Proposed changes to List: Public Key Public Key is the PKI component that a person or organization shares with a third-party. The third party uses the Public Key to encrypt messages that are sent back to the owner. The owner of the Public Key then uses the associated Private Key to decrypt the message. Private Key Private Key is the PKI component that a person or organization should keep confidential. The Private Key is used to decrypt messages sent by third parties that were encrypted using the Public Key. Digital Certificate (to be added to the List) A document that contains attributes related to the bearer of the certificate, that is secured by cryptography. Digital Certificates are issued by a Certificate Authority (CA), and is used by the bearer to prove their identity provided that the other party trusts the CA. Ledger Change version to v1.2 MSP *** Couldn't revert changes *** :-( Private Data Collections (append to existing text) Within a Private Data Collection, the actual private data is shared between the subset of organizations only. However, a hash of the data is written to the ledgers of all 10 organizations. The hash serves as evidence of the transaction, and can be used for audit purposes.