What is tiCrypt key pinning?

Key pinning in tiCrypt is simply another term for crowd security, which is designed to resist impersonation attacks and fraudulent digital certificates.

• Key pinning calculates the fingerprint from the key and stores it locally.
• Key pinning takes 0.1 milliseconds to calculate the stored fingerprint.

note

• A full Public Key has 650 decimals.
• A full Private key is roughly the same size.
• A fingerprint has about 80 decimals which allows much faster computation.

caution

Do not confuse key pinning principle with the key pinning action from the tab.

info

• Fingerprint is a synonym for digital signature.
• To learn more about key pinning mechanisms, read the key pinning article.