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February 19, 2017, 06:23:23 PM
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I know this has been likely asked before, but I've done research and can't seem to find an answer that allows a non-technical person such as myself to simply do this.

Is there a script (E.g.python) that I could use to automatically calculate the Z values?
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February 19, 2017, 07:02:22 PM
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What Z value? There is no value in a Bitcoin transaction or in ECDSA signatures that is called "Z".

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February 19, 2017, 09:34:10 PM
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I know this has been likely asked before, but I've done research and can't seem to find
an answer that allows a non-technical person such as myself to simply do this.
http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/32628/redeeming-a-raw-transaction-step-by-step-example-required/32695#32695
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Is there a script (E.g.python) that I could use to automatically calculate the Z values?

What do you mean by "automatically calculate"?
Who would provide the transaction for a script?

What Z value? There is no value in a Bitcoin transaction or in ECDSA signatures that is called "Z".
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February 20, 2017, 06:31:09 AM
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I know this has been likely asked before, but I've done research and can't seem to find
an answer that allows a non-technical person such as myself to simply do this.
http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/32628/redeeming-a-raw-transaction-step-by-step-example-required/32695#32695
step 14

Is there a script (E.g.python) that I could use to automatically calculate the Z values?

What do you mean by "automatically calculate"?
Who would provide the transaction for a script?

What Z value? There is no value in a Bitcoin transaction or in ECDSA signatures that is called "Z".
ECDSA digest for signing


Thanks Amaclin!  This is what I was looking for and its good explanation.  Is there any code that can do this automatically by pulling a transaction ID off the blockchain (which would import the details)?
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February 20, 2017, 01:57:17 PM
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Is there any code that can do this automatically by pulling a transaction ID off the blockchain (which would import the details)?
I can write such program. Are you ready to pay for it?
And why do you want to check the txid? It is so boring!
Why not to pass the blockId (hash or height) to a program and check all transactions in block?
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