It is better to share your key fingerpint, and Aida (npub1ajd…dt20) is spot on about having to publish your public key.
Message + public key = cipertext
Ciphertext + private key = message
So we need the public key to encrypt (and you need the private key to decrypt).
Sharing your fingerprint is how we search for your public key on PGP key servers.
We can also search for keys by email address, but since anyone can upload any key and claim that it belongs to your email address, we want to get the fingerprint directly from you to make sure we have the correct one.
Handing over your fingerprint used to be done in person, but I guess those days are largely behind us now. 🫤
Dr. Hax
npub16v8…eqha
2024-06-16 21:39:36
in reply to nevent1q…824z
Author Public Key
npub16v82nr4xt62nlydtj0mtxr49r6enc5r0sl2f7cq2zwdw7q92j5gs8meqhaPublished at
2024-06-16 21:39:36Event JSON
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