Author: Mark Friedenbach 2014-01-03 18:23:41
Published on: 2014-01-03T18:23:41+00:00
The message discusses a mechanism called deterministic signatures, which is used to generate an ECDSA k value using a private key and HMAC construction. The writer suggests that the buyer could generate a random number from a root key, allowing them to recreate their receipts by regenerating all random numbers used. However, they caution that the master root would need to be stored on the buyer's computer, and that the payment protocol should already do something similar to this. The message includes a PGP signature with version information and links to GPGTools and Thunderbird.
Updated on: 2023-06-07T23:26:10.565717+00:00