There are several things wrong here. First, you need to remove all the blank lines from your key, otherwise your recipients will need to do it manually in order to import it. There should be only one blank line, between the Version line and the first line of garbled text. It should look like this: -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) mQENBFEgXJ4BCAClDerZoOUp5xfGXkeO8GdkqC3Dhjauirq+OcqZrNtE2y70Q4uj wyD5uwZ4b4rmL5jRHrUHLh3EZU404+5f814y1JgpawrIty9EIhYBkrLLsKxLuxJt /HG2erjkdXpFcRtAB0NSsySuVrI9O6GygihNHtw+8AHI6cmPqBE87CCELKbtsrcx SOppAIV7XPBen1pM9zMN2o3bE6F0SBr7JyHQ15nlh0cD+XUTslomQY7flyDmGr4R OzKQZxVxU1x1GzJel4rhTZhg8k/AnW1DGaDi8jwi6E1T89YMYwFqrLLMGd5SRSGe AGo5nLUXzyRDAOM1YTlVO7SYNJJl3slU3LqLABEBAAG0F2VtcHR5IDxlbXB0eUBl bXB0eS5jb20+iQE4BBMBAgAiBQJRIFyeAhsPBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsEFgIDAQIe AQIXgAAKCRB4CuW4A2i7SaeDB/0a2y20yq7YidhtWZ8S4zt/Tqudjr4spYdVfaLI LuSTQrUSAT4TYwCpUzXOAr5rDjM6Uxm4SkS2UlLOhFn+XtjhZDot06GAjzD/WhDE yAp22mr0w93czoP6yaXgQir94qYnwYYWXm2JeZX1U/xMIT6reygUTpSsImdGWMsJ Wlb71HReGajfKEA5+Vv9IU4u9GfH5Vbx9yy8eGjrKxmmFDBsbY+XXNWTP61mHlm/ OsjVXchUJgpgXNo/SYpz0O6Z4/EPilZNxqCiN7FH0TU6QQFYpHXG7tnSvpiITgta mmLeZfMQuIrDDAdFwylN2ilj0pPNq52j5dt2IXsUwJ8dnZ18 =BCMh -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Second, pub 2048R/0368BB49 2013-02-17 Key fingerprint = 4173 BF6E 73F5 D09E EE72 2711 780A E5B8 0368 BB49 uid empty You should use a name associated with your forum or SR identity. Using random names in your keys makes life a lot harder for people, including vendors, who store a lot of keys. Third, your key has no encryption subkey. That makes me question the PGP program that you used. I recommend using GPG4USB and creating a new 4096 bit key following this tutorial: http://32yehzkk7jflf6r2.onion/gpg4usb All that being said, here's a message for you: -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- hQEMA3gK5bgDaLtJAQf9FqtzN1/BuhXUXayQuwyHnghrLctVqh2G0Nl/HSzHOouF xtC1Et1I8rmFwnYxr8zjfLqKJlnLrkXEj8/v0E1+n4YA2pDlEVyB6CpsEOgom7nI OqRSC/m8utuwG8crR/cOCKBKeOmNozZeOHsmt8eXFQhOBOM/bi7ybYj+KLR8wr0e xq2DxsmydvdgI5aS+qQ1hYvC6HOhgildMTto/UVFrX0Gs1BEVxbeBgfNUO0RFAVo s65en/mlZvxOvlIigDcoaR4bMgumu3SHtmcfTy7dqft/G3tQ8sms/Y2x0zQ5A/pc AO466/sjc6VNyXfHkKZ15vgfESrhoM/Ie5I9GwfVXIUCDAP/p+UDzJJa1wEP/Rsj 9oV9uUZslUi5vvm7rLu85MlO4eLd7ZwIIJ6M0FjIijMvAw7RtHA+p1dhHdX9EeDa xQ6lvnfl/i/5BIIZZe3se/Tq3mP1wNcLfvInMJ1EjWWPcxPZ9/gD1Rk/tJxJfK41 xIw+l4Gj1STxGJ+cK/bXT/SF0UhEM1lcuF8607MgEiqsjCDLGw8bsrvpiHigIThg QfjbGv0SBu4xLrYm3xQDENAR9p9Eo4MAl7BkQaCFuT5d9t/EQrLAfxw2xL6eMNyk 72PpzVIl59+qNtBJ65eE0m4tF9BXtWQYyiPiJpjc6hnHf+kyPAzlIlUR8OQBBSym lF/sPU/jpgq+PqLEN9JcyyZBOEfgp5SHrE67aJnPBzaReTz/4A/yC9/su3Vfokkn O7a5SHNoINV7ltkMsSDdRIp9DMKGM3Kr7aZ0HdcL5uvUG4y8xaUy+iBfIFTa5tGq 3XhEBiV18C4WOXzMrM5SPQ2jQWygVA+XK5UVVArAN2Tcln6fFjMkPQbB2vQ/0T27 msEYjBkR1I1UBTkqG6SwzD4zaNYFEO36LWPwe4gxeKzC+42uknC5B7jTfIxlQXXf 61XHMHDnLO4Ssdry8lrsXgAO4kWimUfe0M7jaNXwVCNN5uOgtGhm/XvMjthatdMt fiDY22L0eM6ewmbwuJGyoE8/EfPGz1XwaVAuMYjd0sAEAfoyxuKor4mVU8eq3Pqo QbTsX04UF941VNTIa2EAOfusCt57AG9A6XgY82ijG6+2Jqt3MhdAP5DipMsZgcEE VmjTKDMHcMJsyNXEIS7pl9T2S9IKvbqRgo+4zjvQVfB5O6g1JsPGEjxg5SCpKxoY UZQn6pJ3f4QH7V/lUXJ8ZK8RIkJ0ru0CyFhlBZrzISK2V1CKt2X6Ll4v9mKXLZjd 4cCzlgduLC8+uQSmVLy4s3JLNtYCYDcJT8AJT0ooQJXzDTumpg== =2slf -----END PGP MESSAGE-----