Yes. The subtitle is wrong. He recovers the public key, due to the way EDCSA signing works.
replyYup. The person who submitted this to HN is probably way less knowledgeable on this topic than the writer of the article. The article clearly labels the recovered keys as “recovered public keys” at the top.
replyGiven the poster's nickname, the person who posted it and the author may be one and the same.
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