Public keys can be disseminated freely as the receving address for your cryptocurrency.
Related Terms
Yield Farming
Yield farming involves putting cryptocurrency into a DeFi protocol to collect interest on trading fees.
ASIC Resistant
A term used to describe cryptocurrency proof-of-work protocols that are resistant to Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), by packing in various parameters that make it difficult for ASICs to have a competitive edge against consumer hardwares.
Hashrate
Total processing power of a blockchain or what is the same, are the amount of hash values that can be made in a period of time.
Address Delegation
Delegation of a wallet's stake to a Super Staker
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