Trusted platform module

A trusted platform module is a piece of computing hardware that is used for securely housing secrets (e.g., private keys) and for allowing said secrets to be used in the performance of certain operations (e.g., signing a transaction).

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module for technical details.

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