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Private Key

Wallets & Keys 2 references

The secret component of an asymmetric key pair used to create digital signatures. Control of the private key typically implies control over funds associated with derived addresses.

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$BTC Bitcoin
Transactions
...... │ Owner 2's │.......... │ Owner 3's │ │ Private Key │ │ Private Key │ │ Private Key │ ...
$ETH Ethereum
Bitcoin As A State Transition System
...g a reference to an existing UTXO and a cryptographic signature produced by the private key associated with the owner's address, and one or more outputs, with each output ...