Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3U0V-0001kd-Ks for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:48:47 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from mail-ig0-f178.google.com ([209.85.213.178]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1Z3U0T-0004t4-Q3 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:48:47 +0000 Received: by igbpi8 with SMTP id pi8so18031230igb.0 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:48:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=wFwCVA7QeNbg/o9Jc0nhKZstNB2a2F7o7bb8UvoWs8k=; b=mxfD7JjmVY3L72qSMgsV68X75EImOOj39igy51kVaUySAk5t/blbRrAr/46KVYkPm4 fRoZgAM46JriCSVC/EZx2QTKadIWkkF0ahB+nKzdt3EnLrzIMM5x2EISoehOdu4OOhIx 3Fc0YnmwL3x1KAjdQcgkk+LjDYP3n1jhjlmE3fCyJyPse2eyFyBq8byqRlVK5qscQknH yu30QSy58Y1a0bnkwWhl4yDIb/JYseJDeJHPDlNdjJEFoge6YUOlYo1qHAJOoYstONPK CNRm1rPQJVPiCZ3p5unyapjk37ikiT0O40xPLQCBiveZvyylM9uyPwzkiVVViwDNYGZB COmA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmafqruBZxnOQ67OKBAupruC0zUI2VLh+qCM6eoMeJlfw2NB0inKEcwirepi+k3Ri9G+QZn MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.29.40 with SMTP id g8mr6029792igh.41.1434133340050; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:22:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.107.162.143 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:22:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 14:22:19 -0400 Message-ID: From: James Poole To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bd758b64b6e1005185630bb X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message X-Headers-End: 1Z3U0T-0004t4-Q3 Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Bip 32 Question X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:48:47 -0000 --047d7bd758b64b6e1005185630bb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Looking at the BIP32 definition, I hit a line that I would appreciate clarification on. https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki Under the section "Private parent key =E2=86=92 private child key" there is= a step: "The returned child key ki is parse256(IL) + kpar (mod n)." Can someone help me understand what "n" is in the context of this algorithm? I very well could be looking right at it, but wanted to double check if I am missing something. Thanks, James --047d7bd758b64b6e1005185630bb Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Looking at the BIP32 definition, I hit a line that I would= appreciate clarification on.

https://github.com/bitcoin= /bips/blob/master/bip-0032.mediawiki

Under the s= ection "Private parent key =E2=86=92 private child key" there is = a step:

"The returned child key ki is p= arse256(IL) + kpar (mod n)."

Can someone help= me understand what "n" is in the context of this algorithm?=C2= =A0 I very well could be looking right at it, but wanted to double check if= I am missing something.

Thanks,
James
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