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Private key

What crypto means by it

The secret number that proves a wallet is yours and signs every transaction. Anyone who has it owns the money. It is never typed into a website, ever.

What you already know this as

Not your PIN. The actual key to the safety deposit box, where a copy is as good as the original.

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