<p>You generally don't publish your public keys, you give clients an address (which is usually computed from a public key, but not exactly the same).</p>

<p>You can definitely put an address in a QRCode. Putting a logo in the QRCode doesn't change anything about that.</p>

<p>Generally you'd put a "bitcoin:" URI in the QRCode. More information can be found in <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0021.mediawiki" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BIP21</a>.</p>

<p>Note that best practices involve not reusing addresses for more than one payment (and certainly not for more than one customer, or you wouldn't be able to tell what the payment was for), which may make it harder to use a custom web-based service for generating the QRCodes.</p>

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Pieter Wuille
<p><a href="https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">qrycode monkey</a> allows me to print a qr code with my company's logo in the middle.</p>

<p>Q: Can I do the same for our public key?</p>

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Do you mean a bitcoin address or a public key?
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Can I print my public key using a custom logo?
Phillip Senn
# Can I print my public key using a custom logo?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-07-30)

[qrycode monkey](https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/) allows me to print a qr code with my company's logo in the middle.

Q: Can I do the same for our public key?

**Tags:** qrcode, bip21-uri

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Do you mean a bitcoin address or a public key?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-07-30. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You generally don't publish your public keys, you give clients an address (which is usually computed from a public key, but not exactly the same).

You can definitely put an address in a QRCode. Putting a logo in the QRCode doesn't change anything about that.

Generally you'd put a "bitcoin:" URI in the QRCode. More information can be found in [BIP21](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0021.mediawiki).

Note that best practices involve not reusing addresses for more than one payment (and certainly not for more than one customer, or you wouldn't be able to tell what the payment was for), which may make it harder to use a custom web-based service for generating the QRCodes.


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