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Jul 28, 2025 · Blockchain

Why Can’t You Derive an Ethereum Private Key from Its Public Address?

This article explains the cryptographic mechanisms—ECDSA, secp256k1 elliptic curve operations, and Keccak‑256 hashing—that make Ethereum addresses one‑way functions, ensuring that deriving a private key from a public address is computationally infeasible.