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RE: Witness Essentials: HF20 Ready
Interesting, thanks.
We are now able to use the private_signing_key of our current public_signing_key to sign the witness_set_properties operation.
Isn't this the other way around? I thought the private key wasn't going to be used and now the public key can be used, meaning less potential damage done if compromised. Or am I misinterpreting this?
No. If you'd do it that way, everyone could make changes to your witness, since the public key is public.
If the private signing key gets leaked, it's not as bad as if the private active-key gets leaked. That's the reason for the decision.
Right, yes -ok, I must have mis heard what I read weeks ago and didn't look deeply enough into it.
No worries!