[Cryptography] Proof-of-Satoshi fails Proof-of-Proof.

[Phillip Hallam-Baker]

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Ron Garret <ron at flownet.com> wrote:

>
> On May 5, 2016, at 7:33 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill at hallambaker.com>
> wrote:
>
> > But with all forms of DH based signatures, a random number is generated
> and that affects the signature value. In effect, every signature has a salt
> value.
>
> No, that’s not true.  Ed25519 signatures use a hash of the content being
> signed as the “random” value and so are deterministic.  This is one of the
> things that makes Ed25519 better than standard ECDSA.
>
> rg
>
>
Damn, forgot about that bit. Yes, have to make sure that the thing doesn't
leak the private key...
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