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[[public_key_derivation]]
==== Public Keys
The public key is calculated from
The ((("public key cryptography", "public keys", "generating", id="pub-key-public-generate")))((("public keys", "generating", id="public-key-generate")))public key is calculated from
the private key using elliptic curve multiplication, which is
irreversible: _K_ = _k_ * _G_, where _k_ is the private key, _G_ is a
constant point called the _generator point_, and _K_ is the resulting
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====
Many Bitcoin implementations use
the https://oreil.ly/wD60m[libsecp256k1 crytographic
library] to do the elliptic curve math.
library] to do the elliptic curve((("public key cryptography", "public keys", "generating", startref="pub-key-public-generate")))((("public keys", "generating", startref="public-key-generate"))) math.
====
[[ecc_illustrated]]