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You can check that the signature signs the transaction on an air gapped computer. That signing the transaction is not deterministic but involves a "random" num
by JonathanBeuys 4y ago
You can check that the signature signs the transaction on an air gapped computer.
That signing the transaction is not deterministic but involves a "random" number is indeed huge.
Now we are back to square one.
The hardware wallet can phone home.
No way to use Bitcoin in a trustless way.
- operator-name 4y agoThis is not true, or at least a huge red flag for a client implimentation. Bitcoin the network cannot tell the difference, but by convention clients should use RFC 6979.
- olalonde 4y agoIn theory, you can compute the signature using a pen and paper. Or you can build a computer from first principles and then program it. In both cases, it would take a long, long time.