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why would you call a technique for constructing prime order elliptic curve groups ristretto, which is itself a technique for an entirely different industry for
by meesterdude 8y ago
why would you call a technique for constructing prime order elliptic curve groups ristretto, which is itself a technique for an entirely different industry for producing less bitter espresso shots?
it's not a startup and it's not a side project. Give it a real, original name.
- shawnz 8y agoYou better make sure that you personally discover the next important crypto technology then!
- dang 8y ago"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- simcop2387 8y agoIt's a generalization of a technique that was called decaf for doing it with cofactor 4 groups. It's a coffee joke.