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==== Private Keys
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A
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private key is simply a number, picked at random. Control
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private ((("public key cryptography", "private keys", "generating", id="pub-key-private-generate")))((("private keys", "generating", id="private-key-generate")))key is simply a number, picked at random. Control
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over the private key is the root of user control over all funds
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associated with the corresponding Bitcoin public key. The private key is
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used to create signatures that are used to spend bitcoins by proving
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The size of Bitcoin's private key space, (2^256^) is an unfathomably
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large number. It is approximately 10^77^ in decimal. For comparison, the
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visible universe is estimated to contain 10^80^ atoms.
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visible universe is estimated to((("public key cryptography", "private keys", "generating", startref="pub-key-private-generate")))((("private keys", "generating", startref="private-key-generate"))) contain 10^80^ atoms.
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====
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[[elliptic_curve]]
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