Why does Bitcoin use the public key hash as the address?

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Taras Labiak2017-07-31 16:18:03

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Taras Labiak, 2017-07-31 16:18:03

Why does Bitcoin use the public key hash as the address?

Why does Bitcoin use the hash of the public key instead of the public key as the address? Why produce extra data?

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