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I couldn't figure out how to get your pubkey from the blockchain in your transactions.
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My original thought was to use that, but it's bad crypto to use the signing key for encipherment (along with every other bad reason). Hope this helps!
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Here's a quick python script to convert that pub key to something you might recognize: https://imgur.com/a/kTr3qkS. So we publish our pub key to the block chain on every tx.
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Look at the scriptSig by clicking the Input Count, then view it by clicking "Sp Signature Hex": https://imgur.com/a/Q4RIYxl
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When you expose the pub key, it's a privacy issue. But more importantly, if there's a weakness discovered where the priv key can be found with the pub key, your funds are protected.
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A few msgs coming. When you spend money, you have to publish the pub key in the scriptSig of the tx. That's why we have change addresses for EVERY tx: because you expose the pub key.