i'm very new to bitcoins (started learning it today). i hope i get the question right:
i understand when a transaction is created, using my private key i sign the transaction, but i also provide the public key with it right?
if so, what denies a man in the middle to take it, re-sign using his own private key, and provide his own public key?
- regular https handles this issue using a root CA, which i understand doesn't exist in bitcoins concept
- encryption is usually used using the public keys, to avoid someone else changing the transaction and re-encrypt it (as it doesn't have the private key to open the data)
so, i don't quite understand what makes it secure as the bitcoin wallet creates a data that is not encrypted, and anyone else can take this data, and alter whatever it wants before it leaves the network
thanks!