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Okay, so maybe more people have access to the key. But as far as the technology is concerned, it doesn’t matter. Whoever has access to the private key has the cryptographic right to control the money assigned to the blockchain address associated with the key. You may hear the phrase, “whoever has the private key owns the money” or “not your private key, not your Bitcoin.” They may not have acquired the private key legitimately or legally own it, but they can control it nonetheless. So, protect your private keys!

The public key is associated with the private key; in fact, it’s created from the private key. The address is associated with the public key; in fact, it’s created from the public key. So, all three are mathematically, and uniquely, associated with each other.