A cryptographicCryptography - means "secret writing"—the ability to exchange messages that can only be read by the intended recipient. In cryptocurrency,... Read More signature is a digital fingerprintA digital fingerprint is a mathematical value used to identify an individual's unique digital signature, proof of identity, or ownership... Read More that allows someone to verify the authenticity of a message, document, or transactionA transaction is a record of an event that occurred in the past. Transactions typically occur during the course of... Read More. Cryptographic signatures use public-key cryptographyPublic-key cryptography is an encryption method employing two types of keys: a public key and a private key. Anyone with... Read More, which involves two keys: a private keyIn the context of cryptocurrency, a private key is a number that allows users to sign transactions and to generate... Read More (known only to the individual who owns it) and a public keyIn public-key cryptography - one of the basis of cryptocurrency, digital keys are generated from a large random number through a cryptographic... Read More (shareable with anyone). Creating a cryptographic signature requires the individual to create a hashA “hash” is a fixed-length alphanumeric code that is used to represent words, messages and data of any length. Crypto... Read More of the data to be signed. This hash valueA hash value is the product of a hashing algorithm applied to original data to create a unique numerical value... Read More is combined with their private key using a digital signing algorithm (DSA)A digital signing algorithm (DSA) is a cryptographic algorithm used to create digital signatures. A digital signature is a mathematical... Read More. The resulting value—called a signature—can be verified by anyone with access to both the original data and the signer’s public key.
