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Cryptography · 1970s–present

Digital signatures

Digital signatures let a private-key holder authorize data in a way others can verify with the corresponding public key.

Context

Why it matters

Bitcoin transactions use digital signatures to prove authorization without revealing private keys.

Canonical knowledge

What California Bitcoin maintains

  • Digital signatures let a private-key holder authorize data in a way others can verify with the corresponding public key.

Primary and technical sources

Evidence before assertion
Satoshi Nakamoto Institute

Satoshi Nakamoto Institute

Tier — · archiveBitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Satoshi Nakamoto

Tier 1 · primary

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