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Just for nitpicking, a number is neither pseudorandom or random. It could be randomly generated though.
by leni536 12y ago
Just for nitpicking, a number is neither pseudorandom or random. It could be randomly generated though.
- Amsterdam88 12y agoThere is no random number generation.. not before we've managed quantum computing.
- Sammi 12y agoYeah, it should be something like: "A private key is nothing but a number roughly between 1 and 2^256, that is only known by you. This number is usually pseudorandomly generated by your bitcoin client, but it could be generated in any way. The important thing is that it is an uncommon large number, that others will not be able to easily guess."