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example of bitcoin curve calculations in python
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| from __future__ import print_function, division | |
| """ | |
| Example of how calculations on the secp256k1 curve work. | |
| secp256k1 is the name of the elliptic curve used by bitcoin | |
| see http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/25382 | |
| """ | |
| ## the prime modules used in the elliptic curve coordinate calculations | |
| p = 2**256 - 2**32 - 977 |
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