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Expand Up @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Private Key Formats

Private keys are what are used to unlock satoshis from a particular address. In Bitcoin, a private key in standard format is simply a 256-bit number, between the values:

0x01 and 0xFFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFE BAAE DCE6 AF48 A03B BFD2 5E8C D036 4140, representing nearly the entire range of 2256-1 values. The range is governed by the `secp256k1 <http://www.secg.org/sec2-v2.pdf>`__ `ECDSA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_DSA>`__ encryption standard used by Bitcoin.
0x01 and 0xFFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFE BAAE DCE6 AF48 A03B BFD2 5E8C D036 4140, representing nearly the entire range of 2 :sup:`256` -1 values. The range is governed by the `secp256k1 <http://www.secg.org/sec2-v2.pdf>`__ `ECDSA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_DSA>`__ encryption standard used by Bitcoin.

Wallet Import Format (WIF)
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