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In cryptography, the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm offers a variant of the Digital Signature Algorithm which uses elliptic curve cryptography.

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(NEW UPDATE: I need to run “testrpc”) Signing a message using “ethereumjs-abi”? (Error: Invalid JSON RPC response: “”)

I am trying to sign a message using following JavaScript code (from HERE) function constructPaymentMessage(contractAddress, amount) { return ethereumjs.ABI.soliditySHA3( ["address", "uint256"], ...
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EthereumJS: How to get public key from private key

I am trying to create a private key and its corresponding public key using EthereumJS library. So far so good I've been able to create private keys using keythereum.create() method. Nevertheless I ...
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Does solidity handle prime256v1 ECDSA signatures

I'm just starting with solidity and I would like to know if it can be used to verify a ECDSA signature. I saw topics about secp256r1 but I was curious to know if it would work on other curves (...
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Do private keys work across chains and networks?

If I generate a private key on mainnet now, would I be able to use it at the same address on Ethereum Classic? What about testnets? In what cases would the keys not give the same address on different ...
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Any understandable cryptography book/article/lecture to introduce to signatures, hashes, ECDSA etc..? [closed]

It's a long time I'm searching for cryptography lectures related to ethereum inside mechanisms, and everything I found has a high mathematical level. I'm an engineer, not a mathematics, so any article ...
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Why doesn't my private key's public key generate the correct public address?

Private Key: 9ccbcabf23e271183dbed503b43277f4c6eee9ac918cd6cda75ebb73ceb35c7d Corresponding Public Address: 0xa73Fb234B1773ed7b115D18A1f0a15579bA2C1e1 (check for yourself on MyCrypto, for example) ...
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How to implement cryptographic algorithms in smart contracts?

I need to implement cryptographic algorithms such as AESCCM and elliptic curve algorithms (ECDSA, ECIES) within a smart contract. Is there any implementation of such algorithms in Solidity or Serpent? ...
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Python ECDSA Public Key Recovery

How do you recover the EC public key from a VRS style signature in python? I am trying to setup some encryption between two parties via ECIES, but I first wanted to obtain the public key via recovery ...
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During ECDSA signing, how do I generate the Recovery ID?

I'm working on authoring Ethereum transactions using ECDSA with SECP256K1. On the tail end of an Ethereum transaction is the V, R, and S values of signing a hash of the message. V is defined as ...
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Signing a raw transaction, wrong R and S values

I am trying to sign a raw transaction in javascript without relying on dependencies like web3, ethereumjs, etc. I am following the python tutorial found here, and porting to JS as I go: https://...