diff --git a/ch08_signatures.adoc b/ch08_signatures.adoc index 2623d6f5..ac90bb7e 100644 --- a/ch08_signatures.adoc +++ b/ch08_signatures.adoc @@ -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 <>). Alice uses EC multiplication to multiply +G+ by her private key +x+, in which case +x+