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There are many points to public key cryptography. The important ones enable new capabilities, e.g. communicating with a counterparty that I’ve never met. But it
by andreareina 4y ago
There are many points to public key cryptography. The important ones enable new capabilities, e.g. communicating with a counterparty that I’ve never met. But it also comes with downsides as you’ve documented.
Generating a new key pair is a moment of work and eliminates many of those problems.