Bitcoin Lesson | Keys & Addresses

A developer's explanation of how Keys & Addresses work in Bitcoin, including a tutorial on how you can create your own. http://learnmeabitcoin.com 00:18 - Outline 02:03 - Introduction (Catch-up) 07:10 - Where do keys come from? 08:28 - Basic Key Generation 10:42 - Private Key 15:37 - Public Key ↳ 22:05 - Digital Signatures ↳ 26:41 - Signing ↳ 31:54 - Verifying ↳ 36:30 - Summary 39:02 - Address ↳ 39:37 - Extra Security (Hash160) ↳ 43:20 - Locking Mechanism ↳ 48:54 - Address 56:48 - Technical Walkthrough ↳ 1:09:35 - Code ↳ 1:11:03 - Example ↳ 1:12:41 - Useful Links 1:13:51 - Outro Source Code: http://learnmeabitcoin.com/code/keygenerator.rb.txt Links: https://royalforkblog.github.io/2014/08/11/graphical-address-generator/#learnmeabitcoin http://www.secg.org/sec2-v2.pdf Resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB3HcPgm_FI For more simple explanations of how bitcoin works, visit my website: http://learnmeabitcoin.com If you found this video helpful, please buy me a beer: 3Beer3irc1vgs76ENA4coqsEQpGZeM5CTd