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Is it possible to shift/modify a ECDSA keypair by a scalar where the public key can be computed using only public information?

I am looking for a method which would allow a keypair to be modified in a manner which is unpredictable to the original creator. So I was thinking a user creates a key and commits it by making a transaction which is written to the blockchain. The block hash could be used as a source […]

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How does Electrum make a keypair out of a seed?

Electrum uses a seed of 12 words to generate a keypair and then hierarchically generates addresses out of that keypair. I know how to generate hierarchic addresses from a keypair, but what I don't understand is how Electrum generates a keypair from the seed. I understand the seed consists (…) Bitcoin News Feeds Today

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