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@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ to public keys by first hashing the key with SHA256 and then hashing
that output with RIPEMD-160; this produced a 20-byte commitment to the that output with RIPEMD-160; this produced a 20-byte commitment to the
public key. public key.
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We can look at that algorithmically. We can look at that algorithmically.
Starting with the public key _K_, we compute the SHA256 hash and then Starting with the public key _K_, we compute the SHA256 hash and then
compute the RIPEMD-160 hash of the result, producing a 160-bit (20-byte) compute the RIPEMD-160 hash of the result, producing a 160-bit (20-byte)