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A walkthrough on how to get a pgp key from keybase.
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Get a PGP key from Keybase.

A walkthrough on how to get a pgp key from keybase.

Before you get started

  • Install pgp -- brew install gnupg

Create your keybase account

Go to keybase and create an account.

Add your pgp key

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Select I need a public key

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Import your key into your local environment

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Import the public key

Configure the environment to read keys:

export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
keybase pgp export | gpg --import

Import the private key

keybase pgp export -s | gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import

Prove your GitHub account

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