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#introductions

looking to set up your lightning address to start receiving sats?

check out:

- ln.tips

- blink

- strike

- wallet of satoshi (outside US)

unpopular opinion: lightning and self custody don't go well together

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#introductions 🫂

PEOPLE THAT USE FIAT CURRENCY AS A STORE OF VALUE WE CALL THEM POOR

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did you ever wonder how a bitcoin wallet can sign transactions without revealing the private key?

In Bitcoin, transactions are digitally signed using the private key associated with the wallet's public key address. However, there is a cryptographic technique called "Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm" (ECDSA) that allows a Bitcoin wallet to sign a transaction without revealing the private key itself.

The process works as follows:

- The transaction data (inputs, outputs, etc.) is hashed using a cryptographic hash function like SHA-256, producing a unique digital fingerprint of the transaction.

- The wallet software uses the private key and the transaction hash as inputs to the ECDSA algorithm, which performs complex mathematical operations on the elliptic curve.

- The ECDSA algorithm outputs two values: a random value called "r" and a signature value called "s". Together, "r" and "s" form the digital signature for the transaction.

- The signature (r, s) is attached to the transaction when it is broadcast to the network.

- When nodes on the Bitcoin network receive the transaction, they can use the public key associated with the sender's address, along with the signature (r, s) and the transaction data, to verify that the signature is valid and was created by someone with knowledge of the private key, without actually revealing the private key itself.

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