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Great answer thanks, what are r and s derived from?

nanobar
– nanobar

2021-04-07 07:31:19 +00:00
Commented Apr 7, 2021 at 7:31
@Dominic: That’s the signature. The signature uses the Elliptic Curve Digital Signing Algorithm and the secp256k1 curve to commit to a Bitcoin transaction as the message. The “r” value commits to a random curve point, and the “s” value commits to the transaction and the random point in a manner that requires the knowledge of the relevant private key in the construction. See e.g. Stepan Snigirev’s blog post here for a longer explanation: medium.com/cryptoadvance/…

Murch
– Murch ♦

2023-05-27 13:51:18 +00:00
Commented May 27, 2023 at 13:51

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