Merge pull #1101: correct ecc equation

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David A. Harding 2015-10-23 09:41:41 -04:00
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@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Curve (EC) defined in secp256k1. In their traditional uncompressed form,
public keys contain an identification byte, a 32-byte X coordinate, and
a 32-byte Y coordinate. The extremely simplified illustration below
shows such a point on the elliptic curve used by Bitcoin,
x<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;=&nbsp;y<sup>3</sup>&nbsp;+&nbsp;7, over a field of
y<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;=&nbsp;x<sup>3</sup>&nbsp;+&nbsp;7, over a field of
contiguous numbers.
![Point On ECDSA Curve](/img/dev/en-ecdsa-compressed-public-key.svg)