I'm not sure crippled is the right word. I think limited might be a better choice. Redhat seems paranoid about patents and lacked the particular curve necessary

I'm not sure crippled is the right word. I think limited might be a better choice. Redhat seems paranoid about patents and lacked the particular curve necessary to build bitcoin / ethereum without first building openssl. I'm actually mildly surprised there's not an unofficial "spin" that addresses these IP-related limitations the way various distros like Mint address various Ubuntu pain points.