March 2018
Beginner to intermediate
656 pages
20h 9m
English
Content preview from Mastering Blockchain - Second Edition
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Digital keys and addresses
On the Bitcoin network, possession of bitcoins and transfer of value via transactions is reliant upon private keys, public keys, and addresses. In Chapter 4, Public Key Cryptography, we have already covered these concepts, and here we will see that how private and public keys are used in the Bitcoin network.
Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is used to generate public and private key pairs in the Bitcoin network.