digital signature

English

Noun

digital signature (plural digital signatures)

1. A signature within a mathematical scheme for verifying the authenticity of digital messages or documents.
   • 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:

     We define an electronic coin as a chain of digital signatures. Each owner transfers the coin to the next by digitally signing a hash of the previous transaction and the public key of the next owner and adding these to the end of the coin.

See also

• e-signature
• wet signature
• DSA
• ECDSA

Further reading

• digital signature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia