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Private keys

A private key is secret cryptographic material used to authorize spending from Bitcoin outputs controlled by the corresponding key conditions.

Context

Why it matters

A private key is secret cryptographic material used to authorize spending from Bitcoin outputs controlled by the corresponding key conditions.

Canonical knowledge

What California Bitcoin maintains

  • A private key is secret cryptographic material used to authorize spending from Bitcoin outputs controlled by the corresponding key conditions.

Primary and technical sources

Evidence before assertion
Bitcoin Developer Documentation

Bitcoin.org

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

Satoshi Nakamoto

Tier 1 · primary

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