Quote from: ewoki on July 21, 2012, 01:51 pmGreat info here. Before I read this thread I was just going to include 2 blocks on my first purchase. 1st block would have been my address, second block my public key. Well, I tried to encrypt my public key along with my address, but my gpg doesn't seem to want to do it or it's just taking an extreme amount of time to complete. Encrypting my address is instantaneous after I select the recipient(s).My question is, is it normal for it to take a long time to encrypt a message that size? And if it is not going to work would it just be okay to include the message block(address) and my public key block?Encryption time varies according to a number of factors, usually the number of keys a message is encrypted to, the size of the message being encrypted and the processing power of computer doing the encrypting. In general it should not take very long to encrypt a text file of 50Kb or less to a couple of 4096-bit keys. A message of a few paragraphs plus a public key will be a lot less than 50Kb.Quote from: ewoki on July 21, 2012, 01:51 pmOh, and one more question. In another post it says you can't decrypt a message unless you add your own key when you select recipients, but I tried that exact thing a few days ago and I was able to decrypt a message that I didn't select myself as a recipient. Does this mean my gpg app isn't working correctly?It may just mean that you have it configured to automatically encrypt everything to yourself. This is a common recommended setting.If you're concerned, I suggest you head over to Pine's PGP Club thread to practice: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=30938.0