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@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ In bitcoin, most of the data presented to the user is Base58Check-encoded to mak
| BIP32 Extended Public Key | 0x0488B21E | xpub
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===== Creating a bitcoin address from a private key
Let's look at the complete process of creating a bitcoin address, from a private key, to a public key (a point on the elliptic curve), to a double-hashed address and finally, the Base58Check encoding. The C++ code in <<addr_example>> shows the complete step-by-step process, from private key to Base58Check-encoded bitcoin address. The code example uses the libbitcoin library introduced in <<alt_libraries>> for some helper functions.