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formatting fixes on pubkey docs

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Manuel Araoz 2015-05-12 13:47:14 -03:00
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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if (PublicKey.isValid('02a1633cafcc01ebfb6d78e39f687a1f0995c62fc95f51ead10a02ee0
}
```
## Handling compressed and uncompressed public keys
## Compressed vs Uncompressed
It's important to note that there are two possible ways to represent a public key.
The standard is *compressed* and includes the X value and parity (as represented above in the documentation).
@ -49,19 +49,23 @@ Example:
> var bitcore = require('bitcore');
// compressed public key starting with 0x03 (greater than midpoint of curve)
> var compressedPK = bitcore.PublicKey('030589ee559348bd6a7325994f9c8eff12bd5d73cc683142bd0dd1a17abc99b0dc');
> var compressedPK = bitcore.PublicKey('030589ee559348bd6a7325994f9c8eff12bd'+
'5d73cc683142bd0dd1a17abc99b0dc');
> compressedPK.compressed;
true
> compressedPK.toAddress().toString();
'1KbUJ4x8epz6QqxkmZbTc4f79JbWWz6g37'
// compressed public key starting with 0x02 (smaller than midpoint of curve)
> var compressedPK2 = new bitcore.PublicKey('02a1633cafcc01ebfb6d78e39f687a1f0995c62fc95f51ead10a02ee0be551b5dc');
> var compressedPK2 = new bitcore.PublicKey('02a1633cafcc01ebfb6d78e39f687a1f'+
'0995c62fc95f51ead10a02ee0be551b5dc');
> compressedPK2.compressed;
true
> compressedPK.toAddress().toString();
'1KbUJ4x8epz6QqxkmZbTc4f79JbWWz6g37'
// uncompressed public key, starting with 0x04. Contains both X and Y encoded
> var uncompressed = bitcore.PublicKey('0479BE667EF9DCBBAC55A06295CE870B07029BFCDB2DCE28D959F2815B16F81798483ADA7726A3C4655DA4FBFC0E1108A8FD17B448A68554199C47D08FFB10D4B8');
> var uncompressed = bitcore.PublicKey('0479BE667EF9DCBBAC55A06295CE870B07029'+
'BFCDB2DCE28D959F2815B16F81798483ADA7726A3C4655DA4FBFC0E1108A8FD17B448A68'+
'554199C47D08FFB10D4B8');
> uncompressed.compressed
false
> uncompressed.toAddress().toString()