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  <p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
  <p>This section is incomplete and will soon be updated.
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The AEAs currently use the addresses associated with their private-public key pairs to identify themselves.

<img src="../assets/keys.svg" alt="Keys of an AEA" class="center" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;width:80%;">

To learn how to generate a private-public key pair check out the relevant <a href="../cli-commands"> CLI commands </a>.

To learn more about public-key cryptography check out <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>.
