Why public keys are hashed ? Posted on December 24, 2018 by 1 Bitcoins 1 Bitcoins Bitcoin News and Search 1 News - 247 News - 247 Bitcoin - 1 Search Search for: What's the point of hashing the public keys to create bitcoin address when they are transmitted to the network inside a tx anyway? anyone can view them in the blockchain. submitted by /u/sqrBrain [link] [comments] 1 Bitcoins Bitcoin News and Search 1 News - 247 News - 247 Bitcoin - 1 Search Search for: