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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ In those cases, we'll describe the various options available.
=== Independent Key Generation
Wallets ((("wallets", "key generation", "independent", id="wallet-keygen-independent")))((("key generation", "independent", id="keygen-independent")))((("independent key generation", id="independent-keygen")))for physical cash hold that cash,
Wallets ((("wallets", "key generation", "independent", id="wallet-keygen-independent")))((("key generation", "independent", id="keygen-independent")))((("independent key generation", id="independent-keygen")))((("public key cryptography", "wallet recovery key generation", see="key generation")))for physical cash hold that cash,
so it's unsurprising that many people mistakenly believe that
Bitcoin wallets contain bitcoins. In fact, what many people call a
Bitcoin wallet--which we call a _wallet database_ to distinguish it
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==== Deterministic Key Generation
A hash function will always produce the same output when given the same
A hash function((("wallets", "key generation", "deterministic", id="wallet-keygen-determine")))((("key generation", "deterministic", id="keygen-determine")))((("deterministic key generation", id="determine-keygen")))((("hash functions", "deterministic key generation", id="hash-determine"))) will always produce the same output when given the same
input, but if the input is changed even slightly, the output will be
different. If the function is cryptographically secure, nobody should
be able to predict the new output--not even if they know the new input.
@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ A logical diagram of basic sequential deterministic key generation is
shown in <<Type1_wallet>>. However, modern wallet applications have a
more clever way of accomplishing this that allows public keys to be
derived separately from their corresponding private keys, making it
possible to store private keys more securely than public keys.
possible to store private keys more securely than ((("wallets", "key generation", "deterministic", startref="wallet-keygen-determine")))((("key generation", "deterministic", startref="keygen-determine")))((("deterministic key generation", startref="determine-keygen")))((("hash functions", "deterministic key generation", startref="hash-determine")))public keys.
[[Type1_wallet]]
[role="smallersixty"]