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roslinpl
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Weak keys, say x=5, y=6
February 24, 2014, 07:44:16 AM
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Quote from: doof on February 23, 2014, 09:13:48 PM
I didn't want to hijack this tread https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/x37-0-287146.   Im catching up on ec multiplication now.  I didn't do EC at uni and its a while since I've done discrete maths.

but if the public key is week, say x =5 and y = 5, can the private key be derived easily?

not surely...

It is not so easy
doof
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Re: Weak keys, say x=5, y=6
February 23, 2014, 09:13:48 PM
#1
I didn't want to hijack this tread https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/x37-0-287146.   Im catching up on ec multiplication now.  I didn't do EC at uni and its a while since I've done discrete maths.

but if the public key is week, say x =5 and y = 5, can the private key be derived easily?
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