Keys and funding
Each signing profile registers a public key that vaults can use. This page covers viewing your keys, HSM keys for issuer administration, and the Bitcoin balance a profile can hold for funding vaults.
#Viewing your keys
The Signing Profile page lists your profiles in this workspace, with their name, key type and status, and the profiles you hold in other workspaces separately. Vault creators see your active keys when they choose signers.
#HSM keys for issuer administration
An issuer's admin and role keys can be held in your existing HSM through the Signing Profile's HSM-backed signing option, set up with your SQRL account team as part of your key ceremony. Every signature an HSM key produces is requested through the same quorum workflow. Use HSM keys for the vault that administers an asset, so that asset control does not depend on any one person's device.
#Your profile's Bitcoin balance
Each profile has a Bitcoin address. You never need funds in it to sign. It is a convenient place to receive Bitcoin before moving it into a vault.
- Deposit Bitcoin shows the profile's address so you can send Bitcoin to it.
- A vault's Fund action moves Bitcoin from your profile into the vault. It needs Initiate movement (
INITIATE_PAYMENT).
Vaults pay Bitcoin network fees for every movement and asset action they sign, so keep each operating vault funded with Bitcoin.