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by mihanentalpo 1308 days ago
Avatar is a representation of first 34 bits of SHA256-hash computed on uid + public key. It's used as simple visual tool to distinguish different keys and/or uids. https://github.com/MihanEntalpo/cryptboard.io/blob/main/web-...

RSA is 1024 because with 2048 on some old devices keys would be generated for minutes, making service unusable (for the first run)