What’s the difference between a private key, a public key, and an address?
Bitcoin and Ethereum private keys are essentially 256-bit random numbers, and both use the secp256k1 elliptic curve.
An Ethereum address is derived from the last 20 bytes of the Keccak-256 hash of the public key. It is written as 0x followed by 40 hexadecimal characters.
The most important thing to remember when managing funds: to receive payments, you only need to provide your address. You should never provide your private key or recovery phrase.
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Bitcoin and Ethereum private keys are essentially 256-bit random numbers, and both use the secp256k1 elliptic curve.
An Ethereum address is derived from the last 20 bytes of the Keccak-256 hash of the public key. It is written as 0x followed by 40 hexadecimal characters.
The most important thing to remember when managing funds: to receive payments, you only need to provide your address. You should never provide your private key or recovery phrase.
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