The difference between private key and a public key

[jamesvince 2389]

Private keys are those keys on which on one person has their wallets unique keys and each wallets has different keys and public keys means eth public address which is also unique but if someone saws address then nothing worried for account holders.

[Shivam1 428]

On 1/26/2020 at 8:44 PM, Mandoy01 said:

If we talk about wallets then we will also talk about the wallet keys. There are two kinds of wallet keys; the private key and the public key.

 

The public key is also known as your wallet address. This is the alpha numeric number which you give to someone in order to receive a certain coin or token. The word public means that you can share it so you can make transactions.

 

Next is the private keys. Private keys are like the keys you use to open your door. For example you are going to unlock your door and you need a key to open it. It is the same with your private keys, this is the key that you will use to unlock or access your wallet. The word private here means that this key needs to be kept by you and never be shared otherwise other people can access your wallet.

 

So always keep in mind the difference so that your wallet will be safe and your coin or token will not be taken away from you. Share only your public key (wallet address) and not your private key.

Thanks for narrate this useful post. This post is useful for every one. We should always try to keep safe our private key. We should never share our private key.

[Ali_hmwi 966]

On 2/1/2020 at 11:13 AM, Whydoyoucare said:

The difference can be already tell by just hearing it, private means thats only for you no one must know it only must be you, however public key you can use it in public so thats it mate.

But public key like what can you help me to know what I look like is it like an address or something else ? 

[Thekingcallme 1975]

In short, your private key is private and should be protected and not shown to others
The public key is a key that you can share with others to exchange currencies between you

[Dark_Sky 8489]

On 1/26/2020 at 11:14 PM, Mandoy01 said:

If we talk about wallets then we will also talk about the wallet keys. There are two kinds of wallet keys; the private key and the public key.

 

The public key is also known as your wallet address. This is the alpha numeric number which you give to someone in order to receive a certain coin or token. The word public means that you can share it so you can make transactions.

 

Next is the private keys. Private keys are like the keys you use to open your door. For example you are going to unlock your door and you need a key to open it. It is the same with your private keys, this is the key that you will use to unlock or access your wallet. The word private here means that this key needs to be kept by you and never be shared otherwise other people can access your wallet.

 

So always keep in mind the difference so that your wallet will be safe and your coin or token will not be taken away from you. Share only your public key (wallet address) and not your private key.

A very informative and useful post especially for those who are newbies here. 

Yes this post is absolutely right there are two types of key the public and private. 

The explanation is very clear and if you have other question regarding that you're free to comment here and I'll answer that for you. 

[malik6314193 5449]

Thanks for sharing this useful information with us. I appreciate your efforts. I knlw it before but there are lot of members which don't know about that. 

[Rabbirafi 1 13]

time public keys are proven by a bigger community, concealed keys stay a hush-hush lone recognized to an entity user. cogitate of communal keys as banks financial records and classified keys as the PINs to access them.
 

[Raven 7817]

On 1/26/2020 at 11:14 PM, Mandoy01 said:

If we talk about wallets then we will also talk about the wallet keys. There are two kinds of wallet keys; the private key and the public key.

 

The public key is also known as your wallet address. This is the alpha numeric number which you give to someone in order to receive a certain coin or token. The word public means that you can share it so you can make transactions.

 

Next is the private keys. Private keys are like the keys you use to open your door. For example you are going to unlock your door and you need a key to open it. It is the same with your private keys, this is the key that you will use to unlock or access your wallet. The word private here means that this key needs to be kept by you and never be shared otherwise other people can access your wallet.

 

So always keep in mind the difference so that your wallet will be safe and your coin or token will not be taken away from you. Share only your public key (wallet address) and not your private key.

As far as i know the public keys are the address and destination tag when you are transferring your coins to your wallet and the private keys are the one you need to keep by your own just like your password and etc.. Thanks for reminding us. 

[gkapoxm 84]

The private keys are what we use to sign the transactions and send them, meanwhile the public are used to make them, which are signed later.

[Babubu609 0]

5 hours ago, gkapoxm said:

The private keys are what we use to sign the transactions and send them, meanwhile the public are used to make them, which are signed later.

Yes it is the final key that unlock all transactions you made and it serve as a key that lock your wallet without it no transactions can take place

[Whited35 15285]

A public key can be thought just like as your bank account number in the crypto world which you can share in public but private key is the most important thing to access your crypto wallet. You should never share your private key with anyone else. 

[Jessica Karren 1242]

This is very important to know the difference between your private key and public key. You should keep your private key at very secure place, don't tell it to anyone otherwise you will lose all your coins. 

[betelihem 4766]

On 1/26/2020 at 6:14 PM, Mandoy01 said:

If we talk about wallets then we will also talk about the wallet keys. There are two kinds of wallet keys; the private key and the public key.

 

The public key is also known as your wallet address. This is the alpha numeric number which you give to someone in order to receive a certain coin or token. The word public means that you can share it so you can make transactions.

 

Next is the private keys. Private keys are like the keys you use to open your door. For example you are going to unlock your door and you need a key to open it. It is the same with your private keys, this is the key that you will use to unlock or access your wallet. The word private here means that this key needs to be kept by you and never be shared otherwise other people can access your wallet.

 

So always keep in mind the difference so that your wallet will be safe and your coin or token will not be taken away from you. Share only your public key (wallet address) and not your private key.

Good post, and vary clear, and i would like to add something, the privet keys are a words or phrase that gave to use when e create our wallets or when we secure our wallets, and like you said this privet keys are so important that we can't get stolen or hacked.

[koussai999 1986]

On 1/26/2020 at 10:14 AM, Mandoy01 said:

If we talk about wallets then we will also talk about the wallet keys. There are two kinds of wallet keys; the private key and the public key.

 

The public key is also known as your wallet address. This is the alpha numeric number which you give to someone in order to receive a certain coin or token. The word public means that you can share it so you can make transactions.

 

Next is the private keys. Private keys are like the keys you use to open your door. For example you are going to unlock your door and you need a key to open it. It is the same with your private keys, this is the key that you will use to unlock or access your wallet. The word private here means that this key needs to be kept by you and never be shared otherwise other people can access your wallet.

 

So always keep in mind the difference so that your wallet will be safe and your coin or token will not be taken away from you. Share only your public key (wallet address) and not your private key.

Thank you my friend for clarifying this difference
I think we should be very careful when dealing with cryptocurrencies or when giving our information to anyone else and we must verify the information before giving it

[Upright 2688]

We all know that public keys on addresses are kind if those which we always say that it's our wallet address,as that's what is called the public key. And with the private key, just from the name you have to know it doesn't need to be shared anonymously to people as that's the most important keys which you have to keep, if your wallet provides it

[Bohana 2143]

On 1/26/2020 at 5:14 PM, Mandoy01 said:

If we talk about wallets then we will also talk about the wallet keys. There are two kinds of wallet keys; the private key and the public key.

 

The public key is also known as your wallet address. This is the alpha numeric number which you give to someone in order to receive a certain coin or token. The word public means that you can share it so you can make transactions.

 

Next is the private keys. Private keys are like the keys you use to open your door. For example you are going to unlock your door and you need a key to open it. It is the same with your private keys, this is the key that you will use to unlock or access your wallet. The word private here means that this key needs to be kept by you and never be shared otherwise other people can access your wallet.

 

So always keep in mind the difference so that your wallet will be safe and your coin or token will not be taken away from you. Share only your public key (wallet address) and not your private key.

Hello my friend .  I see that the public key is used to encrypt data. As for the private key to decrypt the data, therefore, surely the private key is more useful and important.

[Rahul11 292]

On 1/26/2020 at 9:14 PM, Mandoy01 said:

If we talk about wallets then we will also talk about the wallet keys. There are two kinds of wallet keys; the private key and the public key.

 

The public key is also known as your wallet address. This is the alpha numeric number which you give to someone in order to receive a certain coin or token. The word public means that you can share it so you can make transactions.

 

Next is the private keys. Private keys are like the keys you use to open your door. For example you are going to unlock your door and you need a key to open it. It is the same with your private keys, this is the key that you will use to unlock or access your wallet. The word private here means that this key needs to be kept by you and never be shared otherwise other people can access your wallet.

 

So always keep in mind the difference so that your wallet will be safe and your coin or token will not be taken away from you. Share only your public key (wallet address) and not your private key.

In any wallet we always get these two types of keys. These has great usecase. Public key use on transactions. We receive payments from others through this key and private key is our wallet access key. We cann't log in our wallet without this. Also we cann't recover it if we loss it.

[Calvinpriva 17296]

Thanks very much friend, i think if you will lost your private key you will not be able to access your coins because its the key to open your wallets which holds your coins. Its better to use a wallet that doesn't use private keys.

[gourav789 2834]

yeah we can say public key is our received I'd by using it we can recive our fund From one ACCOUNT to other , Private keys is like heartbeat of wallet if we lost it we loss our wallet as well fund also . we need to save private key at safest place for protection of our wallet .

[AkaCrafterCZ 1140]

Most of the beginners don't know the differences between these keys as many of them start with a wallet that holds the private keys for them and they might not even notice something like this exists. It's very important to backup and keep your private keys safe.

[MrGox 880]

Thank yo for useful information. Maybe if there were any people, who didn't know about that. He will know at the moment by your topic. If we have learned the difference between public key and private key. The second step is to learn to make strong password and how to safe your wallet. 

[Rendra808 92]

In cryptography public key use to encrypt statistics and private key used to decrypt records. In bitcoin public key's your bitcoin pockets address and the personal key's generated randomly ,its secret and alows person to spend the bitcoins

[Wilmer Garcia 0]

This is a very interesting topic thank you very much for sharing this information with us personally helping me differentiate between a private key and a public key thing that I didn't know until now 

[Bruno52 1141]

This is a very helpful tip that will help us to keep our earnings safe in our wallets and also to avoid getting scammed by people online who want to steal our crypto currency.

[ETheHedgehog 3104]

you can think of it like this, the public key is your email address that people need to send you emails, and the private key is the password to your email to access it