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• QBitcoin
  ** sqlite3 library (public domain) for wallet database handling ** libtomcrypt/libtommath (public domain/WTFPL) for bitcoin address handling/generation/signing/etc and PRNG
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• Bitcoin
  ...erified by network nodes through the use of cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain. }}</ref> Some small businesses had started to adopt Bitcoin. LaCie, a public company, accepts bitcoins for its Wuala service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://
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• Satoshi Nakamoto
  ...own outside of Bitcoin as far as anyone can tell, and his (never used) PGP key was created just months prior to the date of the genesis block. He seems to * [http://bitcointalk.org/Satoshi_Nakamoto.asc Satoshi's PGP public key]
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• Genesis block
  ...dress are spendable, but it is unknown if Satoshi Nakamoto has the private key for this particular address, if one existed at all. ...orehand and the ''The Times'' front page prompted him to release it to the public. He then mined the genesis block with a timestamp in the past to match the
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• Original Bitcoin client/API calls list
  ...address to the wallet. Each key is a bitcoin address or hex-encoded public key. If [account] is specified, assign address to [account]. Returns a string c | <code>createmultisig</code> || <nrequired> <'["key,"key"]'> || Creates a multi-signature address and returns a json object ||
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• Wei Dai
  ...tures (i.e., [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography public key cryptography]).
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• Protocol documentation
  Public keys (in scripts) are given as 04 <x> <y> where ''x'' and ''y'' are 32 byte ...e prior transaction. Only the person possessing the appropriate [[private key]] is able to create a satisfactory signature; this in effect ensures that f
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• Securing your wallet
  ...ultiple private keys are required to move the bitcoins instead of a single key. These private keys can be spread across multiple machines with the assumpt ...super long password associated with an account (the account is the public key). Your Bitcoin wallet contains all of the private keys necessary for spendi
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• QBitcoin Wallet
  ...he private key is encrypted with AES (rijndael) using sha256(sha256(public key + user passphrase)). ...es without requiring a password, while requiring one to send transactions. Public keys are kept in the wallet so the balance can be displayed properly.
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• Invoice address
  ...voice address. However this does not work because Bitcoin transactions are public on the [[block chain]], so if a customer Alice sends you bitcoins then a ma Newer [[Deterministic wallet | "HD wallets"]] can generate a "master public key" token which can be used to allow untrusted systems (such as webservers) to
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• Privacy
  [[File:Unknownaddress.png|thumb|The flow of Bitcoins is highly public.]] ...records (as is the case today). None of this requires _globally_ visible public records.
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• IP transaction
  * The server generates a brand new Bitcoin public key and sends it to your client. * Your client sends coins to this public key.
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• Man page
  ...s is sort of like a super long password associated with an account (public key). Your Bitcoin wallet contains all of the private keys necessary for spendi ...ou are using a HD wallet with a seed, they are derived from a special seed key, so as long as you back that up, you have a good chance of recovering your
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• BIP 0381
  <tt>pk()</tt> descriptors take a key and produces a P2PK output script. <tt>pkh()</tt> descriptors take a key and produces a P2PKH output script.
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• Script
  # a public key that, when hashed, yields destination address D embedded in the script, and ...ignature to prove ownership of the private key corresponding to the public key just provided.
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• Transaction
  ...h of a simplified version of the transaction. It, combined with the public key, proves the transaction was created by the real owner of the bitcoins in qu ...ured, deserialized output, but each witness is placed in its own "witness" key under the respective input.
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• Weaknesses
  ...(up to 201 operations). All but pushs are considered expensive. Also, each key argument of signature checking in multi-signature checking (OP_CHECKMULTISI # Limits the number of key arguments OP_CHECKMULTISIG can use (up to 20 keys)
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• X-btc
  * encoded_private_key is a base64url encoded private key used by Bitcoin. * encoded_public_key is a base64url encoded public key used by Bitcoin.
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• How bitcoin works
  ...ts everyone know that the new owner of these coins is the owner of the new key. Your signature on the message verifies for everyone that the message is au ...esult fully distributed and infinitely scalable. (Hashcash uses symmetric key cryptogaphy, namely a one-way hashcash function - typically either SHA1 or
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• Myths
  # Nobody ever spent coins without knowing their [[private key]]. ...investors in a company, or people who buy stock at a company IPO (Initial Public Offering), are unfairly rewarded.
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• Tor
  ...050, you need to set "nolisten" manually otherwise you will listen on your public IP and possibly reveal that you are running a node. When Relay1 receives this, he decrypts the payload using his private key. The payload contains this:
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• Using Bitcoin
  ...rong cryptographic principles. Each coin is assigned to the owner's public key, and is transferrable via cryptographically signed messages.
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• BIP 0020
  ...=1.0][?amount=<amount>][?label=<label>][?message=<message>][?send=<private key>] ===Sending money via private key===
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• Changelog
  ...existing wallet.dat to wallet.{timestamp}.dat and then attempts to salvage public/private keys and master encryption keys (if the wallet is encrypted) into a use 33-byte 'compressed' public keys instead of
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• Wallet
  The original Bitcoin client stores private key information in a file named '''wallet.dat''' following the so called [https ...et, it also includes the HD seed and the derivation paths for each private key.
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• Key pool
  New public and private keys are pre-generated and stored in a queue before use. ...in the queue is 100<ref>[http://www.bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1414.0 Key pool feature for safer wallet backup]</ref>.
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• OpenSourceEncryptionSoftware
  [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License.] keeping the tomb file on your computer harddisk and the key files on a
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• OP CHECKSIG
  ...values to be on the stack. These are, in order of stack depth, the public key and the signature of the script. These two values are normally obtained by The standard scriptPubKey checks that the public key (actually a hash of) is a particular value, and that OP_CHECKSIG passes.
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• How to cheaply consolidate coins to reduce miner fees
  ...compressed public keys are longer and start with '''04''' while compressed public keys start with '''02''' or '''03'''. Example of transaction with uncompressed public key: https://blockchain.info/tx/f2af292e268245e7b9c4eb143137fd0596779383cfb328e
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• Data directory
  **Contains your hidden service key if you are running Bitcoin Core through a Tor connection. Do not share with ...ly transferred/archived as they contain information pertaining only to the public blockchain.
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• Press
  ** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8T_hp7KY4I Understanding The Name Is Key To Understanding Bitcoin] ...v=iB3HcPgm_FI Elliptic Curve Cryptography - Part 4 - Generating the Public Key (in Python)]
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• BIP 0045
  * BIP32 is used to derive public keys, then create a multisig script, and the corresponding P2SH address for ...unication between parties. (Thus, all parties must be able to generate all public keys)
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• Wallet protocol
  The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED ...alse and abort these steps") are to be interpreted with the meaning of the key word ("must", "should", "may", etc) used in introducing the algorithm.
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• Bit Gold proposal
  ...f work]] chains, with each one being attributed to its discoverer's public key, using timestamps and digital signatures. It is said that these proofs of
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• Secure Trading
  The first step is to create a cryptographically secure public-private key-pair. This will be used as the basis of keeping both your wallet (see [[Se ===Creating your first [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy PGP] key-pair===
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• Alternative chain
  ...ateral_signature field contains an ECDSA signature generated from a public key that holds some Bitcoins. The miner address is blank when the name purchase # Creates a new Bitcoin address (key).
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• Contract
  ...zabo.best.vwh.net/formalize.html Formalizing and Securing Relationships on Public Networks]. These pages were written by [mailto:mike@plan99.net Mike Hearn]. ...t must be present. The number of signatures can be less than the number of public keys. An output can require two signatures to be spent by setting it to som
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• Bitcoin Wallet Balance
  ...ce in your wallet on your Android device. It works by reading your public key hashes (addresses) and obtaining your transactions from blockexplorer.com.
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• Bech32
  A Bech32 address is created from a public key as follows: 1. Having a compressed public key (0x02 or 0x03 followed by 32 byte X coordinate):
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• P2SH²
  ...eries of 20 or 32 bytes called a ''hash'' that uniquely identifies all the public keys and other information used to secure the payment. A Bitcoin address i ...eys and other information into a hash, but you can't turn a hash back into public keys or other information. This is why it's called a hash: the original da
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• Contingency plans
  ...-2 transaction spends one of these version-1 outputs, the hardcoded public key will be used instead of the hash. ...on: an attacker can sign for a public key that he does not own the private key for in only a few days of work.
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• Smart Property
  ..., it probably comes with an immobilizer. Immobilizers augment the physical key with a protocol exchange ensuring only the holders of the correct cryptogra ...ed. The private key is usually itself held in a physical container (like a key or SIM card) and can't be easily transferred or manipulated. Smart property
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• Cold storage
  ...ing bitcoins|storing Bitcoins]] offline and spending without the [[private key]]s controlling them ever being online. This resists theft by hackers and ma # Obtain the [[Deterministic wallet#Master public key|master public key]] of the wallet you just generated and transfer it to the online computer.
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• Paper wallet
  ...h was popular between 2011 and 2016. It works by having a single [[private key]] and bitcoin [[address]], usually generated by a website, being printed ou ...will be saved. Anybody who reads the file will be able to see the private key and steal the stored bitcoins. Shared printers such as in schools, offices
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• Private key
  A '''private key''' in the context of Bitcoin is a secret number that allows bitcoins to be Because the private key is the "ticket" that allows someone to spend bitcoins, it is important that
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• BIP 0001
  ...it for review. However, wherever possible, long open-ended discussions on public mailing lists should be avoided. Strategies to keep the discussions efficie It is highly recommended that a single BIP contain a single key proposal or new idea. The more focused the BIP, the more successful it tend
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• BIP 0009
  ! Key !! Required !! Type !! Description ! Key !! Required !! Type !! Description
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• Base58Check encoding
  ...> where '''ECDSA_publicKey''' is a public key the wallet knows the private key for; version <code>0x00</code> (these addresses begin with the digit '1') ==Encoding a private key==
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• Alert system
  ...3.0 and since 0.14.0 any old nodes will receive a static hard-coded "Alert Key Compromised" message. ...alert system was retired, so there is no longer any special group of alert-key-holders.
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• Allprivatekeys
  You can find Private key in WIF (Wallet Import/Export Format) and compressed key. Bitcoin addresses in compressed/ uncompressed formats, SegWit (P2SH-P2WPKH ...ess by hashing a passphrase to create a private key and therefore a public key and resultant address. Seeing as a Bitcoin address is usually a 256 bit str
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