user65916: For paper wallets generated at bitaddress.org, are the public keys and BTC addresses the same thing?

user61384: No, they're not the same thing. Paper wallets are not generated differently as/in to comparison to normal wallets.
a bitcoin adress is part of a public key.

The address is at its most basic just a hash of the public key. The hash functions involved (RIPEMD-160 and SHA256) are cryptographic hash functions. They are often also referred to as one-way functions, which is exactly the reason why you cannot derive the public key from the address.
Oneway functions provide exactly that a = f(pk) so that given a you cannot derive pk.

So, an adress is basically the hash of a public key. x/x
Some good more indepth explanations of the differences here -> https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3filud/whats_the_difference_between_public_key_and/ctp3fc7/?st=jald5nmq&sh=620d5934
And, how the adress is derived from the public key is explained here ->
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_version_1_Bitcoin_addresses

65916: <p>For paper wallets generated at bitaddress.org, are the public keys and BTC addresses the same thing?</p>
 61384: <p>No, they're not the same thing. Paper wallets are not generated differently as/in to comparison to normal wallets.</p>
<p>a bitcoin adress is part of a public key.</p>
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<p>The address is at its most basic just a hash of the public key. The hash functions involved (RIPEMD-160 and SHA256) are cryptographic hash functions. They are often also referred to as one-way functions, which is exactly the reason why you cannot derive the public key from the address.</p>
<p>Oneway functions provide exactly that a = f(pk) so that given a you cannot derive pk.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So, an adress is basically the hash of a public key. x/x</p>
<p>Some good more indepth explanations of the differences here -&gt; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3filud/whats_the_difference_between_public_key_and/ctp3fc7/?st=jald5nmq&amp;sh=620d5934" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3filud/whats_the_difference_between_public_key_and/ctp3fc7/?st=jald5nmq&amp;sh=620d5934</a></p>
<p>And, how the adress is derived from the public key is explained here -&gt;</p>
<p><a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_version_1_Bitcoin_addresses" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_version_1_Bitcoin_addresses</a></p>
