diff --git a/ch04_keys.adoc b/ch04_keys.adoc index 0a25e545..b5c1aa12 100644 --- a/ch04_keys.adoc +++ b/ch04_keys.adoc @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ the addresses used by modern Bitcoin software. === Public Key Cryptography -Public key +Public ((("public key cryptography", id="pub-key")))key cryptography was invented in the 1970s and is a mathematical foundation for modern computer and information security. @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pairs, each consisting of a private key and a public key. The private key (k) is a number, usually derived from a number picked at random. From the private key, we use elliptic curve multiplication, a one-way cryptographic function, to -generate a public key (K). +generate a public((("public key cryptography", startref="pub-key"))) key (K). .Why Use Asymmetric Cryptography (Public/Private Keys)? ****