--- # This file is licensed under the MIT License (MIT) available on # http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT. required: #-------------40 characters-------------# title_max_40_characters_no_formatting: Signature, ECDSA Signature summary_max_255_characters_no_formatting: > A value related to a public key which could only have reasonably been created by someone who has the private key that created that public key. Used in Bitcoin to authorize spending satoshis previously sent to a public key. synonyms_shown_in_glossary_capitalize_first_letter: - Signature optional: synonyms_and_pluralizations_not_shown_in_glossary: - signatures - ecdsa signature - ecdsa signatures - secp256k1 signature - secp256k1 signatures not_to_be_confused_with_capitalize_first_letter: links_html_or_markdown_style_capitalize_first_letter: - "[Signature](/en/developer-guide#term-signature) --- Bitcoin.org Developer Guide" - "[ECDSA](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm) --- Bitcoin Wiki" - "[ECDSA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_Curve_DSA) --- Wikipedia" ---