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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 simplified version of it and work our way toward the actual protocol in
stages. 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 _private key_. She also knows a public point on Bitcoin's elliptic
curve called the Generator (+G+) (see <<public_key_derivation>>). Alice uses EC 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+ multiplication to multiply +G+ by her private key +x+, in which case +x+