In a previous post, we derived a Bitcoin public key from a private key. This post explores how to convert that public key into a (hexadecimal) Bitcoin address. I’ll be using the Racket language to help me.
I’ve been wondering how Bitcoin addresses are generated. This post and the ones following will explore, step by step, how to transform a Bitcoin private key to a public address.
I know that Bitcoin public and private keys are Elliptic Curve DSA (ECDSA) key pairs, and I’ve seen the Q = dG explanation on a few sites, but they leave out some details. I want to experiment for myself, so this post describes how to derive a public key from a private key with runnable code.