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@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ exactly as it's used in Bitcoin, but we're going to start with a
simplified version of it and work our way toward the actual protocol in simplified version of it and work our way toward the actual protocol in
stages. stages.
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Alice((("digital signatures", "schnorr signature algorithm", "examples of usage")))((("schnorr signature algorithm", "examples of usage"))) starts by choosing a large random number (_x_), which we call her Alice((("digital signatures", "schnorr signature algorithm", "examples of usage")))((("schnorr signature algorithm", "examples of usage"))) starts by choosing a large random number (_x_), which we call her
_private key_. She also knows a public point on Bitcoin's elliptic _private key_. She also knows a public point on Bitcoin's elliptic
curve called the Generator (_G_) (see <<public_key_derivation>>). Alice uses EC curve called the Generator (_G_) (see <<public_key_derivation>>). Alice uses EC