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Re: y coordinate calculation (PUBLIC KEY BITCOIN)
by
_Counselor
on 06/09/2021, 12:58:03 UTC
Excuse me for the noob question:  Let's assume x3=1, which means y2=8. What's y? Will it be square root of 8?
It will be square root modulo prime of 8
to be precise, it will be 29896722852569046015560700294576055776214335159245303116488692907525646231534

(29896722852569046015560700294576055776214335159245303116488692907525646231534 * 29896722852569046015560700294576055776214335159245303116488692907525646231534) mod secp256k1.p = 8