Elementary

Digital Signatures

Elementary Track 06
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"Proving I Sent This"

How can you make a "signature" that's mathematically impossible to forge — without a bank?
Digital signatures are blockchain's core mechanism for proving identity.

What you'll learn

  • How ECDSA elliptic curve cryptography generates private/public key pairs
  • The sign-with-private-key, verify-with-public-key process — hands-on
  • How Ethereum addresses are derived from public keys, and the role of seed phrases
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Private Key

Keep secret. Used to generate signatures. Never share.

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Public Key

Share with anyone. Used to verify signatures.

Signature

Created with your private key. Anyone can verify with your public key.

💡 Lose your signing key and you permanently lose access to your assets. The 12–24 word seed phrase is the master key that regenerates your private key.