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		lectrick on Dec 23, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcore – A pure JavaScript Bitcoin API Since you'd be the most likely person to know here, what javascript VM's will give you known-secure PRNG's, and which won't? I think that's a pretty important thing to clarify if you're creating/signing transactions via JS.

bgfuller on Dec 23, 2014 [–]

A deterministic K is used in many of these libraries, so randomness isn't needed at the time of signing transactions. window.crypto and the Node.js crypto library are often used for private key generation.

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