ecdsa

3 entries

April 18, 2009 Private Correspondence 14 messages

Questions about BitCoin

Satoshi Nakamoto ↔ Mike Hearn

Satoshi sends coins back and explains why EC-DSA cannot encrypt messages like RSA, preventing transaction comments.

July 18, 2010 BitcoinTalk Forum

Re: Keypair generation and safety

Satoshi Nakamoto

Satoshi explains the security of Bitcoin's keypair generation and the astronomical odds against address collision.

January 10, 2011 Private Correspondence 8 messages

More BitCoin questions

Mike Hearn ↔ Satoshi Nakamoto

Mike Hearn points Satoshi to a forum discussion about the security of the secp256k1 curve, noting Hal Finney's concerns about its risk profile.