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Not your keys, not your coins (2022)

Cryptocurrencies are stored in and transmitted to addresses. A Wallet address looks something like this.A wallet address is public. Anyone can view it, and anyone can send crypto assets to it. Think of a wallet address like an email address. Anyone who has your email can send you an email. Analogously, anyone who has your wallet address can send you cryptoassets. However, there is more to a crypto wallet than just the address itself. A wallet address is a hashed version of your public key. Ev...

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