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Sending confidential transaction amount to the receiver
In Elements Alpha, output "amounts" consist of 3 pieces of data:
The Petersen commitment to the value, blinded by the blinding factor.
The range proof, which can publicly prove that the value is ...
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Why is BIP32 not simply PublicKey multiplication?
The purpose of BIP32 is to provide a standard for hierarchical deterministic (HD) key derivation. BIP32 allows users to back up the initial secret of their wallet, and then reconstitute all derived ...
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Can ECDH peers waste each other's time at will?
It was in the context of the peer sending an invalid point. The proposed scheme would not detect that immediately, and so would do extra (wasted) work.
However the peer could equally waste your time ...
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