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@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ The +dumpprivkey+ command opens the wallet and extracts the private key that was
The +dumpprivkey+ command does not generate a private key from a public key, as this is impossible. The command simply reveals the private key that is already known to the wallet and which was generated by the +getnewaddress+ command. The +dumpprivkey+ command does not generate a private key from a public key, as this is impossible. The command simply reveals the private key that is already known to the wallet and which was generated by the +getnewaddress+ command.
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You can also use the Bitcoin Explorer command-line tool (see <<appdx_bx>>) to generate and display private keys with the commands +seed+, +ec-new+, and +ec-to-wif+: You can also use the Bitcoin Explorer command-line tool (see <<appdx_bx>>) to generate and display private keys with the commands +seed+, +ec-new+, and +ec-to-wif+:
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@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ Elliptic curve multiplication is a type of function that cryptographers call a "
<<ecc-curve>> is an example of an elliptic curve, similar to that used by bitcoin. <<ecc-curve>> is an example of an elliptic curve, similar to that used by bitcoin.
[[ecc-curve]] [[ecc-curve]]
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.An elliptic curve .An elliptic curve
image::images/mbc2_0402.png["ecc-curve"] image::images/mbc2_0402.png["ecc-curve"]