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10 questions linked to/from How are compressed PubKeys generated?
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How are public & private keys in an address created?
I understand the high level concept I am more interested specific details. How is a private key generated. How exactly is public key generated, how is address generated from public key.
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How is it possible that the same WIF Private Key generates two different addresses?
I am wondering if you can explain this.
I went here:
https://coinb.in/#newSegWit
Created the SegWit Address below:
3ASaGJ8h2bLn6Jha3hncBzXUKRCLyfv9bk
RedeemScript
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33 byte private key?
I have read that private key is 256 bits or 32 byte. see here
I generated a key on bitcoin-test network.
WIF:
cVe4tA6QHduboeSiQD6Y6nzV1QjaVpDVG2YHbqbtJiSCxsNDYYUF
HEX:
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One private key generate many public keys?
I created wallet in BitPay. I have public and private keys.
Then I created wallet in Electrum using existing private key.
Now wallet in electrum has other public key than in BitPay but
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How do you generate a receive address from a string? [closed]
I already have a an address with Bitcoin and would like to generate a receive address using SHA256 hash which is based on a string.
I've found an example of creating an address using a SHA256 hash:
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How can I create uncompressed public key in C++?
I need to derive public key from my private key in uncompressed form. I know how to create compressed one with libbitcoin, but I can't find appropriate method for uncompressed form there.
Are there ...
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How do you output segwit bech32 (bc1...) / P2SH (3...) addresses from a bitcoin private key?
I have a bitcoin private key and know that it can output a segwit addresses of bech32 bc1... and p2sh 3... formats. How can this be done easily?
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Input script public key len
Why in some transactions the public key after R and S is longer 33 bytes and in others is 65 bytes? There's a difference during the signature check?
Thanks
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How to find bitcoin address from bitcoin privatekey
How to find bitcoin address from bitcoin privatekey using bitcoind json rpc or any other way?
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What's the difference between all kinds of bitcoin addresses (Single, multisig, etc...) also compared to all bitcoin forks?
Bitcoin addresses start with 1. Multisig/Script addresses start with 3. Other forks of bitcoin have single letters that are different at the beginning. Is this letter simply and only prepended to the ...
