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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Discussion => Topic started by: iliasyaco on October 16, 2015, 10:14:06 AM



Title: Bitcoin PGP
Post by: iliasyaco on October 16, 2015, 10:14:06 AM
Is it possible to create a PGP public key of an Bitcoin Adress?



Title: Re: Bitcoin PGP
Post by: AceSevenFive on October 16, 2015, 10:30:07 AM
This is entirely possible, as all a Bitcoin address is is a string of numbers. I'm not sure why you would want to do this though.


Title: Re: Bitcoin PGP
Post by: achow101 on October 16, 2015, 12:33:37 PM
Yes but the key length of a bitcoin public/private key pair is relatively short, so it may not provide as much security.


Title: Re: Bitcoin PGP
Post by: QUEDOS on October 16, 2015, 01:21:39 PM
Definitely, but the actual size of a bitcoin public and private key pair is not long at all, so i struggle to see how this will provide the security that your looking for