From 33fcaf9c644885646947bd6500fd73aa867dc11e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: claylock Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:51:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Edited ch04_keys.adoc with Atlas code editor --- ch04_keys.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch04_keys.adoc b/ch04_keys.adoc index 407ed49c..9ec33000 100644 --- a/ch04_keys.adoc +++ b/ch04_keys.adoc @@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ public keys are known as _compressed public keys_, and the original 65-byte keys results in smaller transactions, allowing more payments to be made in the same block. -As we saw in the section <>, a public key is a point (x, y) on an +As we saw in the section <>, a public key is a point [.keep-together]#(x, y)# on an elliptic curve. Because the curve expresses a mathematical function, a point on the curve represents a solution to the equation and, therefore, if we know the _x_ coordinate, we can calculate the _y_ coordinate by