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Also known as: signed article
A block appended to an article that cryptographically binds its text to the holder of a private key. Anyone holding the matching public key can confirm the content was not altered in transit and originated with that key. Authentication runs to the key, not to a legal identity, and nothing is concealed: a signed article stays fully readable by every recipient.
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