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Correction: There is a way to extract the public key from the signature + message

In order to verify a signature using ECDSA, you must provide both the signature and the public key, or you have no key to verify against. It is not possible to extract the public key from the signature.

The reason for this requires an understanding of how the ECDSA algorithm works, so I'd suggest the link above for a mathematical explanation.

In order to verify a signature using ECDSA, you must provide both the signature and the public key, or you have no key to verify against. It is not possible to extract the public key from the signature.

The reason for this requires an understanding of how the ECDSA algorithm works, so I'd suggest the link above for a mathematical explanation.

Correction: There is a way to extract the public key from the signature + message

In order to verify a signature using ECDSA, you must provide both the signature and the public key, or you have no key to verify against. It is not possible to extract the public key from the signature.

The reason for this requires an understanding of how the ECDSA algorithm works, so I'd suggest the link above for a mathematical explanation.

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In order to verify a signature using ECDSA, you must provide both the signature and the public key, or you have no key to verify against. It is not possible to extract the public key from the signature.

The reason for this requires an understanding of how the ECDSA algorithm works, so I'd suggest the link above for a mathematical explanation.