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How Bitcoin Addresses are generated? Understand the Math behind Bitcoin

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To use Bitcoin, user generally needs two things: Private Key and Bitcoin Address.Continue readingHow Bitcoin Addresses are generated? Understand the Math behind Bitcoin

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Cryptography

Question on DER-encoding of signature pair (r, s)

I’ve been working through the byte-level details of bitcoin transactions and I need some help on DER-encoding.Continue readingQuestion on DER-encoding of signature pair (r, s)

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Cryptography

Using secp256k1 endomorphism

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The existence of the endomorphism is a roughly 20% speedup in a plain multi-exp due to halving the number of doublings.Continue readingUsing secp256k1 endomorphism

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Encrypting messages question

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It isn’t the same with signing/verifying that you prove you own the address.Continue readingEncrypting messages question

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Solving WIF in a ‘hybrid’ mode

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I would like to share with you one thing I found recently.Continue readingSolving WIF in a ‘hybrid’ mode