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@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ a potentially large amount of data, scrambles it (hashes it), and outputs a
fixed amount of data. A cryptographic hash function will always produce
the same output when given the same input, and a secure function will
also make it impractical for somebody to choose a different input that
produces a previously-seen output. That makes the output a _commitment_
produces a previously-seen output. That makes the ((("commitments", id="commitment")))output a _commitment_
to the input. It's a promise that, in practice, only input _x_ will
produce output _X_.
@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ Bitcoin wallet to Alice's wallet. There are commonly used encodings for
byte values, such as hexadecimal, but any mistake made in copying a
commitment would result in the bitcoins being sent to an unspendable
output, causing them to be lost forever. In the next section, we'll
look at compact encoding and reliable ((("public key cryptography", "hash functions and", startref="pub-key-hash")))((("hash functions", "Bitcoin payments and", startref="hash-payment")))((("payments", "with hash functions", secondary-sortas="hash functions", startref="payment-hash")))((("P2PKH (pay to public key hash)", startref="p2pkh")))checksums.
look at compact encoding and reliable ((("public key cryptography", "hash functions and", startref="pub-key-hash")))((("hash functions", "Bitcoin payments and", startref="hash-payment")))((("payments", "with hash functions", secondary-sortas="hash functions", startref="payment-hash")))((("P2PKH (pay to public key hash)", startref="p2pkh")))((("commitments", startref="commitment")))checksums.
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