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https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key
"In Bitcoin, a private key is a 256-bit number, which can be represented one of several ways. Here is a private key in hexadecimal..."
Edit : The bitcoin private key being a number was in response to your redacted comment.
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https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Private_key
"In Bitcoin, a private key is a 256-bit number, which can be represented one of several ways. Here is a private key in hexadecimal..."
Edit : The bitcoin private key being a number was in response to your redacted comment.