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hero member
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September 01, 2013, 04:52:41 PM
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2) Given a public key, you can calculate the address.  Check this wiki page for instructions on how addresses are calculated from public keys.

1) Well, you can verify that a public key (a point) is on the secp256k1 curve (the elliptic curve used by Bitcoin).  That proves that a corresponding private key exists (but you don't know which one).  I don't have a reference off the top of my head for you, but Google can probably help.
legendary
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May Bitcoin be touched by his Noodly Appendage
September 01, 2013, 01:15:35 PM
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I know the wiki contains what you want but I don't know in what pages
newbie
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September 01, 2013, 10:35:40 AM
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