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Generating the private key is the easy part; Just 77 rolls with a ten-sided die and re-try if it exceeds the prime. Or 256 coin flips, if you prefer binary. It
by remcob 9y ago
Generating the private key is the easy part; Just 77 rolls with a ten-sided die and re-try if it exceeds the prime. Or 256 coin flips, if you prefer binary.
It is computing the public key that is so hard.
- Shoothe 9y agoFor practical purposes I'd recommend an offline laptop, maybe running Tails OS and Electrum [0]. Public key is one thing and making transactions and signatures quite another. [0]: https://tails.boum.org/doc/anonymous_internet/electrum/index.pt.html https://tails.boum.org/doc/anonymous_internet/electrum/index...