diff --git a/examples/blockreader.js b/examples/blockreader.js
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--- a/examples/blockreader.js
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-var Block = require('../lib/block');
-var BufferReader = require('../lib/bufferreader');
-var BufferWriter = require('../lib/bufferwriter');
-
-//This example will parse the blocks in a block file.
-//To use, pipe in a blk*****.dat file. e.g.:
-//cat blk00000.dat | node blockreader.js
-
-var head = null;
-
-process.stdin.on('readable', function() {
-  if (!head) {
-    head = process.stdin.read(8);
-    if (!head)
-      return;
-  }
-  var body = process.stdin.read(head.slice(4).readUInt32LE(0));
-  if (!body)
-    return;
-  var blockbuf = BufferWriter().write(head).write(body).concat();
-  var block = Block().fromBuffer(blockbuf);
-  console.log(block.toJSON());
-  head = null;
-  process.stdin.unshift(process.stdin.read());
-});
diff --git a/examples/ecdsa.js b/examples/ecdsa.js
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-var ECDSA = require('../lib/ecdsa');
-var Keypair = require('../lib/keypair');
-var Hash = require('../lib/hash');
-
-//ECDSA is the signature algorithm used in bitcoin
-
-//start with a keypair that you will use for signing
-var keypair = Keypair().fromRandom();
-
-//a message to be signed (normally you would have the hash of a transaction)
-var messagebuf = new Buffer('This is a message I would like to sign');
-
-//calculate a 32 byte hash for use in ECDSA. one way to do that is sha256.
-var hashbuf = Hash.sha256(messagebuf);
-
-var sig = ECDSA.sign(hashbuf, keypair);
-
-//Anyone with the public key can verify
-var pubkey = keypair.pubkey;
-console.log('Valid signature? ' + ECDSA.verify(hashbuf, sig, pubkey));
-
diff --git a/examples/stealthmessage.js b/examples/stealthmessage.js
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-var Pubkey = require('../lib/pubkey');
-var Address = require('../lib/address');
-var Stealthkey = require('../lib/expmt/stealthkey');
-var StealthAddress = require('../lib/expmt/stealthaddress');
-var StealthMessage = require('../lib/expmt/stealthmessage');
-var Keypair = require('../lib/keypair')
-
-//First, the person receiving must make a stealth key.
-
-var sk = Stealthkey().fromRandom();
-
-//It has an associated stealth address.
-
-var sa = StealthAddress().fromStealthkey(sk);
-
-console.log('Stealth address: ' + sa);
-
-//Now make a message.
-
-var messagebuf = new Buffer('Hello there. Only you know this message is to you, and only you know what it says.');
-
-//Encrypt the message with the stealth address.
-
-var encbuf = StealthMessage.encrypt(messagebuf, sa);
-
-console.log('Hex of the encrypted message: ' + encbuf.toString('hex'));
-
-//Note that the first 20 bytes are a pubkeyhash, which may be interpreted as a bitcoin address.
-//This address has never been seen before in public.
-
-var address = Address().set({hashbuf: encbuf.slice(0, 20)});
-
-console.log('The randomly generated address the message is to: ' + address);
-
-//And the next 33 bytes are a nonce public key, which the message is "from".
-//It has never been seen before in public.
-
-var pubkey = Pubkey().fromDER(encbuf.slice(20, 20 + 33));
-
-console.log('Nonce public key: ' + pubkey);
-
-//The owner of the stealth key can check to see if it is for them.
-
-console.log('Is the message for me? ' + (StealthMessage.isForMe(encbuf, sk) ? "yes" : "no"));
-
-//The owner can decrypt it.
-
-var messagebuf2 = StealthMessage.decrypt(encbuf, sk);
-
-console.log('Decrypted message: ' + messagebuf2.toString());
-
-//If you do not have the payload privkey, you can still use isForMe.
-sk.payloadKeypair.privkey = undefined;
-
-console.log('Without payload privkey, is the message for me? ' + (StealthMessage.isForMe(encbuf, sk) ? "yes" : "no"));
-
-//...but not decrypt
-
-try {
-  StealthMessage.decrypt(encbuf, sk);
-} catch (e) {
-  console.log("...but without the payload privkey, I can't decrypt.");
-}