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BTW "It is not possible to delegate the work without delegating the key (supposedly)" is wrong: you can definitely do this! Various vanity address generators did this back in the day, for Bitcoin.
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Pip the WoT guy 1y ago

No idea how I missed this comment, sorry nostr:npub179e9tp4yqtqx4myp35283fz64gxuzmr6n3yxnktux5pnd5t03eps0elz4s

How would that work? Let's say I want my npub to start with 10 zeros so I can signal people I have skin in the game with my identity.

Can I delegate the work to a specialized miner without having him to know my nsec at the end?

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Rusty Russell 1y ago

Yes! You can *add* pubkeys!

You create a secret key, S1, give miner the pubkey P1 (= GxS1). Miner generates a secret key S2, calculates P2 (= GxS2) and pubkey P1 + P2. If it's good, gives you S2, you sum that with S1 to get your secret key S1+S1.