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Re: Bitcoin entropy questions
by
DannyHamilton
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22/06/2016, 20:03:13 UTC
A private key is 256 bits.
A public key is a 256 bit X-value and a 256 bit Y-value, but the Y-value can be calculated from the X-value.
A bitcoin address is 160 bits.