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Milos
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Milos 1 year ago
Bitcoin public/private key generation: Can someone explain why it is infeasible to grab a pencil and a sheet of paper and create a private key by jotting down my favourite numbers and letters? Wouldn't any 2^(256) number be a valid key? And if it is, what is it about the hash function that makes it impossible to generate a public key from my made-up private key by hand?