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clenser 7 months ago
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@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ 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
stages.
Alice 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
curve called the Generator (+G+) (see <<public_key_derivation>>). Alice uses EC
multiplication to multiply +G+ by her private key +x+, in which case +x+

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