Title: Asking for a way to Post by: RentGPU on September 11, 2017, 01:03:08 AM Is there a way that i can know only the first letter of the private key after the "5" , is it easy like getting an address starts with certain letter or it's just impossible.
Edit: i just know the publickey point Title: Re: Asking for a way to Post by: achow101 on September 11, 2017, 02:36:48 AM No. That would imply that you were able to derive the private key from the public key, which is currently impossible.
Title: Re: Asking for a way to Post by: RentGPU on September 11, 2017, 03:18:51 AM No. That would imply that you were able to derive the private key from the public key, which is currently impossible. I see , so can i know if the private key is even or odd from the publickey point :),Title: Re: Asking for a way to Post by: DannyHamilton on September 11, 2017, 01:42:39 PM I see , so can i know if the private key is even or odd from the publickey point :), No. There is currently no known mathematical process for determining anything about the private key from the publickey point. Title: Re: Asking for a way to Post by: BurtW on September 16, 2017, 05:02:01 PM I have wondered about this also.
We could determine whether the private key is odd or even from the public key point only if: There exists a definition of an "even point" and an "odd point" such that for (X, Y)' = (X, Y) + G (X, Y)' is odd iff (X, Y) is even and (X, Y)' is even iff (X, Y) is odd So there would have to be a property of the points on the curve (such as the sign of Y for example) that toggles with each new addition of the point G. If such a property could be found then it would be possible to determine one bit of the private key from the public key. Assume for example the sign of Y behaved this way then the private key would be odd if the sign of Y was negative and the private key would be even if the sign of Y was positive. Title: Re: Asking for a way to Post by: RentGPU on September 16, 2017, 09:09:24 PM I have wondered about this also. If you can find such property i can figure out the private key from the public key not only one bit , and because of that i am sure it's too hard to figure it out but not impossible.We could determine whether the private key is odd or even from the public key point only if: There exists a definition of an "even point" and an "odd point" such that for (X, Y)' = (X, Y) + G (X, Y)' is odd iff (X, Y) is even and (X, Y)' is even iff (X, Y) is odd So there would have to be a property of the points on the curve (such as the sign of Y for example) that toggles with each new addition of the point G. If such a property could be found then it would be possible to determine one bit of the private key from the public key. Assume for example the sign of Y behaved this way then the private key would be odd if the sign of Y was negative and the private key would be even if the sign of Y was positive. |