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CH04::privkeys: Hash digests aren't numbers
We just choose to interpet them that way
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256-bit number and check that it is less than +n+. In programming terms,
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this is usually achieved by feeding a larger string of random bits,
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collected from a cryptographically secure source of randomness, into the
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SHA256 hash algorithm, which will conveniently produce a 256-bit number.
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SHA256 hash algorithm, which will conveniently produce a 256-bit value
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that can be interpreted as a number.
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If the result is less than +n+, we have a suitable private key.
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Otherwise, we simply try again with another random number.
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