From 67ee426d7ceed9d350fa61210e3c06fc653614f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: clenser Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:39:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Edited ch04_keys.adoc with Atlas code editor --- ch04_keys.adoc | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ch04_keys.adoc b/ch04_keys.adoc index 35f1c9ec..041e7ad7 100644 --- a/ch04_keys.adoc +++ b/ch04_keys.adoc @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ signatures. ==== Private Keys A -private key is simply a number, picked at random. Control +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 over the private key is the root of user control over all funds associated with the corresponding Bitcoin public key. The private key is used to create signatures that are used to spend bitcoins by proving @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ bits): ==== The size of Bitcoin's private key space, (2^256^) is an unfathomably large number. It is approximately 10^77^ in decimal. For comparison, the -visible universe is estimated to contain 10^80^ atoms. +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. ==== [[elliptic_curve]]